Smad7 enhances muscle differentiation.

The Six1 gene plays a critical role in hypaxial muscle differentiation in myogenesis.

Delta1 expression in neural crest cells is necessary for muscle differentiation of the somites, through the Notch signaling pathway.

A role for IFRD1 in muscle differentiation has been observed also in vivo.

Myostatin is a protein responsible for inhibiting muscle differentiation and growth.

Signal-dependent nuclear export of a histone deacetylase regulates muscle differentiation.

Myf5 is a protein with a key role in regulating muscle differentiation or myogenesis.

The increase in cytokines after resistance exercise coincides with the decrease in levels of myostatin, a protein that inhibits muscle differentiation and growth.

MyoD is a protein with a key role in regulating muscle differentiation.

In the human fetus during muscle differentiation, utrophin is found at the sarcolemma.