Phosphorylation of myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin phosphatase by Rho-kinase in vivo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1023-1037

  Kawano, Yoji ^a   Fukata, Yuko ^a   Oshiro, Noriko ^a   Amano, Mutsuki ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^b   Ito, Masaaki ^c   Matsumura, Fumio ^d   Inagaki, Masaki ^e   Kaibuchi, Kozo ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Myosin binding subunit of myosin phosphatase; Phosphorylation; Rho; Rho associated kinase

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; DOGS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; MYOSINS; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033615977     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.5.1023     Document Type: Article

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