Ultrastructure of the Myometrium

Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space

1980 • 1,973 citations

The smooth muscle cell in culture

1979 • 1,546 citations

HEXAGONAL ARRAY OF SUBUNITS IN INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS OF THE MOUSE HEART AND LIVER

1967 • 1,482 citations

Junctional intercellular communication: the cell-to-cell membrane channel.

1981 • 1,268 citations

Handbook of Physiology—The Cardiovascular System

1985 • 1,128 citations

FORMATION OF ARROWHEAD COMPLEXES WITH HEAVY MEROMYOSIN IN A VARIETY OF CELL TYPES

1969 • 963 citations

International cell biology 1976–1977

1978 • 762 citations

Current Models of Steroid Hormone Action: A Critique

1976 • 707 citations

Structure of the junction between communicating cells

1980 • 697 citations

Filament organization revealed in platinum replicas of freeze-dried cytoskeletons.

1980 • 662 citations

The structure of F-actin and of actin filaments isolated from muscle

1963 • 560 citations

SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM AND EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING IN MAMMALIAN SMOOTH MUSCLES

1972 • 521 citations

Vinculin, an intracellular protein localized at specialized sites where microfilament bundles terminate at cell membranes.

1980 • 502 citations

Energy-Linked Functions of Mitochondria

1963 • 462 citations

Physiology and Pharmacology of Gap Junctions

1985 • 452 citations

Endocrine control of parturition

1979 • 432 citations

STUDIES OF THE TRIAD

1970 • 413 citations

AN INTERPRETATION OF LIVER CELL MEMBRANE AND JUNCTION STRUCTURE BASED ON OBSERVATION OF FREEZE-FRACTURE REPLICAS OF BOTH SIDES OF THE FRACTURE

1970 • 413 citations

Cable properties of smooth muscle

1968 • 391 citations

Gap junction formation in myometrium: control by estrogens, progesterone, and prostaglandins

1980 • 352 citations

Pogonophora in the Western Atlantic Ocean

1962 • 349 citations

Gap junction structures. I. Correlated electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction.

1977 • 341 citations

Cellular Biology of the Uterus

1967 • 331 citations

Gap Junctions: Their Presence and Necessity in Myometrium During Parturition

1977 • 323 citations

The Golgi Apparatus: Structure and Function

1968 • 320 citations

Biochemistry of Smooth Muscle

1977 • 314 citations

Interactions between actin filaments and between actin filaments and membranes in quick-frozen and deeply etched hair cells of the chick ear.

1982 • 310 citations

Electron microscopy of muscular arteries; pial vessels of the cat and monkey

1960 • 293 citations

Electron probe analysis of vascular smooth muscle. Composition of mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm.

1979 • 263 citations

A filamentous cytoskeleton in vertebrate smooth muscle fibers.

1976 • 252 citations

Structural Correlates of Gap Junction Permeation

1980 • 248 citations

Excitation-contraction coupling and the ultrastructure of smooth muscle.

1985 • 242 citations

Cytochemical contributions to differentiating GERL from the Golgi apparatus

1977 • 242 citations

Structural diversity of gap junctions. A review

1977 • 231 citations

Release and recycling of calcium by the sarcoplasmic reticulum in guinea‐pig portal vein smooth muscle.

1984 • 213 citations

THE ISOLATION OF MOUSE HEPATOCYTE GAP JUNCTIONS

1972 • 200 citations

The contractile apparatus of vascular smooth muscle: Intermediate high voltage stereo electron microscopy

1975 • 198 citations

The thin filaments of smooth muscles

1985 • 194 citations

Gap junction structures

1984 • 193 citations

Intermediate filaments.

1984 • 184 citations

Possible role of gap junctions in activation of myometrium during parturition

1978 • 181 citations

Localization of filamin in smooth muscle.

1986 • 171 citations

Strontium Accumulation by Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Mitochondria in Vascular Smooth Muscle

1971 • 169 citations

Dense bodies and actin polarity in vertebrate smooth muscle.

1982 • 165 citations

Appearance of gap junctions in the myometrium of women during labor

1981 • 163 citations

HEXAGONAL ARRAY OF SUBUNITS IN TIGHT JUNCTIONS SEPARATED FROM ISOLATED RAT LIVER PLASMA MEMBRANES

1968 • 162 citations

Myosin filaments have non-phosphorylated light chains in relaxed smooth muscle

1981 • 155 citations

SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM AND THE TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE IN CALCIUM-FREE SOLUTIONS

1971 • 154 citations

The Contractile Apparatus of Smooth Muscle

1980 • 154 citations

Initiation of Parturition

1994 • 152 citations

Assembly of smooth muscle myosin into side-polar filaments.

