Imaging single-channel calcium microdomains
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Imaging single-channel calcium microdomains.
The Ca(2+) microdomains generated around the mouth of open ion channels represent the basic building blocks from which cytosolic Ca(2+) signals are constructed. Recent improvements in optical imaging techniques now allow these microdomains to be visualized as single channel calcium fluorescence transients (SCCaFTs), providing information about channel properties that was previously accessible o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Calcium
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0143-4160
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.08.006