Rac1 Regulates Myosin II Phosphorylation Through Regulation of Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 230, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1352-1364

  Shibata, Keita ^a   Sakai, Hiroyasu ^a,c   Huang, Qian ^a   Kamata, Hirotoshi ^a,b   Chiba, Yoshihiko ^c   Misawa, Miwa ^c   Ikebe, Reiko ^a,b   Ikebe, Mitsuo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PPP1R12A PROTEIN, RAT; PPP1R14A PROTEIN, RAT; RAC1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RATS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84923266404     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24878     Document Type: Article

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