The small GTPase RhoA regulates the contraction of smooth muscle tissues by catalyzing the assembly of cytoskeletal signaling complexes at membrane adhesion sites

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 33996-34008

  Zhang, Wenwu ^a   Huang, Youliang ^a   Gunst, Susan J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DYNAMICS; ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLES; ARP2/3 COMPLEX; CELLULAR LOCALIZATION; CONTRACTILE AGONIST; CYTOSKELETAL; DELETION MUTANTS; DOMINANT-NEGATIVE MUTANTS; KINASE ASSAYS; MEMBRANE ADHESION; MUSCLE TISSUES; PAXILLIN; POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNALING CASCADES; SIGNALING COMPLEX; SMOOTH MUSCLES; TENSION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSDUCTION PROCESS; TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PROTEINS;

NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; PAXILLIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKENS; CYTOSKELETON; DOGS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PAXILLIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

EID: 84867275924     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.369603     Document Type: Article

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