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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811228603321

Autore

Whitfield James F

Titolo

Calcium : the grand-master cell signaler / / James F. Whitfield, Balu Chakravarthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa : , : NRC Research Press, , 2001

ISBN

9786610452040

1-280-45204-8

1-4593-0348-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 247 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChakravarthyBalu R. <1956->

Disciplina

572/.516

Soggetti

Calcium - Physiological effect

Cellular signal transduction

Cell differentiation

Cell cycle

Cell proliferation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes abstract in French.

"NRC no. 42360"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover page Publishing information Title page Copyright Contents Abstract/résumé Introduction 1. Cell cycles and checkpoints 2. Calcium - a cell cycle driver 3. Calcium and keratinocyte diffpoptosis 4. Calcium and colon cell ciffpoptosis 5. Calcium and neurons 6. But what about Ca²+ and plants? 7. Summary Index

Sommario/riassunto

This unique book has an exciting story to tell about Ca2+, the versatile Master Cell Signaler whose influence reaches into all corners of the cell and controls cell proliferation, differentiation, cell functions too numerous to list here, and even cell death.