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Characterization of paramyosin and thin filaments in the smooth muscle of acorn worm, a member of hemichordates by Sonobe, Hiroki, Obinata, Takashi, Minokawa, Takuya, Haruta, Tomohiro, Kawamura, Yuuki, Wakatsuki, Shinryu, Sato, Naruki

“…Paramyosin is a myosin-binding protein characteristic of invertebrate animals, while troponin is a Ca -dependent regulator of muscle contraction. Both proteins…”
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Troponin I controls ovulatory contraction of non-striated actomyosin networks in the C. elegans somatic gonad by Obinata, Takashi, Ono, Kanako, Ono, Shoichiro

“…The myoepithelial sheath of the Caenorhabditis elegans somatic gonad has non-striated actomyosin networks that provide contractile forces during ovulation, a…”
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Signaling from Rho to the Actin Cytoskeleton Through Protein Kinases ROCK and LIM-kinase by Maekawa, Midori, Ishizaki, Toshimasa, Boku, Shuken, Watanabe, Naoki, Fujita, Akiko, Iwamatsu, Akihiro, Obinata, Takashi, Ohashi, Kazumasa, Mizuno, Kensaku, Narumiya, Shuh

“…The actin cytoskeleton undergoes extensive remodeling during cell morphogenesis and motility. The small guanosine triphosphatase Rho regulates such remodeling,…”
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Dynamic Reorientation of Cultured Cells and Stress Fibers under Mechanical Stress from Periodic Stretching by Hayakawa, Kimihide, Sato, Naruki, Obinata, Takashi

“…Cell lines derived from rat aorta and frog kidney were cultured on elastic membrane, and mechanical stress was given to the cells by stretching the membrane…”
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Cofilin is required for organization of sarcomeric actin filaments in chicken skeletal muscle cells by Miyauchi-Nomura, Saeko, Obinata, Takashi, Sato, Naruki

“…Cofilin is an actin regulatory protein that plays a critical role in actin filament dynamics in a variety of cells. We have previously demonstrated that excess…”
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Sea lily muscle lacks a troponin-regulatory system, while it contains paramyosin by Obinata, Takashi, Amemiya, Shonan, Takai, Ryosuke, Ichikawa, Muneyoshi, Toyoshima, Yoko Y, Sato, Naruki

“…Troponin, a Ca(2+)-dependent regulator of striated muscle contraction, has been characterized in vertebrates, protochordates (amphioxus and ascidian), and many…”
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Troponin in both Smooth and Striated Muscles of Ascidian Ciona intestinalis Functions as a Ca2+-Dependent Accelerator of Actin−Myosin Interaction by Ohshiro, Katsushi, Obinata, Takashi, Dennisson, Jeanette G, Ogasawara, Michio, Sato, Naruki

“…Troponin, a Ca2+-dependent regulator of muscle contraction, acts as an inhibitor of the actin−myosin interaction in the absence of Ca2+ during contraction in…”
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Differential expression of two cardiac myosin-binding protein-C isoforms in developing chicken cardiac and skeletal muscle cells by Saruta, Keiko, Obinata, Takashi, Sato, Naruki

“…Myosin-binding protein-C (MyBP-C), also known as C-protein, is a major myosin-binding protein characteristic of striated muscle, and plays a critical role in…”
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Effects of BTS (N-benzyl-p-toluene sulphonamide), an inhibitor for myosin-actin interaction, on myofibrillogenesis in skeletal muscle cells in culture by Kagawa, Maiko, Sato, Naruki, Obinata, Takashi

“…Actin filaments align around myosin filaments in the correct polarity and in a hexagonal arrangement to form cross-striated structures. It has been postulated…”
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V-1, a Protein Expressed Transiently during Murine Cerebellar Development, Regulates Actin Polymerization via Interaction with Capping Protein by Taoka, Masato, Ichimura, Tohru, Wakamiya-Tsuruta, Akiko, Kubota, Yoshiaki, Araki, Takeshi, Obinata, Takashi, Isobe, Toshiaki

