Calcium in Living Cells
- 2nd Edition, Volume 99 - November 11, 2010
- Editor: Michael Whitaker
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 8 4 1 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 5 1 2 2 - 5
Every cell of the body is dependent on calcium to function. Calcium is found in teeth and bones, and calcium signalling is necessary for the movement of muscles and for the action… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Gives researchers much needed information on how to study calcium in live cells, which is becoming increasingly important in heart, musculoskeletal, and immune system research
- Provides an overview of the latest methods--fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), for example-- that are new to the field
- Allows understanding of how calcium plays a role in intracellular function at the cellular level, which has proved important in Alzheimer's research, heart disease, and areas of musculoskeletal research
- Updated chapters reflect advancements in the classic techniques used'preparing calcium buffers, vibrating the Ca2+ Electrode and confocal imaging
- A Practical Guide to the Preparation of Ca2+ Buffers
- Photorelease Techniques for Raising or Lowering Intracellular Ca2+
Donald M. Bers, Chris W. Patton and Richard Nuccitelli
Robert Zucker
3. Making and Using Calcium-Selective Mini- and Microelectrodes
L. Hove-Madsen, S. Baudet and D.M. Bers
4. Construction, Theory and Practical Considerations for using Self-Referencing of Ca2+-Selective Microelectrodes for Monitoring Extracellular Ca2+ Gradients
Mark A. Messerli and Peter J.S. Smith
5. Practical Aspects of Measuring Intracellular Calcium Signals with Fluorescent Indicators
Joseph P. Y. Kao, Gong Li, Darryl A. Auston
6. Genetically-encoded probes for measurement of intracellular calcium
Michael Whitaker
7. Patch clamp methods for studying calcium channels
David L. Armstrong, Christian Erxleben and Jody A. White
8. Nuclear Patch-Clamp Recording from Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
Taufiq Rahman, Colin W. Taylor
9. Confocal And Multiphoton Imaging Of Intracellular Ca2+
Godfrey Smith, Martyn Reynolds, Francis Burto1, Ole Johan Kemi
10. The Use of Aequorins to Record and Visualize Ca2+ Dynamics: From Subcellular Microdomains to Whole Organisms.
Sarah E. Webb, Kelly L. Rogers, Eric Karplus, and Andrew L. Miller
- No. of pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Volume: 99
- Published: November 11, 2010
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123748416
- eBook ISBN: 9780080951225
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