Caldesmon and a 20-kDa actin-binding fragment of caldesmon inhibit tension development in skinned gizzard muscle fiber bundles.

PROTEIN MEASUREMENT WITH THE FOLIN PHENOL REAGENT

1951 • 319,299 citations

Ca2+-induced hydrophobic site on calmodulin: Application for purification of calmodulin by phenyl-Sepharose affinity chromatography

1982 • 877 citations

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

1981 • 425 citations

Smooth muscle calponin. Inhibition of actomyosin MgATPase and regulation by phosphorylation.

1990 • 410 citations

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

1984 • 321 citations

Isolation and characterization of a 34000-dalton calmodulin- and F-actin-binding protein from chicken gizzard smooth muscle

1986 • 284 citations

Inhibition of smooth muscle actin-activated myosin Mg2+-ATPase activity by caldesmon.

1984 • 243 citations

The mechanism of Ca2+ regulation of vascular smooth muscle thin filaments by caldesmon and calmodulin.

1987 • 215 citations

Effect of caldesmon on the ATPase activity and the binding of smooth and skeletal myosin subfragments to actin.

1988 • 161 citations

Proteolysis of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase. Formation of inactive and calmodulin-independent fragments.

1987 • 156 citations

Effects of modulators of myosin light-chain kinase activity in single smooth muscle cells

1989 • 153 citations

Regulation of shortening velocity by cross-bridge phosphorylation in smooth muscle

1988 • 153 citations

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

1986 • 144 citations

Regulation of vascular smooth muscle tone by caldesmon.

1992 • 134 citations

Calmodulin is essential for smooth muscle contraction

1981 • 134 citations

Isolation of the native form of chicken gizzard myosin light-chain kinase

1984 • 125 citations

Dissociation of the effect of caldesmon on the ATPase activity and on the binding of smooth heavy meromyosin to actin by partial digestion of caldesmon.

1990 • 112 citations

Caldesmon150 regulates the tropomyosin-enhanced actin-myosin interaction in gizzard smooth muscle

1985 • 102 citations

The binding of Caldesmon to Actin and Its Effect on the ATPase Activity of Soluble Myosin Subfragments in the Presence and Absence of Tropomyosin

1989 • 96 citations

Parallel inhibition of active force and relaxed fiber stiffness in skeletal muscle by caldesmon: implications for the pathway to force generation.

1991 • 92 citations

Okadaic acid uncouples myosin light chain phosphorylation and tension in smooth muscle

1990 • 80 citations

Dissociation of myosin phosphorylation and active tension during muscarinic stimulation of tracheal smooth muscle.

1987 • 78 citations

The effects of smooth muscle caldesmon on actin filament motility

1992 • 75 citations

Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase relaxes skinned fibers from guinea pig taemia coli but not from chicken gizzard

1986 • 73 citations

Ion-specific and general ionic effects on contraction of skinned fast-twitch skeletal muscle from the rabbit.

1991 • 56 citations

Caldesmon‐induced inhibition of ATPase activity of actomyosin and contraction of skinned fibres of chicken gizzard smooth muscle

1985 • 55 citations

Caldesmon content of mammalian smooth muscles

1992 • 46 citations

Change of Ca2+ requirement for myosin phosphorylation by prostaglandin F2 alpha

1991 • 44 citations

Rapid myosin phosphorylation transients in phasic contractions in chicken gizzard smooth muscle

1989 • 31 citations

Localization and characterization of a 7.3-kDa region of caldesmon which reversibly inhibits actomyosin ATPase activity.

1992 • 28 citations

Structure and action of heteronemertine polypeptide toxins: disulfide bonds of Cerebratulus lacteus toxin B-IV.

1977 • 17 citations

Cellular Regulation by Protein Phosphorylation

1991 • 16 citations