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PP1cβ dephosphorylates cardiac myosin by MYPT‐dependent and independent mechanisms
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1994
Role of elongation factor 2 in regulating peptide-chain elongation in the heart
Vary T, Nairn A, Lynch C. Role of elongation factor 2 in regulating peptide-chain elongation in the heart. American Journal Of Physiology 1994, 266: e628-e634. PMID: 7513958, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1994.266.4.e628.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic ratsEF-2 contentFactor 2Protein synthesisInsulin therapyIncrease of RNADecreased translational efficiencyElongation factor 2RatsDiabetesCardiac muscleImpaired rateDecreased rateProgressive decreaseHeartInhibitionMolecular mechanismsRNA contentPeptide chain elongationH durationTherapyInsulinDecrease
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Cholecystokinin induces a decrease in Ca2+ current in snail neurons that appears to be mediated by protein kinase C
Hammond C, Paupardin-Tritsch D, Nairn A, Greengard P, Gerschenfeld H. Cholecystokinin induces a decrease in Ca2+ current in snail neurons that appears to be mediated by protein kinase C. Nature 1987, 325: 809-811. PMID: 2434859, DOI: 10.1038/325809a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase CAction of noradrenalineDependent action potentialsKinase CIntracellular injectionSnail neuronsAction potentialsProtein kinaseCardiac muscleCholecystokininSnail Helix aspersaExcitable tissuesProtein kinase C.Low concentrationsCa2Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinaseHelix aspersaInjectionGMP-dependent protein kinaseKinase C.KinaseNoradrenalineCCK8Neurons