cGMP-dependent relaxation of smooth muscle is coupled with the change in the phosphorylation of myosin phosphatase

Circulation Research

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 712-722

  Nakamura, Kensei ^a   Koga, Yasuhiko ^a   Sakai, Hiroyasu ^a   Homma, Kazuaki ^a   Ikebe, Mitsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP; Myosin light chain phosphatase; Phosphorylation; Smooth muscle; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBITS;

EID: 34848854240     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.153981     Document Type: Article

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