Caldesmon and the structure of smooth muscle thin filaments: electron microscopy of isolated thin filaments

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1970 • 253,849 citations

Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications.

1979 • 54,907 citations

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1971 • 4,491 citations

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1981 • 705 citations

Purification of a calmodulin-binding protein from chicken gizzard that interacts with F-actin.

1981 • 425 citations

Rotary shadowing of extended molecules dried from glycerol

1980 • 420 citations

Smooth muscle caldesmon. Rapid purification and F-actin cross-linking properties.

1984 • 321 citations

Effect of phosphorylation of smooth muscle myosin on actin activation and Ca2+ regulation.

1977 • 302 citations

Interaction of alpha-actinin and vinculin with actin: opposite effects on filament network formation.

1981 • 230 citations

Protein chromatography on ion exchange cellulose.

1958 • 220 citations

Ca‐Linked Phosphorylation of a Light Chain of Vertebrate Smooth‐Muscle Myosin

1977 • 195 citations

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1981 • 188 citations

The effect of phosphorylation of gizzard myosin on actin activation

1976 • 169 citations

Biochemistry of Muscle Contraction

1965 • 164 citations

Periodic Distribution of Troponin along the Thin Filament*

1967 • 148 citations

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

1985 • 148 citations

Caldesmon is an elongated, flexible molecule localized in the actomyosin domains of smooth muscle.

1986 • 144 citations

Phosphorylation of Caldesmon Prevents Its Interaction with Smooth Muscle Myosin

1989 • 138 citations

Functional domain of caldesmon

1986 • 138 citations

Domain mapping of chicken gizzard caldesmon.

1987 • 113 citations

Caldesmon. Molecular weight and subunit composition by analytical ultracentrifugation.

1988 • 104 citations

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

1984 • 102 citations

Quick-freeze, deep-etch preparation of samples for 3-D electron microscopy

1981 • 99 citations

Smooth muscle caldesmon is an extended flexible monomeric protein in solution that can readily undergo reversible intra- and intermolecular sulfhydryl cross-linking. A mechanism for caldesmon's F-actin bundling activity.

1987 • 97 citations

Regulation of actin-activated ATP hydrolysis by arterial myosin.

1982 • 81 citations

The calmodulin and F-actin binding sites of smooth muscle caldesmon lie in the carboxyl-terminal domain whereas the molecular weight heterogeneity lies in the middle of the molecule

1989 • 62 citations

Caldesmon and the structure of smooth muscle thin filaments: Immunolocalization of caldesmon on thin filaments

1989 • 53 citations

Interaction between Chicken Gizzard Caldesmon and Tropomyosin1

1988 • 48 citations

Characteristics of the myosin and tropomyosin binding regions of the smooth muscle caldesmon

1989 • 39 citations

The stoichiometry and location of troponin I- and troponin C-like proteins in the myofibril of the bay scallop, Aequipecten irradians

1980 • 37 citations

35kDa fragment of h-caldesmon conserves two consensus sequences of the tropomyosin-binding domain in troponin T

1989 • 36 citations

Bundling of actin filaments by aorta caldesmon is not related to its regulatory function

1985 • 36 citations

Reversal of caldesmon function by anti-caldesmon antibodies confirms its role in the calcium regulation of vascular smooth muscle thin filaments

1988 • 24 citations

Salt dependent dimerisation of caldesmon

1987 • 20 citations

Structure of filamin and the F-actin-heavy merofilamin complex

1981 • 13 citations

The effect of calcium on the aggregation of chicken gizzard thin filaments

1986 • 8 citations

Photo-CIDNP studies of Bence Jones proteins, immunoglobulins, and their proteolytic fragments

1989 • 4 citations

Possible role of caldesmon in the regulation of smooth muscle and nonmuscle motile systems.

1986 • 4 citations