Papers presented at the Mie International Symposium held in Japan in April 1994. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Dynamics of ion channels modified by mobilized calcium in vascular smooth muscle cells / K. Kitamura and H. Kuriyama -- Dual regulation of smooth muscle contraction / H. Karaki -- Cystolic calcium concentration : force relation in vascular smooth muscle / H. Kanaide -- Cross-bridge cycle in phasic and tonic smooth muscle / A.V. Somlyo ... [et al.] -- Role of protein kinase C in the G protein-mediated increase in myofilament Ca²⁺ sensitivity in skinned arterial smooth muscle of the rabbit / T. Itoh ... [et al.] -- Regulation of Ca²⁺ -dependent phosphorylation of 20-kDa myosin light chain by the small molecular weight G protein rho p21 in vascular smooth muscle cells / Y. Takuwa ... [et al.] -- Molecular dissection of regulatory light chain function in vertebrate smooth muscle myosins / J. Kendrick-Jones ... [et al.] -- Autoinhibition of myosin light chain kinase / S. Matsushima ... [et al.] -- Regulation of myosin light chain kinase activity in smooth muscle / K.E. Kamm ... [et al.] -- Actin-binding property of myosin light chain kinase and its role in regulating actin-myosin interaction of smooth muscle / L.-H. Ye ... [et al.] -- Pharmacomechanical coupling through regulation of myosin light chain phosphatase / A.P. Somlyo ... [et al.] -- Smooth muscle myosin phosphatase / M. Ito ... [et al.] -- Structure and expression of vascular smooth muscle calponin / K. Takahashi ... [et al.] -- Modulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction by calponin phosphorylation / T. Tanaka ... [et al.] -- Smooth muscle cell differentiation and its abnormality in vascular diseases / R. Nagai ... [et al.].
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