Effect of okadaic acid on phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of myosin light chain in aortic smooth muscle homogenate

Smooth muscle myosin phosphatase inhibition and force enhancement by black sponge toxin

1987 • 280 citations

Identification, phosphorylation, and dephosphorylation of a second site for myosin light chain kinase on the 20,000-dalton light chain of smooth muscle myosin.

1986 • 246 citations

Phosphorylation of smooth muscle heavy meromyosin by calcium-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase. The effect on actin-activated MgATPase activity.

1983 • 174 citations

Sequence of the sites phosphorylated by protein kinase C in the smooth muscle myosin light chain.

1987 • 142 citations

Phosphorylation of the 20,000-dalton light chain of myosin of intact arterial smooth muscle in rest and in contraction.

1979 • 100 citations

Contractile effects of okadaic acid, a novel ionophore-like substance from black sponge, on isolated smooth muscles under the condition of Ca deficiency.

1982 • 83 citations

Myosin light chain isoforms and their phosphorylation in arterial smooth muscle.

1987 • 49 citations