What is latch? New ideas about tonic contraction in smooth muscle

The Function of Myosin and Myosin Light Chain Kinase Phosphorylation in Smooth Muscle

1985 • 1,052 citations

Protein kinase C in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction

1987 • 543 citations

Cross-bridge phosphorylation and regulation of latch state in smooth muscle

1988 • 437 citations

Stimulus‐specific patterns of intracellular calcium levels in smooth muscle of ferret portal vein.

1984 • 361 citations

Smooth muscle tone.

1971 • 334 citations

Preparation and Properties of Vertebrate Smooth‐Muscle Myofibrils and Actomyosin

1975 • 227 citations

Myoplasmic [Ca2+] determines myosin phosphorylation in agonist-stimulated swine arterial smooth muscle.

1988 • 222 citations

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

1987 • 215 citations

Localization of filamin in smooth muscle.

1986 • 171 citations

Expression of high and low molecular weight caldesmons during phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells.

1987 • 168 citations

Binding of caldesmon to smooth muscle myosin.

1988 • 163 citations

<b>CONTROL OF ACTIN-MYOSIN INTERACTION OF GIZZARD SMOOTH MUSCLE BY CALMODULIN- AND CALDESMONLINKED FLIP-FLOP </b><b>MECHANISM </b>

1982 • 162 citations

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

1988 • 161 citations

The binding of smooth muscle heavy meromyosin to actin in the presence of ATP. Effect of phosphorylation.

1982 • 157 citations

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

1988 • 153 citations

Calcium-Dependent Stress Maintenance Without Myosin Phosphorylation in Skinned Smooth Muscle

1983 • 145 citations

The effects of caldesmon on smooth muscle heavy actomeromyosin ATPase activity and binding of heavy meromyosin to actin.

1986 • 138 citations

Phosphorylation of Caldesmon Prevents Its Interaction with Smooth Muscle Myosin

1989 • 138 citations

The contractile proteins of smooth muscle. Properties and components of a Ca2+-sensitive actomyosin from chicken gizzard

1975 • 122 citations

The regulation of smooth muscle contractile proteins

1983 • 116 citations

Carbachol-induced protein phosphorylation changes in bovine tracheal smooth muscle.

1986 • 113 citations

Calcium ion-regulated thin filaments from vascular smooth muscle

1980 • 103 citations

Purification and properties of Ca2+-regulated thin filaments and F-actin from sheep aorta smooth muscle

1984 • 102 citations

The effects of phosphorylation of smooth-muscle caldesmon

1987 • 73 citations

Mechanical and Structural Approaches to Correlation of Cross-Bridge Action in Muscle with Actomyosin ATPase in Solution

1987 • 64 citations

Modulation of smooth muscle actomyosin ATPase by thin filament associated proteins

1986 • 61 citations

Relaxation of muscle fibers with adenosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (ATP[gamma S]) and by laser photolysis of caged ATP[gamma S]: evidence for Ca2+-dependent affinity of rapidly detaching zero-force cross-bridges.

1988 • 57 citations

Ca2+-calmodulin binding to caldesmon and the caldesmon-actin-tropomyosin complex. Its role in Ca2+ regulation of the activity of synthetic smooth-muscle thin filaments

1989 • 53 citations

Low Ca2+ impedes cross-bridge detachment in chemically skinned Taenia coli

1982 • 49 citations

Aorta caldesmon inhibits actin activation of thiophosphorylated heavy meromyosin Mg²⁺‐ATPase activity by slowing the rate of product release

1988 • 41 citations

Myosin light chain phosphatase. Effect on the activation and relaxation of gizzard smooth muscle skinned fibers.

1985 • 41 citations

What is 10S myosin for?

1988 • 38 citations

Apparent dissociation between myosin light chain phosphorylation and maximal velocity of shortening in KCl depolarized swine carotid artery: effect of temperature and KCl concentration

1987 • 33 citations

The effects of vascular smooth muscle caldesmon on force production by ‘desensitised’ skeletal muscle fibres

1988 • 32 citations

Reversal of caldesmon function by anti-caldesmon antibodies confirms its role in the calcium regulation of vascular smooth muscle thin filaments

1988 • 24 citations

Ca2+ regulation of the thin filaments: biochemical mechanism and physiological role

1988 • 19 citations

A tight-binding interaction between smooth-muscle native thin filaments and heavy meromyosin in the presence of MgATP

1989 • 19 citations

Measurements of intracellular calcium concentration in mammalian vascular smooth muscle cells during agonist-induced contractions

1988 • 7 citations