Structure and evolution of the actin crosslinking proteins

A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX

1984 • 14,824 citations

Why genes in pieces?

1978 • 2,256 citations

The complete sequence of dystrophin predicts a rod-shaped cytoskeletal protein

1988 • 1,501 citations

ACTIN AND ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF MECHANISMS AND FUNCTIONS

1986 • 1,493 citations

THE MEMBRANE SKELETON OF HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MORE COMPLEX CELLS

1985 • 673 citations

Nonmuscle Actin-Binding Proteins

1985 • 589 citations

Microtubule-Associated Proteins

1986 • 559 citations

Human endothelial actin-binding protein (ABP-280, nonmuscle filamin): a molecular leaf spring.

1990 • 522 citations

An autosomal transcript in skeletal muscle with homology to dystrophin

1989 • 478 citations

Microtubule-Associated Protein MAP2 Shares a Microtubule Binding Motif with Tau Protein

1988 • 476 citations

The structure and function of α-actinin

1989 • 421 citations

Erythrocyte spectrin is comprised of many homologous triple helical segments

1984 • 418 citations

Detailed analysis of the repeat domain of dystrophin reveals four potential hinge segments that may confer flexibility.

1990 • 384 citations

Filamin, a new high-molecular-weight protein found in smooth muscle and non-muscle cells.

1975 • 317 citations

Homology of a yeast actin-binding protein to signal transduction proteins and myosin-I

1990 • 315 citations

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

1980 • 306 citations

Do genes-in-pieces imply proteins-in-pieces?

1978 • 287 citations

Non-muscle α-actinins are calcium-sensitive actin-binding proteins

1981 • 257 citations

Identification of actin-binding protein as the protein linking the membrane skeleton to glycoproteins on platelet plasma membranes.

1985 • 236 citations

Full-length sequence of the cDNA for human erythroid beta-spectrin.

1990 • 235 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF MULTIGENE FAMILIES: Human Haptoglobin Genes

1986 • 235 citations

The complete cDNA and polypeptide sequences of human erythroid alpha-spectrin.

1990 • 219 citations

Spectrin plus band 4.1 cross-link actin. Regulation by micromolar calcium.

1980 • 216 citations

F-actin binding and bundling properties of fimbrin, a major cytoskeletal protein of microvillus core filaments.

1981 • 214 citations

Fimbrin is a homologue of the cytoplasmic phosphoprotein plastin and has domains homologous with calmodulin and actin gelation proteins.

1990 • 208 citations

Calcium‐sensitive non‐muscle α‐actinin contains EF‐hand structures and highly conserved regions

1987 • 205 citations

Cloning and Expression of a Smooth Muscle Caldesmon

1989 • 194 citations

Structure of macrophage actin-binding protein molecules in solution and interacting with actin filaments

1981 • 188 citations

The sequence of chick alpha-actinin reveals homologies to spectrin and calmodulin.

1987 • 173 citations

Primary structure of the brain alpha-spectrin [published erratum appears in J Cell Biol 1989 Mar;108(3):following 1175]

1989 • 164 citations

Actin-binding proteins

1990 • 164 citations

The calmodulin-binding site in alpha-fodrin is near the calcium-dependent protease-I cleavage site.

1988 • 150 citations

Sequence similarity of the amino-terminal domain of Drosophila beta spectrin to alpha actinin and dystrophin.

1989 • 148 citations

Molecular genetics of Drosophila alpha-actinin: mutant alleles disrupt Z disc integrity and muscle insertions.

1990 • 135 citations

The Dictyostelium gelation factor shares a putative actin binding site with alpha-actinins and dystrophin and also has a rod domain containing six 100-residue motifs that appear to have a cross-beta conformation.

1989 • 132 citations

Calmodulin and calcium-dependent protease I coordinately regulate the interaction of fodrin with actin.

1990 • 131 citations

Electron microscopic study of α-actinin

1975 • 131 citations

Selection of Dictyostelium mutants defective in cytoskeletal proteins: use of an antibody that binds to the ends of alpha-actinin rods.

1986 • 128 citations

The identification and sequence of the actin-binding domain of human red blood cell beta-spectrin.

1990 • 123 citations

Functional diversity among spectrin isoforms

1989 • 119 citations

Generation of diversity in nonerythroid spectrins. Multiple polypeptides are predicted by sequence analysis of cDNAs encompassing the coding region of human nonerythroid alpha-spectrin.

1990 • 109 citations

A Dictyostelium mutant lacking an F-actin cross-linking protein, the 120-kD gelation factor.

1990 • 108 citations

Properties of the 120,000- and 95,000-dalton actin-binding proteins from Dictyostelium discoideum and their possible functions in assembling the cytoplasmic matrix.

1984 • 107 citations

The chicken dystrophin cDNA: striking conservation of the C-terminal coding and 3′ untranslated regions between man and chicken.

1988 • 106 citations

Purification from Acanthamoeba castellanii of proteins that induce gelation and syneresis of F-actin.

1977 • 102 citations

The complete sequence of Drosophila alpha-spectrin: conservation of structural domains between alpha-spectrins and alpha-actinin.

1989 • 96 citations

Further characterization of a conserved actin-binding 27-kDa fragment of actinogelin and alpha-actinins and mapping of their binding sites on the actin molecule by chemical cross-linking.

1987 • 94 citations

Role of fimbrin and villin in determining the interfilament distances of actin bundles

1983 • 94 citations

Heat‐resistant inhibitors of protein kinase C from bovine brain

1988 • 93 citations

Identification of a short sequence essential for actin binding by Dictyostelium ABP-120.

1990 • 93 citations

Comparison of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin genes reveals strict homology among diverse species.

1988 • 77 citations

A beta-spectrin isoform from Drosophila (beta H) is similar in size to vertebrate dystrophin.

1990 • 74 citations

Structural analysis of homologous repeated domains in α-actinin and spectrin

1989 • 70 citations

Cloning of the Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy Locus

1988 • 68 citations

cDNA cloning, sequencing and chromosome mapping of a non-erythroid spectrin, human α-fodrin

1987 • 61 citations

Comparison of spectrin isolated from erythroid and non-erythroid sources

1984 • 56 citations

Studies on the spectrin-like protein from the intestinal brush border, TW 260/240, and characterization of its interaction with the cytoskeleton and actin.

1984 • 54 citations

A common theme in the amino acid sequences of actin and many actin-binding proteins?

1989 • 54 citations

Characterization of the Calmodulin-binding Site of Nonerythroid α-Spectrin

1989 • 49 citations

Isolation and characterization of sea urchin egg spectrin: Calcium modulation of the spectrin–actin interaction

1987 • 47 citations

Contributions of the β‐subunit to spectrin structure and function

1989 • 45 citations

Tropomyosin Inhibits the Interaction of F-Actin and Filamin1

1978 • 44 citations

Structure, calmodulin-binding, and calcium-binding properties of recombinant alpha spectrin polypeptides.

1991 • 31 citations

α‐Actinin and spectrin have common structural domains

1987 • 27 citations

Advances in Human Genetics

1987 • 19 citations

Primary structure of chicken skeletal muscle and fibroblast α‐actinins deduced from cDNA sequences

1988 • 17 citations