apoptotic process in response to mitochondrial fragmentation
apoptotic process involved in development +
apoptotic signaling pathway +
epithelial cell apoptotic process +
execution phase of apoptosis +
fat cell apoptotic process +
fibroblast apoptotic process +
glial cell apoptotic process +
hepatoblast apoptotic process
inflammatory cell apoptotic process +
leukocyte apoptotic process +
melanocyte apoptotic process
mesenchymal cell apoptotic process +
muscle cell apoptotic process +
A form of programmed cell death induced by external or internal signals that trigger the activity of proteolytic caspases, whose actions dismantle a muscle cell and result in its death. A muscle cell is a mature contractile cell, commonly known as a myocyte, that forms one of three kinds of muscle.