1977 • 149 citations

Caldesmon is a Ca2+-regulatory component of native smooth-muscle thin filaments

1985 • 148 citations

Principles and Practice of Obstetrics and Perinatology

1982 • 144 citations

Cell physiology: Cellular site of calcium regulation

1984 • 143 citations

Freeze-Etching of Intercellular Junctions of Mouse Liver

1968 • 143 citations

LOW RESISTANCE JUNCTIONS IN CRAYFISH

1973 • 142 citations

FINE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN UTERINE SMOOTH MUSCLE AND FIBROBLASTS IN RESPONSE TO ESTROGEN

1967 • 140 citations

Structural Changes in Actin-containing Filaments of Muscle

1972 • 137 citations

Changes in Hormone Levels and Gap Junctions in the Rat Uterus During Pregnancy and Parturition

1982 • 134 citations

STUDIES OF THE TRIAD

1973 • 133 citations

Biochemistry of smooth muscle

1983 • 133 citations

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL CATION ACCUMULATION IN SMOOTH MUSCLE

1974 • 133 citations

Bridging structures spanning the junctioning gap at the triad of skeletal muscle.

1979 • 132 citations

Quantitative morphological study of smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig taenia coli

1976 • 129 citations

Structural apparatus for force transmission in smooth muscles

1984 • 128 citations

Gating of gap junction channels

1984 • 127 citations

Cellular biology of the uterus

1967 • 125 citations

Improved electrical coupling in uterine smooth muscle is associated with increased numbers of gap junctions at parturition.

1982 • 125 citations

Excitation-contraction coupling in smooth muscle.

1969 • 122 citations

Biological implications of gap junction structure, distribution and composition: A review

1983 • 122 citations

Studies on isolated smooth muscle cells: the contractile apparatus

1977 • 120 citations

Filament organization in vertebrate smooth muscle

1973 • 120 citations

Gap junction formation and regulation in myometrium

1980 • 117 citations

Subcellular fractions of smooth muscle

1975 • 117 citations

Contraction of Single Smooth Muscle Cells from Bufo marinus Stomach

1971 • 116 citations

Structural basis of contraction in vertebrate smooth muscle

1972 • 115 citations

Filamin-actin interaction. Dissociation of binding from gelation by Ca2+-activated proteolysis.

1978 • 113 citations

Calcium release by noradrenaline from central sarcoplasmic reticulum in rabbit main pulmonary artery smooth muscle.

1985 • 111 citations

The Physiology and Biochemistry of the Uterus in Pregnancy and Labor

2020 • 109 citations

THICK FILAMENTS IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE

1971 • 108 citations

ELECTRIC STIMULATION AND CONDUCTION OF EXCITATION IN SMOOTH MUSCLE

1938 • 107 citations

Hypertrophic smooth muscle

1979 • 106 citations

LOCALIZATION OF MYOSIN FILAMENTS IN SMOOTH MUSCLE

1968 • 106 citations

CORRELATION BETWEEN FIBER LENGTH, ULTRASTRUCTURE, AND THE LENGTH-TENSION RELATIONSHIP OF MAMMALIAN SMOOTH MUSCLE

1972 • 106 citations

Total cytoplasmic calcium in relaxed and maximally contracted rabbit portal vein smooth muscle.

1984 • 104 citations

Gap junctions and direct intercellular communication between rat uterine smooth muscle cells

1985 • 104 citations

Purification and properties of Ca2+-regulated thin filaments and F-actin from sheep aorta smooth muscle

1984 • 102 citations

Distribution of alpha-actinin in single isolated smooth muscle cells

1983 • 96 citations

Mode of filament assembly of myosins from muscle and nonmuscle cells

1978 • 95 citations

Reorientation of myofilaments during contraction of a vertebrate smooth muscle

1977 • 94 citations

THE ORGANIZATION OF CONTRACTILE FILAMENTS IN A MAMMALIAN SMOOTH MUSCLE

1970 • 92 citations

Evidence for physiological regulation of myometrial gap junction permeability

1986 • 90 citations

Hormonal Control of Myometrial Function During Pregnancy and Parturition

1978 • 84 citations

Is the nexus necessary for cell-to-cell coupling of smooth muscle?

