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Lawrence B. Smillie

Lawrence B. Smillie

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
11138
World Ranking
7886
National Ranking
201

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
11661
World Ranking
8887
National Ranking
309

Overview

Lawrence B. Smillie was affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada during their academic career. Their body of work lacks publicly available recent papers or records of frequent collaboration with other researchers.

The scientist did not have recorded frequent publication venues or book publications indexed in the available data. Similarly, there is no detailed information on their main fields or subfields of study, nor on specific topics addressed in their research.

No awards or honors are documented in the accessible information. The absence of further data on publications and contributions limits a comprehensive understanding of their academic focus and impact.

The scientist is deceased, and all reflections on their work are historical and based on the information preserved in academic records.

Best Publications

  • A Phosphorylated Light Chain Component of Myosin from Skeletal Muscle

    W. T. Perrie;L. B. Smillie;S. V. Perry

  • Calreticulin, and not calsequestrin, is the major calcium binding protein of smooth muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum and liver endoplasmic reticulum.

    R E Milner;S Baksh;C Shemanko;M R Carpenter

  • Structures of the troponin C regulatory domains in the apo and calcium-saturated states.

    Stéphane M. Gagné;Sakae Tsuda;Monica X. Li;Lawrence B. Smillie

  • Tropomyosin: Amino Acid Sequence and Coiled-Coil Structure

    R. S. Hodges;J. Sodek;L. B. Smillie;L. Jurasek

  • Structural and regulatory functions of the NH2- and COOH-terminal regions of skeletal muscle troponin I.

    Chuck Shaker Farah;C A Miyamoto;C H I Ramos;A C Da Silva

  • Structural interpretation of the two-site binding of troponin on the muscle thin filament

    Alan S. Mak;Lawrence B. Smillie

  • Preparation and identification of alpha- and beta-tropomyosins.

    Unknown

  • Amino-acid sequence of rabbit skeletal tropomyosin and its coiled-coil structure.

    J. Sodek;R. S. Hodges;L. B. Smillie;L. Jurasek

  • Structure and functions of tropomyosins from muscle and non-muscle sources

    Unknown

  • Quantification of the calcium-induced secondary structural changes in the regulatory domain of troponin-C

    Stéphane M. Gagné;Sakae Tsuda;Monica X. Li;Murali Chandra

  • The effects of troponin T fragments T1 and T2 on the binding of nonpolymerizable tropomyosin to F-actin in the presence and absence of troponin I and troponin C.

    D H Heeley;K Golosinska;L B Smillie

  • The Major Site of Photoaffinity Labeling of the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor by [3H]Flunitrazepam Is Histidine 102 of the α Subunit (∗)

    Lori L. Duncalfe;Michael R. Carpenter;Lawrence B. Smillie;Ian L. Martin

  • Sequence repeats in α-tropomyosin

    A.D. McLachlan;Murray Stewart;L.B. Smillie

  • The amino acid sequence of rabbit skeletal alpha-tropomyosin. The NH2-terminal half and complete sequence.

    Unknown

  • Isolation and characterization of an abundant and novel 22-kDa protein (SM22) from chicken gizzard smooth muscle.

    J P Lees-Miller;D H Heeley;L B Smillie;C M Kay

  • Amino acid sequence of rabbit cardiac troponin T.

    Joyce R. Pearlstone;Michael R. Carpenter;Lawrence B. Smillie

  • An abundant and novel protein of 22 kDa (SM22) is widely distributed in smooth muscles. Purification from bovine aorta.

    J P Lees-Miller;D H Heeley;L B Smillie

  • Polymerizability of rabbit skeletal tropomyosin: effects of enzymic and chemical modifications.

    Peter Johnson;Lawrence B. Smillie

  • Structural details of a calcium-induced molecular switch: X-ray crystallographic analysis of the calcium-saturated N-terminal domain of troponin C at 1.75 A resolution.

    Natalie C.J. Strynadka;Maia Cherney;Anita R. Sielecki;Monica X. Li

  • Structure of chymotrypsinogen B compared with chymotrypsinogen A and trypsinogen.

    L. B. Smillie;A. Furka;N. Nagabhushan;K. J. Stevenson

  • Amino-acid sequence of tropomyosin-binding component of rabbit skeletal muscle troponin.

    J R Pearlstone;M R Carpenter;P Johnson;L B Smillie

  • Rabbit skeletal α-tropomyosin chains are in register

    P. Johnson;L.B. Smillie

  • Effect of phosphorylation on the interaction and functional properties of rabbit striated muscle αα-tropomyosin

    D H Heeley;M H Watson;A S Mak;P Dubord

  • Binding of troponin-T fragments to several types of tropomyosin. Sensitivity to Ca2+ in the presence of troponin-C.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian D. Sykes
Brian D. Sykes University of Alberta
Cyril M. Kay
Cyril M. Kay University of Alberta
Robert S. Hodges
Robert S. Hodges University of Colorado Denver
Jerson L. Silva
Jerson L. Silva Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Ana Jonas
Ana Jonas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jiri Jonas
Jiri Jonas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael N. G. James
Michael N. G. James University of Alberta
Lowell H. Ericsson
Lowell H. Ericsson University of Washington
R. John Solaro
R. John Solaro University of Illinois at Chicago
Jean E. Vance
Jean E. Vance University of Alberta

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