Myosin phosphorylation triggers actin polymerization in vascular smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Xuesong ^a   Pavlish, Kristin ^a   Benoit, Joseph N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

escin; Isometric force; Microcystin; ML 7; Myosin light chain kinase; Myosin light chain phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BETA ESCIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MICROCYSTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN REGULATORY LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY PERMEABILITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AZEPINES; BINDING SITES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICROCYSTINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; NAPHTHALENES; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 57049097681     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.91437.2007     Document Type: Article

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