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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4220
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
The distribution of Ca2+ in the cytoplasm following a local rise in Ca2+ concentration is visualized by means of aequorin luminescence and a television system with an image intensifier. Diffusion of Ca2+ through the cytosol is so constrained that a rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration produced by local Ca2+ entry through cell membrane or by local Ca2+ injection is confined to the immediate vicinity of these sites. The diffusion constraints are lifted by treatment with cyanide or ruthenium red. Thus, energized calcium sequestering, probably by mitochondria, is the dominant factor in the constraints. In cell regions where the sequestering machinery is sufficiently dense, different Ca2+ message functions inside a cell may be effectively segregated, permitting private-line intracellular communication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
190
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1204-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcium ion distribution in cytoplasm visualised by aequorin: diffusion in cytosol restricted by energized sequestering.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.