Search Results - "WARSHAW, D. M"
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Molecular Mechanics of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C in Native Thick Filaments
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (07-09-2012)“…The heart's pumping capacity results from highly regulated interactions of actomyosin molecular motors. Mutations in the gene for a potential regulator of…”
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Effect of low pH on single skeletal muscle myosin mechanics and kinetics
Published in American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology (01-07-2008)“…Acidosis (low pH) is the oldest putative agent of muscular fatigue, but the molecular mechanism underlying its depressive effect on muscular performance…”
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Modeling myosin Va liposome transport through actin filament networks reveals a percolation threshold that modulates transport properties
Published in Molecular biology of the cell (01-02-2022)“…Myosin Va (myoVa) motors transport membrane-bound cargo through three-dimensional, intracellular actin filament networks. We developed a coarse-grained, in…”
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Single-Molecule Mechanics of R403Q Cardiac Myosin Isolated From the Mouse Model of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Published in Circulation research (14-04-2000)“…ABSTRACTFamilial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is an inherited cardiac disease that can result in sudden death in the absence of any overt symptoms. Many…”
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Two Heads of Myosin Are Better Than One for Generating Force and Motion
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-04-1999)“…Several classes of the myosin superfamily are distinguished by their "double-headed" structure, where each head is a molecular motor capable of hydrolyzing ATP…”
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Smooth and skeletal muscle myosin both exhibit low duty cycles at zero load in vitro
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (15-07-1993)“…Smooth muscle's stress equals that of skeletal muscle with less myosin. Thus, under isometric conditions, smooth muscle myosin may spend a greater fraction of…”
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Stereoselective Actions of Thiadiazinones on Canine Cardiac Myocytes and Myofilaments
Published in Circulation research (01-12-1993)“…Thiadiazinones are cardiotonic agents that have potent, direct, and stereoselective actions on the myofilament response to Ca in intact myocardium. Their…”
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Hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy mutations differentially affect the molecular force generation of mouse alpha-cardiac myosin in the laser trap assay
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-07-2007)“…Point mutations in cardiac myosin, the heart's molecular motor, produce distinct clinical phenotypes: hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathy. Do…”
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Smooth Muscle Myosin Cross-Bridge Interactions Modulate Actin Filament Sliding Velocity in vitro
Published in The Journal of cell biology (01-08-1990)“…Although it is generally believed that phosphorylation of the regulatory light chain of myosin is required before smooth muscle can develop force, it is not…”
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Smooth, cardiac and skeletal muscle myosin force and motion generation assessed by cross-bridge mechanical interactions in vitro
Published in Journal of muscle research and cell motility (01-02-1994)“…Differences in the mechanical properties of mammalian smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle have led to the proposal that the myosin isozymes expressed by these…”
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Actin filament mechanics in the laser trap
Published in Journal of muscle research and cell motility (01-02-1997)“…Numerous biological processes, including muscular contraction, depend upon the mechanical properties of actin filaments. One such property is resistance to…”
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The Essential Light Chain is Required for Full Force Production by Skeletal Muscle Myosin
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-12-1994)“…Myosin, a molecular motor that is responsible for muscle contraction, is composed of two heavy chains each with two light chains. The crystal structure of…”
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Enhanced Force Generation by Smooth Muscle Myosin in vitro
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-01-1994)“…To determine whether the apparent enhanced force-generating capabilities of smooth muscle relative to skeletal muscle are inherent to the myosin cross-bridge,…”
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In Vivo Analysis of an Essential Myosin Light Chain Mutation Linked to Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Published in Circulation research (18-08-2000)“…Mutations in cardiac motor protein genes are associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Mutations in both the regulatory (Glu22Lys) and essential…”
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The effects of smooth muscle caldesmon on actin filament motility
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (15-11-1992)“…The movement of reconstituted thin filaments over an immobilized surface of thiophosphorylated smooth muscle myosin was examined using an in vitro motility…”
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Length vs. active force relationship in single isolated smooth muscle cells
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-05-1991)“…The length vs. active force relationship (L-F) may provide information about changes in smooth muscle contractile protein interactions as muscle length…”
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Computer-assisted tracking of actin filament motility
Published in Analytical biochemistry (01-05-1992)“…In vitro motility assays, in which fluorescently labeled actin filaments are propelled by myosin molecules adhered to a glass coverslip, require that actin…”
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Effects of MgATP, MgADP, and Pi on actin movement by smooth muscle myosin
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (25-12-1991)“…To test the idea that the in vitro motility assay is a simplified model system for muscle contraction, the MgATP-dependent movement of actin filaments by…”
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Actomyosin interaction modulates resting length of unstimulated cardiac ventricular cells
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-09-1996)“…We sought to determine whether resting or diastolic cardiac myocyte length during low stimulation rates is regulated by myofilament interaction. Cytosolic Ca2+…”
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Maximal Actomyosin ATPase Activity and In Vitro Myosin Motility Are Unaltered in Human Mitral Regurgitation Heart Failure
Published in Circulation research (01-08-1996)“…Myofibrillar but not actomyosin ATPase is depressed in failing myocardium from patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Since there is a similar depression of…”
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