Term Name: skeletal muscle fiber differentiation
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a skeletal muscle fiber cell. Skeletal muscle fiber differentiation starts with myoblast fusion and the appearance of specific cell markers (this is the cell development step). Then individual skeletal muscle fibers fuse to form bigger myotubes and start to contract.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0098528]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: myotube differentiation skeletal muscle cell differentiation
has subtype: tongue muscle cell differentiation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of skeletal muscle fiber differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of skeletal muscle fiber differentiation
regulated by: regulation of skeletal muscle fiber differentiation