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Abstract
Signal transduction mechanisms whereby calcium mobilization (from outside the cell or from intracellular storage pools) to the cytoplasm is triggered by external stimuli. Calcium signals are often seen to propagate as waves, oscillations, spikes, sparks, or puffs. The calcium acts as an intracellular messenger by activating calcium-responsive proteins.
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- Calcium Signalings
- Signaling, Calcium
- Signalings, Calcium
- Calcium Oscillations
- Calcium Puffs
- Calcium Sparks
- Calcium Spikes
- Calcium Waves
- Calcium Oscillation
- Calcium Puff
- Calcium Spark
- Calcium Spike
- Calcium Wave
- Oscillation, Calcium
- Oscillations, Calcium
- Puff, Calcium
- Puffs, Calcium
- Spark, Calcium
- Sparks, Calcium
- Spike, Calcium
- Spikes, Calcium
- Wave, Calcium
- Waves, Calcium
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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calcium mobilization in context of signal transduction goes here, in other cases index CALCIUM/metab
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1999
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- Calcium/metabolism (1981-1988)
- Calcium/physiology (1981-1988)
- Signal Transduction (1989-1998)
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- National Library of Medicine. Calcium Signaling. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020013. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020013
- Calcium Signaling. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14865170