Calcium - a life and death signal

Berridge, Michael J.; Bootman, Martin D. and Lipp, Peter (1998). Calcium - a life and death signal. Nature, 395(6703) pp. 645–648.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/27094

Abstract

One of the most versatile and universal signalling agents in the human body is the calcium ion, Ca²⁺. How does this simple ion act during cell birth, life and death, and how does it regulate so many different cellular processes?

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• Item ORO ID
• 35036
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1476-4687
• Keywords
• calcium ions; cellular signal transduction; biological control systems; human biology; chemical structure
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Copyright Holders
• © 1998 Macmillan Publishers Ltd
• Depositing User
• Martin Bootman