1976 • 84 citations

Cytochemical studies of GERL and its role in secretory granule formation in exocrine cells

1977 • 84 citations

New views of smooth muscle structure using freezing, deep-etching and rotary shadowing

1985 • 83 citations

Hormonal Control of GAP Junction Formation in Sheep Myometrium during Parturition

1979 • 81 citations

Excitation-contraction coupling and electrical events in two types of vascular smooth muscle

1969 • 80 citations

Regional Changes in Structure and Function of Adrenergic Nerves in Guinea‐Pig Uterus During Pregnancy

1978 • 80 citations

Differences in cellular contractile protein contents among porcine smooth muscles: evidence for variation in the contractile system.

1978 • 80 citations

Effects of the antiprogesterone RU 486 on preterm birth in the rat

1987 • 79 citations

Hormonal control of gap junctions in the myometrium

1985 • 77 citations

Electrophysiology of mammalian smooth muscle

1976 • 76 citations

Smooth muscle as a contractile unit.

1962 • 75 citations

Freeze fracture studies of membrane systems in vertebrate muscle

1975 • 74 citations

Effect of stretch and contraction on caveolae of smooth muscle cells

1978 • 71 citations

Structural changes in smooth muscle cells during isotonic contraction

1976 • 70 citations

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS OF CALCIUM COMPARTMENTS IN CRYO SECTIONS OF SMOOTH AND STRIATED MUSCLES

1978 • 68 citations

The role of mitochondrial calcium uptake in contraction and relaxation of the human myometrium

1973 • 67 citations

Effect of uterine distension and oestrogen treatment on gap junction formation in the myometrium of the rat

1982 • 67 citations

Calcium and monovalent ions in smooth muscle.

1982 • 67 citations

Contractile units in vertebrate smooth muscle cells

1974 • 67 citations

A STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF CONTRACTION IN VERTEBRATE SMOOTH MUSCLE

1976 • 66 citations

The Physiological Role of Relaxin in the Pregnant Rat. I. The Influence of Relaxin on Parturition*

1985 • 65 citations

The Biochemistry of smooth muscle

1977 • 65 citations

INITIATION OF PARTURITION

1979 • 65 citations

Nexus formation in the myometrium during parturition and induced by estrogen

1978 • 64 citations

Myometrial electrophysiologic activity and gap junctions in the pregnant rabbit

1984 • 64 citations

UTERINE SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBERS IN CASTRATE AND ESTROGEN-TREATED RATS

1968 • 63 citations

Ultrastructure of Smooth Muscle

1975 • 61 citations

Calcium and Contractility

1985 • 60 citations

Gap junctions and myometrial steroid hormone receptors in pregnant and postpartum rats: A possible cellular basis for the progesterone withdrawal hypothesis

1985 • 60 citations

RELAXIN INHIBITS SPONTANEOUS AND PROSTAGLANDIN-DRIVEN MYOMETRIAL ACTIVITY IN ANAESTHETIZED RATS

1979 • 60 citations

Calcium in smooth muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum in situ. Conventional and X-ray analytical electron microscopy.

1975 • 56 citations

Uterine Contractility

2007 • 56 citations

The Physiological Role of Relaxin in the Pregnant Rat. II. The Influence of Relaxin on Uterine Contractile Activity*

1985 • 55 citations

Golgi organelle response to the antibiotic X537A.

1975 • 53 citations

Filament Organization and Contractile Function in Vertebrate Smooth Muscle

1979 • 52 citations

Lysosomes in Uterine Involution: Intracytoplasmic Degradation of Myofilaments and Collagen

1969 • 50 citations

Recent Progress in Electron Microscopy of Cells and Tissues

1977 • 49 citations

FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF SMOOTH MUSCLE

1979 • 49 citations

Structural and functional evidence for the denervation of human myometrium during pregnancy.

1984 • 48 citations

The force generated by a visceral smooth muscle.