“…V-1 is a 12-kDa protein consisting of three consecutive ANK repeats, which are believed to serve as the surface for protein-protein interactions. It is thought…”
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Functional characteristics of amphioxus troponin in regulation of muscle contraction by Dennisson, Jeanette G, Tando, Yukiko, Sato, Naruki, Ogasawara, Michio, Kubokawa, Kaoru, Obinata, Takashi

“…Troponin regulates contraction of vertebrate striated muscle in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. More specifically, it acts as an inhibitor of actin-myosin…”
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Two Mouse Cofilin Isoforms, Muscle-Type (MCF) and Non-Muscle Type (NMCF), Interact with F-Actin with Different Efficiencies by Nakashima, Kiyoko, Sato, Naruki, Nakagaki, Toshifumi, Abe, Hiroshi, Ono, Shoichiro, Obinata, Takashi

“…Two cofilin isoforms, a muscle-type (MCF) and a non-muscle-type (NMCF), are co-expressed in developing mammalian skeletal and cardiac muscles. To clarify how…”
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Identification of an Actin Binding Region and a Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Site on Human Fascin by Ono, Shoichiro, Yamakita, Yoshihiko, Yamashiro, Shigeko, Matsudaira, Paul T., Gnarra, James R., Obinata, Takashi, Matsumura, Fumio

“…Fascin is a 55-58-kDa actin-bundling protein, the actin binding of which is regulated by phosphorylation (Yamakita, Y., Ono, S., Matsumura, F., and Yamashiro,…”
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Induction of Ascidian Peripheral Neuron by Vegetal Blastomeres by Ohtsuka, Yukio, Obinata, Takashi, Okamura, Yasushi

“…Ascidian tadpole larvae have a similar dorsal tubular nervous system as vertebrates. The induction of brain formation from a4.2-derived (a-line) cells requires…”
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Functional Involvement of Xenopus LIM Kinases in Progression of Oocyte Maturation by Takahashi, Tomoyuki, Koshimizu, Uichi, Abe, Hiroshi, Obinata, Takashi, Nakamura, Toshikazu

“…LIM kinases (LIMK), including LIMK1 and LIMK2, are unique LIM-family proteins containing a catalytic (kinase) domain. These kinases phosphorylate an…”
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Uptake of albumin is coupled with stretch-induced hypertrophy of skeletal muscle cells in culture by Adachi, Ryota, Yabusaki, Katsumi, Obinata, Takashi

“…Hypertrophy is induced in skeletal muscle when mechanical overload, for example repetitive stretching, is presented. This is a well-known phenomenon and the…”
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Suppression of morphological transformation by radicicol is accompanied by enhanced gelsolin expression by HO JEONG KWON, YOSHIDA, M, NAGAOKA, R, OBINATA, T, BEPPU, T, HORINOUCHI, S

“…Radicicol, an inhibitor of Src-family protein-tyrosine kinases, causes morphological reversion of v-src- and v-Ha-ras-transformed fibroblasts and arrest of the…”
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Cytoplasmic localization and nuclear transport of cofilin in cultured myotubes by Abe, H, Nagaoka, R, Obinata, T

“…We used immunofluorescence methods to examine the cellular distribution of cofilin in chicken myotubes in primary culture. Cofilin showed mainly diffuse…”
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Genomic Organization, Expression, and Analysis of the Troponin C Gene pat-10 of Caenorhabditis elegans by Terami, Hiromi, Williams, Benjamin D., Kitamura, Shin-ichi, Sakube, Yasuji, Matsumoto, Shinji, Doi, Shima, Obinata, Takashi, Kagawa, Hiroaki

“…We have cloned and characterized the troponin C gene, pat-10 of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. At the amino acid level nematode troponin C is most…”
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Comparative studies on troponin, a Ca2+-dependent regulator of muscle contraction, in striated and smooth muscles of protochordates by Obinata, Takashi, Sato, Naruki

“…Troponin is well known as a Ca2+-dependent regulator of striated muscle contraction and it has been generally accepted that troponin functions as an inhibitor…”
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