Signal transduction by G-proteins, Rho-kinase and protein phosphatase to smooth muscle and non-muscle myosin II

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 522, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-185

  Somlyo, Andrew P ^a   Somlyo, Avril V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; PHORBOL ESTER; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO KINASE; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL MOTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ASTHMA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METASTASIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0034650714     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-2-00177.x     Document Type: Review

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