"Gizzard, Avian" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The posterior portion of the avian stomach located between the PROVENTRICULUS and INTESTINE. It consists of a thick muscular wall and small stones (gastroliths) that function to mechanically grind SEEDS and other ingested objects.
| Descriptor ID |
D005895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.853.355
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| Concept/Terms |
Gizzard, Avian- Gizzard, Avian
- Avian Gizzard
- Avian Gizzards
- Gizzards, Avian
- Gizzard
- Gizzards
- Ventriculus
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gizzard, Avian" by people in Profiles.
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Ultrasound-modulated optical tomography of biological tissue by use of contrast of laser speckles. Appl Opt. 2002 Oct 01; 41(28):6030-5.
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The putative actin-binding role of hydrophobic residues Trp546 and Phe547 in chicken gizzard heavy meromyosin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Dec 19; 92(26):11965-9.
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Functional chicken gizzard heavy meromyosin expression in and purification from baculovirus-infected insect cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Jan 31; 92(3):704-8.
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Intrasteric regulation of myosin light chain kinase: the pseudosubstrate prototope binds to the active site. Mol Endocrinol. 1992 Apr; 6(4):621-6.
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Interaction between the heavy and the regulatory light chains in smooth muscle myosin subfragment 1. Biochemistry. 1992 Feb 04; 31(4):1201-10.
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Three amino acid substitutions in domain I of calmodulin prevent the activation of chicken smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase. J Biol Chem. 1991 Nov 15; 266(32):21488-95.
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Lys-65 and Glu-168 are the residues for carbodiimide-catalyzed cross-linking between the two heads of rigor smooth muscle heavy meromyosin. J Biol Chem. 1990 Nov 05; 265(31):19362-8.
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The rigor configuration of smooth muscle heavy meromyosin trapped by a zero-length cross-linker. Biochemistry. 1990 Mar 27; 29(12):3013-23.
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Regulatory and structural motifs of chicken gizzard myosin light chain kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Mar; 87(6):2284-8.
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Myosin light chain kinase structure function analysis using bacterial expression. J Biol Chem. 1989 Sep 25; 264(27):15843-9.