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Smooth muscle tone.

Rüegg JC. Physiol Rev, 1971. Cited by 282 papers, by iCite.

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Title
Smooth muscle tone.
PubMed
Journal
Physiol Rev
PubMed
Year
1971
PubMed
Publication types
Journal Article, Review
PubMed
Citations, by iCite
282
iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite
9.38
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Revised in PubMed
2017-12-13
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Authors1

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OrderAuthorForenameKindORCID iD
1Rüegg JCJ C

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Topics3

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MeSH termMajor
Adenosine Triphosphate
Animals
Calcium

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Cited by73

The papers in our copy of PubMed whose reference list names this one, newest first. iCite, which reads more sources, counts 282 citations.

PMIDTitleJournalYearIn PapersSource
29,987,751A personal tribute to Johann Caspar Rüegg (1930-2018): milestones of muscle research.Biophys Rev2018https://conductscience.org/library/papers/29987751PubMed
22,189,767Muscular tissues of the squid Doryteuthis pealeii express identical myosin heavy chain isoforms: an alternative mechanism for tuning contractile speed.J Exp Biol2012https://conductscience.org/library/papers/22189767PubMed
21,497,405Role of rho kinase in the functional and dysfunctional tonic smooth muscles.Trends Pharmacol Sci2011https://conductscience.org/library/papers/21497405PubMed
20,971,853The N-terminal region of twitchin binds thick and thin contractile filaments: redundant mechanisms of catch force maintenance.J Biol Chem2010https://conductscience.org/library/papers/20971853PubMed
20,625,409Mechanism of catch force: tethering of thick and thin filaments by twitchin.J Biomed Biotechnol2010https://conductscience.org/library/papers/20625409PubMed
19,906,664The highly efficient holding function of the mollusc 'catch' muscle is not based on decelerated myosin head cross-bridge cycles.Proc Biol Sci2010https://conductscience.org/library/papers/19906664PubMed
19,543,896Twitchin of mollusc smooth muscles can induce "catch"-like properties in human skeletal muscle: support for the assumption that the "catch" state involves twitchin linkages between myofilaments.J Comp Physiol B2009https://conductscience.org/library/papers/19543896PubMed
19,039,672Molecular basis of the catch state in molluscan smooth muscles: a catchy challenge.J Muscle Res Cell Motil2008https://conductscience.org/library/papers/19039672PubMed
18,616,971Invertebrate muscles: thin and thick filament structure; molecular basis of contraction and its regulation, catch and asynchronous muscle.Prog Neurobiol2008https://conductscience.org/library/papers/18616971PubMed
18,055,628Unphosphorylated twitchin forms a complex with actin and myosin that may contribute to tension maintenance in catch.J Exp Biol2007https://conductscience.org/library/papers/18055628PubMed
17,468,160Myosin cross-bridge kinetics and the mechanism of catch.Biophys J2007https://conductscience.org/library/papers/17468160PubMed
16,473,905Catch force links and the low to high force transition of myosin.Biophys J2006https://conductscience.org/library/papers/16473905PubMed
16,453,160Twitchin purified from molluscan catch muscles regulates interactions between actin and myosin filaments at rest in a phosphorylation-dependent manner.J Muscle Res Cell Motil2005https://conductscience.org/library/papers/16453160PubMed
14,609,028Smooth, slow and smart muscle motors.J Muscle Res Cell Motil2003https://conductscience.org/library/papers/14609028PubMed
12,411,517Decreased shortening velocity and altered myosin isoforms in guinea-pig hypertrophic intestinal smooth muscle.J Physiol2002https://conductscience.org/library/papers/12411517PubMed
11,371,623An in vitro assay reveals essential protein components for the "catch" state of invertebrate smooth muscle.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2001https://conductscience.org/library/papers/11371623PubMed
11,118,508Contractile properties and proteins of smooth muscles of a calponin knockout mouse.J Physiol2000https://conductscience.org/library/papers/11118508PubMed
10,098,969Regulation by molluscan myosins.Mol Cell Biochem1999https://conductscience.org/library/papers/10098969PubMed
9,635,284Mechanical alterations in smooth muscle from mice lacking desmin.J Muscle Res Cell Motil1998https://conductscience.org/library/papers/9635284PubMed
9,429,159Phosphorylation of a high molecular weight (approximately 600 kDa) protein regulates catch in invertebrate smooth muscle.J Muscle Res Cell Motil1997https://conductscience.org/library/papers/9429159PubMed

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