The Form and Function of Actin

The Mechanism of Muscular Contraction

1969 • 1,928 citations

The low-angle X-ray diagram of vertebrate striated muscle and its behaviour during contraction and rigor

1967 • 1,089 citations

Molecules and Cell Movement

1977 • 767 citations

Actin polymerization and its regulation by proteins from nonmuscle cells.

1982 • 739 citations

Organization of an actin filament-membrane complex. Filament polarity and membrane attachment in the microvilli of intestinal epithelial cells.

1975 • 615 citations

Three-dimensional reconstruction of F-actin, thin filaments and decorated thin filaments

1970 • 552 citations

The organization of actin filaments in the stereocilia of cochlear hair cells.

1980 • 407 citations

THE POLYMERIZATION OF ACTIN: ITS ROLE IN THE GENERATION OF THE ACROSOMAL PROCESS OF CERTAIN ECHINODERM SPERM

1973 • 326 citations

F-actin is a helix with a random variable twist

1982 • 322 citations

Fimbrin, a new microfilament-associated protein present in microvilli and other cell surface structures.

1980 • 306 citations

Actin filaments in sensory hairs of inner ear receptor cells.

1977 • 296 citations

Three-dimensional image reconstruction of actin-tropomyosin complex and actin-tropomyosin-troponin T-troponin I complex

1975 • 243 citations

Actin filaments in the acrosomal reaction of Limulus sperm. Motion generated by alterations in the packing of the filaments.

1975 • 217 citations

Regulation of skeletal muscle contraction

1972 • 212 citations

Separation and interaction of the major components of sea urchin actin gel

1978 • 193 citations

Fimbrin is a cytoskeletal protein that crosslinks F-actin in vitro.

1981 • 187 citations

Actin-binding protein promotes the bipolar and perpendicular branching of actin filaments.

1980 • 156 citations

Actin filaments, stereocilia, and hair cells of the bird cochlea. II. Packing of actin filaments in the stereocilia and in the cuticular plate and what happens to the organization when the stereocilia are bent.

1983 • 156 citations

Actin polymerization and interaction with other proteins in temperature-induced gelation of sea urchin egg extracts.

1976 • 133 citations

Three-dimensional reconstruction of thin filaments decorated with a Ca2+-regulated myosin

1982 • 127 citations

Structure of actin-containing filaments from two types of non-muscle cells

1977 • 122 citations

Actin in the inner ear: the remarkable structure of the stereocilium

1980 • 112 citations

Changes in the organization of actin filaments in the stereocilia of noise-damaged lizard cochleae

1982 • 109 citations

Three-dimensional structure of the complex of skeletal muscle actin and bovine pancreatic DNAse I at 6-A resolution.

1981 • 100 citations

HOW MICROTUBULE PATTERNS ARE GENERATED

1971 • 99 citations

Axial Period of Actin Filaments

1967 • 85 citations

Crystalline actin sheets: their structure and polymorphism.

1981 • 84 citations

Structure of actin filament bundles from microvilli of sea urchin eggs

1979 • 82 citations

The effect of calcium ions on the structure of reconstituted muscle thin filaments

1975 • 74 citations

How Actin Filaments Pack into Bundles

1982 • 68 citations

The Assembly of Microtubules and Their Role in the Development of Cell Form

1968 • 63 citations

Purification of a calcium-sensitive actin gelation protein from Acanthamoeba.

1981 • 62 citations

Actin filaments in muscle: Pattern of myosin and tropomyosin/troponin attachments

1978 • 60 citations

Helical disorder and the filament structure of F-actin are elucidated by the angle-layered aggregate

1983 • 51 citations

The flexibility of F-actin

1980 • 51 citations

A change in the twist of the actin-containing filaments occurs during the extension of the acrosomal process in Limulus sperm

1980 • 50 citations

A model for F-actin derived from image analysis of isolated filaments

1983 • 44 citations

The Fourier transform of actin and other helical systems with cumulative random angular disorder

1982 • 37 citations

A change in twist of actin provides the force for the extension of the acrosomal process in Limulus sperm: the false-discharge reaction.

1982 • 32 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations