Myosin light chain phosphorylation facilitates in vivo myosin filament reassembly after mechanical perturbation

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 6 51-6, 2002, Pages

  Qi, D ^a,c   Mitchell, R W ^b,d   Burdyga, T ^b,e   Ford, L E ^b   Kuo, K H ^a,c   Seow, C Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Biochemistry; Calcium transients; Contraction; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE INHIBITOR; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036083694     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00554.2001     Document Type: Article

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