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    Calcium ions (Ca2+) contribute to the physiology and biochemistry of organisms' cells. They play an important role in signal transduction pathways, where...
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  • Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), also known as voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the membrane...
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  • episodes. Calcium channel blockers reduce the neuronal calcium conductance and reduce the likelihood of experiencing epileptic attacks. Calcium in biology – Use...
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    hyperkalemia. Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements Action potential – Neuron communication by electric impulses Calcium in biology – Use of calcium by organisms...
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    Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements Calcium in biology – Use of calcium by organisms Iodine in biology – Use of Iodine by organisms Ion channels –...
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    lumen. Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements Action potential – Neuron communication by electric impulses Calcium in biology – Use of calcium by organisms...
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  • Calcium channel blockers (CCB), calcium channel antagonists or calcium antagonists are a group of medications that disrupt the movement of calcium (Ca2+...
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    temperature, and it is highly soluble in water. It can be created by neutralising hydrochloric acid with calcium hydroxide. Calcium chloride is commonly encountered...
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  • changes in their environment. Some key players in several neural systems include Ca2+ions (see Calcium in biology) that send negative feedback in second...
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    Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite...
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  • Calcium in biology, for the role of calcium in biology and nutrition Calcium supplement, for the medical uses of calcium Isotopes of calcium Ca (disambiguation)...
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    colourless salts. Hydrated calcium nitrate, also called Norgessalpeter (Norwegian salpeter), is mainly used as a component in fertilizers, but it has other...
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  • Calcium/cholecalciferol is a combination of a calcium salt and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). It is used to prevent and treat lack of calcium and vitamin...
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    (an abbreviation for calcium-modulated protein) is a multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells...
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    manifestations of iodism. Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements Calcium in biology – Use of calcium by organisms Magnesium in biology – Use of Magnesium...
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    electric impulses Calcium in biology – Use of calcium by organisms Iodine in biology – Use of Iodine by organisms Magnesium in biology – Use of Magnesium...
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  • of sodium, potassium, and calcium ions, as well as the blood sugar level, and these need to be regulated despite changes in the environment, diet, or...
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  • Calcium chloride (CaCl2) transformation is a laboratory technique in prokaryotic (bacterial) cell biology. The addition of calcium chloride to a cell suspension...
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    Venus flytrap (category Plants described in 1768)
    (mostly involving calcium ions—see calcium in biology) is generated, which propagates across the lobes and stimulates cells in the lobes and in the midrib between...
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  • Inorganic ions (category Cell biology)
    research is necessary. Calcium in biology Magnesium in biology Inorganic anions in biology Phosphate in biology Chloride in biology "Inorganic Ions". RSC...
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    Calcium (Ca) deficiency is a plant disorder that can be caused by insufficient level of biologically available calcium in the growing medium, but is more...
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    Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single,...
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    In biology, a test is the hard shell of some spherical marine animals and protists, notably sea urchins and microorganisms such as testate foraminiferans...
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    common being the pentahydrate C 6H 10CaO 6·5H 2O. Calcium lactate is used in medicine, mainly to treat calcium deficiencies; and as a food additive with E number...
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  • sodium-calcium exchanger (often denoted Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, exchange protein, or NCX) is an antiporter membrane protein that removes calcium from cells...
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  • Ryanodine receptors (RyR for short) form a class of intracellular calcium channels in various forms of excitable animal tissue like muscles and neurons...
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    GCaMP (category Calcium)
    GCaMP is a genetically encoded calcium indicator (GECI) initially developed in 2001 by Junichi Nakai. It is a synthetic fusion of green fluorescent protein...
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    membrane, in a structure called MAM (mitochondria-associated ER-membrane). This is important in the ER-mitochondria calcium signaling and is involved in the...
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    Calcium signaling is the use of calcium ions (Ca2+) to communicate and drive intracellular processes often as a step in signal transduction. Ca2+ is important...
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    hydroxylapatite) (Hap, HAp, or HA) is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium apatite with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH), often written Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 to...
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