Rho-associated kinase directly induces smooth muscle contraction through myosin light chain phosphorylation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 272, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 12257-12260

  Kureishi, Yasuko ^a   Kobayashi, Sei ^b   Amano, Mutsuki ^c   Kimura, Kazushi ^c   Kanaide, Hideo ^d   Nakano, Takeshi ^a   Kaibuchi, Kozo ^c   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DETERGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; OCTOXYNOL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030977123     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.19.12257     Document Type: Article

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