Molecular Identity of Smooth Muscle Cells

Regulation of differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells

1995 • 1,681 citations

Vinculin, an intracellular protein localized at specialized sites where microfilament bundles terminate at cell membranes.

1980 • 502 citations

Vascular smooth muscle cells differ from other smooth muscle cells: predominance of vimentin filaments and a specific alpha-type actin.

1981 • 478 citations

Smooth muscle myosin heavy chain exclusively marks the smooth muscle lineage during mouse embryogenesis.

1994 • 392 citations

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

1991 • 353 citations

The molecular basis for tropomyosin isoform diversity

1991 • 350 citations

Human smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms as molecular markers for vascular development and atherosclerosis.

1993 • 342 citations

Expression of smooth muscle-specific proteins in myoepithelium and stromal myofibroblasts of normal and malignant human breast tissue.

1993 • 320 citations

Vinculin is a component of an extensive network of myofibril-sarcolemma attachment regions in cardiac muscle fibers.

1983 • 245 citations

Expression of smooth muscle and nonmuscle myosin heavy chains in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.

1986 • 233 citations

The thin filaments of smooth muscles

1985 • 194 citations

Two different heavy chains are found in smooth muscle myosin

1986 • 159 citations

Developmental changes in isoactin expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells in vivo. Relationship between growth and cytodifferentiation.

1986 • 150 citations

Coronary artery development in the chick: Origin and deployment of smooth muscle cells, and the effects of neural crest ablation

1992 • 121 citations

Smooth Muscle Cell Markers in Developing Rat Lung

1990 • 119 citations

Distribution of isoelectric variants of the 17,000-dalton myosin light chain in mammalian smooth muscle.

1988 • 94 citations

Caldesmon: Thin filament regulatory proteins of smooth- and non-muscle cells

1986 • 60 citations

Smooth Muscle Diversity in Arterial Wound Repair*

1990 • 57 citations

Muscle-specific gene expression. A comparison of cardiac and skeletal muscle transcription strategies.

1993 • 54 citations

Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Smooth Muscle Calponin

1991 • 47 citations

Studies on Amino Acid Sequences of Two Isoforms of 17-kDa Essential Light Chain of Smooth Muscle Myosin from Porcine Aorta Media1

1992 • 24 citations