Gene Review:
Limk1 - LIM-domain containing, protein kinase
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
KIZ-1, LIM domain kinase 1, LIMK-1, Limk
- Abnormal spine morphology and enhanced LTP in LIMK-1 knockout mice. Meng, Y., Zhang, Y., Tregoubov, V., Janus, C., Cruz, L., Jackson, M., Lu, W.Y., MacDonald, J.F., Wang, J.Y., Falls, D.L., Jia, Z. Neuron (2002)
- The ubiquitin ligase Rnf6 regulates local LIM kinase 1 levels in axonal growth cones. Tursun, B., Schlüter, A., Peters, M.A., Viehweger, B., Ostendorff, H.P., Soosairajah, J., Drung, A., Bossenz, M., Johnsen, S.A., Schweizer, M., Bernard, O., Bach, I. Genes Dev. (2005)
- A role for LIM kinase in cancer invasion. Yoshioka, K., Foletta, V., Bernard, O., Itoh, K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2003)
- Functional, structural, and metabolic abnormalities of the hippocampal formation in Williams syndrome. Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Mervis, C.B., Sarpal, D., Koch, P., Steele, S., Kohn, P., Marenco, S., Morris, C.A., Das, S., Kippenhan, S., Mattay, V.S., Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F. J. Clin. Invest. (2005)
- Head, neck, and spines: a role for LIMK-1 in the hippocampus. Sarmiere, P.D., Bamburg, J.R. Neuron (2002)
- Mouse LIM-kinase 2 gene: cDNA cloning, genomic organization, and tissue-specific expression of two alternatively initiated transcripts. Ikebe, C., Ohashi, K., Fujimori, T., Bernard, O., Noda, T., Robertson, E.J., Mizuno, K. Genomics (1997)
- Regulation of ADF/cofilin phosphorylation and synaptic function by LIM-kinase. Meng, Y., Takahashi, H., Meng, J., Zhang, Y., Lu, G., Asrar, S., Nakamura, T., Jia, Z. Neuropharmacology (2004)
- Limk1 is predominantly expressed in neural tissues and phosphorylates serine, threonine and tyrosine residues in vitro. Pröschel, C., Blouin, M.J., Gutowski, N.J., Ludwig, R., Noble, M. Oncogene (1995)
- Structure and chromosomal localization of the genomic locus encoding the Kiz1 LIM-kinase gene. Bernard, O., Burkitt, V., Webb, G.C., Bottema, C.D., Nicholl, J., Sutherland, G.R., Matthew, P. Genomics (1996)
- LIM-kinase as a regulator of actin dynamics in spermatogenesis. Takahashi, H., Funakoshi, H., Nakamura, T. Cytogenet. Genome Res. (2003)
- The murine LIM-kinase gene (limk) encodes a novel serine threonine kinase expressed predominantly in trophoblast giant cells and the developing nervous system. Cheng, A.K., Robertson, E.J. Mech. Dev. (1995)
- Suppression of fibroblast cell growth by overexpression of LIM-kinase 1. Higuchi, O., Baeg, G.H., Akiyama, T., Mizuno, K. FEBS Lett. (1996)
- Targeting Rac1 by the Yersinia effector protein YopE inhibits caspase-1-mediated maturation and release of interleukin-1beta. Schotte, P., Denecker, G., Van Den Broeke, A., Vandenabeele, P., Cornelis, G.R., Beyaert, R. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- LIMK1 and CLIP-115: linking cytoskeletal defects to Williams syndrome. Hoogenraad, C.C., Akhmanova, A., Galjart, N., De Zeeuw, C.I. Bioessays (2004)
- Assignment of the human and mouse LIM-kinase genes (LIMK1; Limk1) to chromosome bands 7q11.23 and 5G1, respectively, by in situ hybridization. Mao, X., Jones, T.A., Williamson, J., Gutowski, N.J., Pröschel, C., Noble, M., Sheer, D. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. (1996)
- LIM kinase 1, a key regulator of actin dynamics, is widely expressed in embryonic and adult tissues. Foletta, V.C., Moussi, N., Sarmiere, P.D., Bamburg, J.R., Bernard, O. Exp. Cell Res. (2004)