1976 • 48 citations

SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL JUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURAL ASPECT OF CONTRACTION

1979 • 46 citations

Structural studies of innervation on nonpregnant rat uterus

1986 • 44 citations

Corkscrew-Like Shortening in Single Smooth Muscle Cells

1987 • 41 citations

Ultrastructural evidence for adrenergic nerve degeneration in the guinea pig uterus during pregnancy

1978 • 40 citations

Localization of cation interactions in the smooth muscle of the guinea‐pig taenia coli

1972 • 38 citations

Organization of Actin in a Mammalian Smooth Muscle

1968 • 37 citations

The role of mitochondria in uterine contractions

1975 • 37 citations

Changes of gap junctions in myometrium of guinea pig at parturition and abortion

1982 • 35 citations

Arrangement of smooth muscle cells and intramuscular septa in the taenia coli

1977 • 33 citations

REVERSIBLE DISAGGREGATION OF MYOFILAMENTS IN VERTEBRATE SMOOTH MUSCLE

1973 • 32 citations

Freeze-fracture studies of membrane systems in vertebrate muscle

1975 • 31 citations

Gap Junction Modulation in Rat Uterus. I. Effects of Estrogens on Myometrial and Serosal Cells 1

1984 • 29 citations

10 The antiprogesterone steroid RU 486: a short pharmacological and clinical review, with emphasis on the interruption of pregnancy

1987 • 29 citations

INFLUENCE OF ESTRONE ON THE ELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS AND THE MOTILITY OF UTERINE MUSCLE

1941 • 28 citations

Gap junctions in the myometrium of hypophysectomized estrogen-treated rats

1980 • 28 citations

Electron microscopic studies of the myometrium of the guinea pig

1968 • 27 citations

The fine structure of uterine smooth muscle of the rat uterus at various time intervals following a single injection of estrogen

1968 • 27 citations

The birefringence of muscle and its variation during contraction

1937 • 26 citations

Prefatory Chapter: Muscular Contraction

1988 • 25 citations

The early response of immature rat myometrium to estrogenic stimulation

1968 • 25 citations

Cell-to-Cell Communication in Smooth Muscle

1985 • 24 citations

Effects of 17β-estradiol on myometrial gap junctions and pregnancy in the rat

1986 • 24 citations

Filament formation in smooth muscle homogenates

1980 • 24 citations

Muscular Contraction

1988 • 22 citations

The assembly of ribbon-shaped structures in low ionic strength extracts obtained from vertebrate smooth muscle

1973 • 21 citations

Effect of estradiol-17ß and prostaglandins on rat myometrial gap junctions

1983 • 20 citations

The Structural Basis of Electrical Coupling (Cell-to-Cell Contacts) in Rat Myometrium

1974 • 20 citations

Double-immunofluorescent staining of isolated smooth muscle cells

1980 • 18 citations

Molecular structure and organization of filaments in single, skinned smooth muscle cells.

1987 • 18 citations

Filaments from Purified Smooth Muscle Myosin

1973 • 18 citations

De novo construction of cell-to-cell channels

1980 • 16 citations

Effects of tamoxifen citrate and cycloheximide on estradiol induction of rat myometrial gap junctions

1986 • 14 citations

Golgi apparatus and lectin-binding sites *1Effects of lasalocid (X537A)

1977 • 14 citations

The influence of temperature on the thick filaments of vertebrate smooth muscle

1973 • 14 citations

Estimate of Cellular Force Generation in an Arterial Smooth Muscle with a High Actin: Myosin Ratio

1978 • 12 citations

The Contractile Mechanism and Ultrastructure of the Myometrium

1977 • 11 citations

Ultrastructural observations of the human uterine smooth muscle cells during gestation

1976 • 10 citations

Effects of Calcium Ionophore, A23187 and Calmodulin Inhibitors on Intercellular Communication in the Rat Myometrium1

1988 • 9 citations

Lysosomal Apparatus in Uterine Muscle: Effects of Estrogen and of Ovariectomy1

1980 • 9 citations

Erythromycin binding studies on two different classes of antibiotic resistant mutant in Paramecium

1975 • 9 citations

Relation of membrane vesicles to volume control and Na+-transport in smooth muscle: studies on Na+-rich tissues.

1977 • 8 citations

Gap Junction Modulation in Rat Uterus. II. Effects of Antiestrogens on Myometrial and Serosal Cells 1

1984 • 6 citations

Gap junctions in the myometrium of pelvic‐neurectomized rats with blocked parturition

1979 • 6 citations

Myometrial ultrastructure and innervation in Motis lucifugus, the little brown bat

1984 • 5 citations

Ultrastructural changes in mouse myometrium during pregnancy

1970 • 4 citations

Regulation of Gap Junctions in Myometrial Smooth Musclea

1987 • 4 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations