Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho and Rho-Associated Kinase (Rho-Kinase)

Kazushi Kimura, Masaaki Ito, Mutsuki Amano, +9

Science

Phosphorylation and Activation of Myosin by Rho-associated Kinase (Rho-kinase)

Mutsuki Amano, Masaaki Ito, Kazushi Kimura, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Formation of Actin Stress Fibers and Focal Adhesions Enhanced by Rho-Kinase

Mutsuki Amano, Kazuyasu Chihara, Kazushi Kimura, +4

Science

EngineeringCell AdhesionCytoskeletonCellular PhysiologyFocal Adhesions +18

Rho-associated kinase, a novel serine/threonine kinase, as a putative target for small GTP binding protein Rho.

Takeshi Matsui, Mutsuki Amano, Takahisa Yamamoto, +7

The EMBO Journal

Protein FunctionSignal TransductionSignaling PathwayBiochemistryNatural Sciences +8

Rho-Kinase Phosphorylates COOH-terminal Threonines of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin (ERM) Proteins and Regulates Their Head-to-Tail Association

Takeshi Matsui, Masato Maeda, Yoshinori Doi, +5

The Journal of Cell Biology

Rho-associated Kinase Directly Induces Smooth Muscle Contraction through Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation

Yasuko Kureishi, Sei Kobayashi, Mutsuki Amano, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Muscle FunctionSmooth Muscle ContractionCytoskeletonMechanotransductionCellular Physiology +16

Phosphorylation of Myosin-Binding Subunit (Mbs) of Myosin Phosphatase by Rho-Kinase in Vivo

Yoji Kawano, Yuko Fukata, Noriko Oshiro, +6

The Journal of Cell Biology

Tpa StimulationCytoskeletonCellular PhysiologySignaling PathwayReceptor Tyrosine Kinase +15

CRMP-2 induces axons in cultured hippocampal neurons

Naoyuki Inagaki, Kazuyasu Chihara, Nariko Arimura, +6

Nature Neuroscience

Crmp-2 Induces AxonsMolecular NeuroscienceNeuroscienceMolecular NeurobiologyMedicine +4

Identification of a Putative Target for Rho as the Serine-Threonine Kinase Protein Kinase N

Mutsuki Amano, Hideyuki Mukai, Yoshitaka Ono, +6

Science

Molecular BiologyCytoskeletonCellular PhysiologyOxidative StressStress Fibers +17

Thrombin Inactivates Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase via Rho and Its Target Rho Kinase in Human Endothelial Cells

Markus Essler, Mutsuki Amano, Hans-Joachim Kruse, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry