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Myosin-mediated Contractility

Myosin-Mediated Contractility is a biomechanical mechanism within cytoskeletal dynamics that generates intracellular force through the ATP-dependent sliding of actin filaments by myosin motor proteins, thereby enabling cell migration and shape changes.

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

Kazushi Kimura, Masaaki Ito, Mutsuki Amano et al. · Science · 1996 · 2.9K citations

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

Mutsuki Amano, Masaaki Ito, Kazushi Kimura et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 2K citations · Full text

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Geometric cues for directing the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

K. Kilian, Branimir Bugarija, Bruce T. Lahn et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Structure of the actin-myosin complex and its implications for muscle contraction

Ivan Rayment, Hazel M. Holden, Michael Whittaker et al. · Science · 1993 · 1.8K citations

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Rho-stimulated contractility drives the formation of stress fibers and focal adhesions.

Magdalena Chrzanowska‐Wodnicka, Keith Burridge · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1996 · 1.7K citations

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    David M. Warshaw

    University of Vermont, United States

    32 publications · 2.9K citations

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    James T. Stull

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

    29 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. JR
    Jeffrey Robbins

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, United States

    26 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. TC
    Thomas C. Irving

    Illinois Institute of Technology, United States

    23 publications · 1K citations

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    James A. Spudich

    Stanford University, United States

    22 publications · 2.9K citations

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  1. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    44 h-index

    209 publications

    27.6K citations

  2. University of Vermont

    Burlington, United States

    42 h-index

    233 publications

    17.7K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    42 h-index

    206 publications

    15.5K citations

  4. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    41 h-index

    191 publications

    19.8K citations

  5. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    33 h-index

    134 publications

    9K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    185 publications

    11.2K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    108 publications

    17.3K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    28 h-index

    185 publications

    14.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 175 publications · 14.5K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 107 publications · 11.7K citations

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  3. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 74 publications · 9.8K citations

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  4. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology

    84 publications · 4.8K citations

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  5. The Journal of Physiology

    64 publications · 4.5K citations

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