Standout Papers

Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase) 1996 2026 2006 2016 2.4k
  1. Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase) (1996)
    Kazushi Kimura, Masaaki Ito et al. Science
  2. Phosphorylation and Activation of Myosin by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase) (1996)
    Mutsuki Amano, Masaaki Ito et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry
  3. Formation of Actin Stress Fibers and Focal Adhesions Enhanced by Rho-Kinase (1997)
    Mutsuki Amano, Kazuyasu Chihara et al. Science
  4. Rho-associated kinase, a novel serine/threonine kinase, as a putative target for small GTP binding protein Rho. (1996)
    Takeshi Matsui, Mutsuki Amano et al. The EMBO Journal
  5. Regulation of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Adhesion by the Rho Family GTPases in Mammalian Cells (1999)
    Kozo Kaibuchi, Shinya Kuroda et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry
  6. Rho‐kinase/ROCK: A key regulator of the cytoskeleton and cell polarity (2010)
    Mutsuki Amano, Masanori Nakayama et al. Cytoskeleton
  7. Rho-Kinase Phosphorylates COOH-terminal Threonines of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) Proteins and Regulates Their Head-to-Tail Association (1998)
    Takeshi Matsui, Masato Maeda et al. The Journal of Cell Biology
  8. Rho–Rho-kinase pathway in smooth muscle contraction and cytoskeletal reorganization of non-muscle cells (2001)
    Yuko Fukata, Kozo Kaibuchi et al. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
  9. Rho-associated Kinase Directly Induces Smooth Muscle Contraction through Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation (1997)
    Yasuko Kureishi, Sei Kobayashi et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Works of Mutsuki Amano being referenced

The COOH Terminus of Rho-kinase Negatively Regulates Rho-kinase Activity
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Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase)
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