Ca2+ sensor proteins in dendritic spines: a race for Ca2+

Dendritic spines act as micro-compartments of Ca2+ regulation. In a recent study, it was suggested that the ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved Ca2+ sensor, calmodulin (CaM), is the first to intercept Ca2+ entering the spine and might be responsible for the fast decay of Ca2+ transients in spine...

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Main Authors: Vijeta eRaghuram, Yogendra eSharma, Michael R. Kreutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2012.00061/full