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SUBMITTER: Romani AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3133480 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 20110527 1
Magnesium, the second most abundant cellular cation after potassium, is essential to regulate numerous cellular functions and enzymes, including ion channels, metabolic cycles, and signaling pathways, as attested by more than 1000 entries in the literature. Despite significant recent progress, however, our understanding of how cells regulate Mg(2+) homeostasis and transport still remains incomplete. For example, the occurrence of major fluxes of Mg(2+) in either direction across the plasma membr ...[more]