A Xenopus Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform Is Phosphorylated by Cyclin-p34cdc2 Kinase during Meiosis

Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4

1970 • 253,849 citations

Universal control mechanism regulating onset of M-phase

1990 • 2,882 citations

Three-dimensional structure of myosin subfragment-1: a molecular motor

1993 • 2,027 citations

Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract.

1987 • 1,948 citations

Cytoplasmic control of nuclear behavior during meiotic maturation of frog oocytes

1971 • 1,553 citations

Cyclin: A protein specified by maternal mRNA in sea urchin eggs that is destroyed at each cleavage division

1983 • 1,506 citations

Cyclin synthesis drives the early embryonic cell cycle

1989 • 1,223 citations

Purified maturation-promoting factor contains the product of a Xenopus homolog of the fission yeast cell cycle control gene cdc2+

1988 • 885 citations

The Xenopus cdc2 protein is a component of MPF, a cytoplasmic regulator of mitosis

1988 • 829 citations

In vitro disassembly of the nuclear lamina and M phase-specific phosphorylation of lamins by cdc2 kinase

1990 • 783 citations

cdc2 protein kinase is complexed with both cyclin A and B: Evidence for proteolytic inactivation of MPF

1989 • 666 citations

MPF from starfish oocytes at first meiotic metaphase is a heterodimer containing one molecule of cdc2 and one molecule of cyclin B.

1989 • 550 citations

The cell cycle control gene cdc2+ of fission yeast encodes a protein kinase potentially regulated by phosphorylation

1986 • 502 citations

Myosin Structure and Function in Cell Motility

1987 • 479 citations

Translation of cyclin mRNA is necessary for extracts of activated Xenopus eggs to enter mitosis

1989 • 438 citations

In vitro effects on microtubule dynamics of purified Xenopus M phase-activated MAP kinase

1991 • 422 citations

The interaction of steroids with Rana pipiens oocytes in the induction of maturation

1971 • 400 citations

Cell cycle tyrosine phosphorylation of p34cdc2 and a microtubule-associated protein kinase homolog in Xenopus oocytes and eggs.

1991 • 352 citations

Disassembly of the nucleus in mitotic extracts: Membrane vesicularization, lamin disassembly, and chromosome condensation are independent processes

1987 • 349 citations

Intermediate filament reorganization during mitosis is mediated by p34cdc2 phosphorylation of vimentin

1990 • 328 citations

Identification of two types of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms by cDNA cloning and immunoblot analysis

1989 • 300 citations

Xenopus M phase MAP kinase: isolation of its cDNA and activation by MPF.

1991 • 274 citations

Capping of surface receptors and concomitant cortical tension are generated by conventional myosin

1989 • 274 citations

An insert of seven amino acids confers functional differences between smooth muscle myosins from the intestines and vasculature

1993 • 261 citations

Phylogenetic analysis of the myosin superfamily

1993 • 258 citations

Differential localization of myosin-II isozymes in human cultured cells and blood cells

1994 • 249 citations

Protein kinase C modulates in vitro phosphorylation of the smooth muscle heavy meromyosin by myosin light chain kinase.

1984 • 249 citations

Chicken nonmuscle myosin heavy chains: differential expression of two mRNAs and evidence for two different polypeptides.

1991 • 211 citations

Tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of homologous protein kinases during oocyte maturation and mitogenic activation of fibroblasts.

1991 • 202 citations

Phosphorylation of myosin-II regulatory light chain by cyclin-p34cdc2: a mechanism for the timing of cytokinesis.

1992 • 197 citations

Myosin heavy chain isoform diversity in smooth muscle is produced by differential RNA processing

1989 • 187 citations

Structure and function of the cytoskeleton of a Dictyostelium myosin-defective mutant.

1990 • 173 citations

Xenopus laevis: Practical uses in cell and molecular biology. Solutions and protocols.

1991 • 173 citations

Phosphorylation of non-muscle caldesmon by p34cdc2 kinase during mitosis

1991 • 171 citations

Molecular evolution of the myosin family: relationships derived from comparisons of amino acid sequences.

1993 • 164 citations

Antigen-induced Secretion of Histamine and the Phosphorylation of Myosin by Protein Kinase C in Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cells

1989 • 161 citations

In vivo phosphorylation of regulatory light chain of myosin II during mitosis of cultured cells

1994 • 154 citations

Identification of a novel smooth muscle myosin heavy chain cDNA: isoform diversity in the S1 head region

1993 • 153 citations

A trypsin-sensitive receptor on membrane vesicles is required for nuclear envelope formation in vitro.

1988 • 148 citations

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

1987 • 142 citations

Two distinct nonmuscle myosin‐heavy‐chain mRNAs are differentially expressed in various chicken tissues

1989 • 132 citations

Mitosis-specific phosphorylation causes 83K non-muscle caldesmon to dissociate from microfilaments

1990 • 130 citations

Evidence for inserted sequences in the head region of nonmuscle myosin specific to the nervous system. Cloning of the cDNA encoding the myosin heavy chain-B isoform of vertebrate nonmuscle myosin.

1992 • 121 citations

The substrates of the cdc2 kinase.

1991 • 115 citations

Chapter 2 Genetics of Xenopus laevis

1991 • 111 citations

Appendix A: Solutions and Protocols

1991 • 105 citations

In situ phosphorylation of human platelet myosin heavy and light chains by protein kinase C

1989 • 95 citations

Smooth muscle myosin is composed of homodimeric heavy chains.

1992 • 86 citations

Tissue-specific and developmentally regulated alternative splicing of a visceral isoform of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain

1993 • 82 citations

Distinct vascular and intestinal smooth muscle myosin heavy chain mRNAs are encoded by a single-copy gene in the chicken

1990 • 76 citations

Phosphorylation of bovine platelet myosin by protein kinase C

1990 • 71 citations

Amino acid sequence around the serine phosphorylated by casein kinase II in brain myosin heavy chain.

1990 • 61 citations

Xenopus cell lines.

1991 • 44 citations

The heavy chain of smooth muscle myosin is phosphorylated in aorta cells.

1988 • 41 citations

Chapter 32 Xenopus Cell Lines

1991 • 33 citations

Catalytic fragment of protein kinase C exhibits altered substrate specificity toward smooth muscle myosin light chain

1991 • 33 citations

Cloning of the cDNA encoding a myosin heavy chain B isoform of Xenopus nonmuscle myosin with an insert in the head region.

1993 • 24 citations

The Cytoskeleton During Early Development: Structural Transformation and Reorganization of RNA and Protein

1991 • 4 citations