Electron microscopic images suggest both ends of caldesmon interact with actin filaments

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

Caldesmon, a novel regulatory protein in smooth muscle and nonmuscle actomyosin systems

1991 • 353 citations

Shape and flexibility of the myosin molecule

1978 • 329 citations

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

1984 • 321 citations

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

1984 • 243 citations

The molecular anatomy of caldesmon

1991 • 224 citations

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

1987 • 215 citations

Phosphorylation of caldesmon in arterial smooth muscle

1989 • 165 citations

THE MOLECULAR TRANSFORMATIONS OF ACTIN

1952 • 157 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

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

Localization of the calmodulin- and the actin-binding sites of caldesmon

1991 • 97 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

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

[1] Calmodulin purification and fluorescent labeling

1983 • 91 citations

VISUALIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL MACROMOLECULES WITH THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

1956 • 78 citations

A long helix from the central region of smooth muscle caldesmon

1991 • 76 citations

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

1990 • 73 citations

Characterization of the carboxyl-terminal 10-kDa cyanogen bromide fragment of caldesmon as an actin-calmodulin-binding region.

1990 • 71 citations

Disassembly and reconstitution of the Ca²⁺‐sensitive thin filaments of vascular smooth muscle

1985 • 68 citations

Modulation of smooth muscle actomyosin ATPase by thin filament associated proteins

1986 • 61 citations

Electron microscopic studies of chicken gizzard caldesmon and its complex with calmodulin

1991 • 57 citations

Cross-linking of smooth muscle caldesmon to the NH2-terminal region of skeletal F-actin.

1990 • 56 citations

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

1989 • 53 citations

Smooth muscle caldesmon.

1990 • 48 citations

Chicken gizzard tropomyosin: head-to-tail assembly and interaction with F-actin and troponin

1984 • 45 citations

Structural study of gizzard caldesmon and its interaction with actin

1990 • 44 citations

Immunochemical evidence for the binding of caldesmon to the NH2-terminal segment of actin.

1990 • 42 citations

Disulfide cross-linking of caldesmon to actin.

1991 • 40 citations

Photocrosslinking of calmodulin and/or actin to chicken gizzard caldesmon

1988 • 32 citations

Monoclonal Antibodies Against Caldesmon, a Ca++/Calmodulin- and Actin-Binding Protein of Smooth Muscle and Nonmuscle Cells

1988 • 31 citations

Heavy-meromyosin-decorated actin filaments: A simple method to preserve actin filaments for rotary shadowing

1991 • 30 citations

Melting of myosin and tropomyosin: Electron microscopic observations

1990 • 27 citations

Epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies against caldesmon and their effects on the binding of caldesmon to Ca⁺⁺/calmodulin and to actin or actin‐tropomyosin filaments

1991 • 24 citations

Amino acid sequence of a 15 kilodalton actin-binding fragment of turkey gizzard caldesmon: Similarity with dystrophin, tropomysin and the tropomyosin-binding region of troponin T

1989 • 23 citations

Conformational change of turkey‐gizzard caldesmon induced by specific chemical modification with carbodiimide

1991 • 8 citations