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Myosin Heavy Chains

Known as: Heavy Chain, Myosin, Myosin Heavy Chain, MHC 
The larger subunits of MYOSINS. The heavy chains have a molecular weight of about 230 kDa and each heavy chain is usually associated with a… 
National Institutes of Health

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Actomyosin AdenosinetriphosphataseIn BloodMYH7B geneMyosin myofilament

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Myosin ATPase

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C Phosphorylation in a &bgr;-Myosin Heavy Chain Background
Background— Cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) phosphorylation modulates cardiac contractility. When expressed in cMyBP-C… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Three-dimensional extracellular matrix-directed cardioprogenitor differentiation: systematic modulation of a synthetic cell-responsive PEG-hydrogel.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Loss of myostatin expression alters fiber‐type distribution and expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in slow‐ and fast‐type skeletal muscle
Myostatin (Mstn) is a member of the transforming growth factor‐beta family that negatively regulates skeletal muscle mass. Mstn… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Detection of the complement degradation product C4d in renal allografts: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
The immunohistochemical detection of the complement degradation product C4d, a component of the classical complement pathway… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA mutations define a spectrum of autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenias: May-Hegglin anomaly and Fechtner, Sebastian, Epstein, and Alport-like syndromes.
May-Hegglin anomaly (MHA) and Fechtner (FTNS) and Sebastian (SBS) syndromes are autosomal dominant platelet disorders that share… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Correlation between contractile strength and myosin heavy chain isoform composition in human skeletal muscle.
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between myosin heavy chain (MHC) composition and maximal… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
DM enhances peptide binding to class II MHC by release of invariant chain-derived peptide.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
MHC class II structure, occupancy and surface expression determined by post-endoplasmic reticulum antigen binding
Class II major histocompatibility complex molecules undergo a change in structure upon stable binding of peptide antigen… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Human nonmuscle myosin heavy chains are encoded by two genes located on different chromosomes.
We report the cloning of cDNAs encoding two different human nonmuscle myosin heavy chains designated NMMHC-A and NMMHC-B. The… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Coordinate regulation of contractile protein synthesis during myoblast differentiation
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