Myosin light chain kinases

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Gallagher, Patricia J ^a   Herring, B Paul ^a   Stull, James T ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; ISOENZYME; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0031019453     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018616814417     Document Type: Review

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