"Myosin Light Chains" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The smaller subunits of MYOSINS that bind near the head groups of MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one essential and one regulatory pair of light chains associated with each heavy chain. Many myosin light chains that bind calcium are considered "calmodulin-like" proteins.
| Descriptor ID |
D018994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.730.475.200 D12.776.157.125.475 D12.776.210.500.600.200 D12.776.220.525.475.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Myosin Light Chains- Myosin Light Chains
- Light Chains, Myosin
- Myosin Light Chain
- Light Chain, Myosin
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myosin Light Chains" by people in Profiles.
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Postnatal development alters functional compartmentalization of myosin light chain kinase in ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 09 01; 321(3):R441-R453.
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Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Sep; 301(3):C653-66.
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Tiam1 and Rac1 are required for platelet-activating factor-induced endothelial junctional disassembly and increase in vascular permeability. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 20; 284(8):5381-94.
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Maximal stimulation-induced in situ myosin light chain kinase activity is upregulated in fetal compared with adult ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Dec; 295(6):H2289-98.
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Inhibition of endothelial barrier dysfunction by P21-activated kinase-1. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2007 Mar-Apr; 85(3-4):281-8.
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Chronic hypoxia modulates relations among calcium, myosin light chain phosphorylation, and force differently in fetal and adult ovine basilar arteries. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2005 Jul; 99(1):120-7.