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SUBMITTER: Zhou Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3614492 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Yubin Y Xue Shenghui S Yang Jenny J JJ
Metallomics : integrated biometal science 20130101 1
Calcium ion (Ca(2+)), the fifth most common chemical element in the earth's crust, represents the most abundant mineral in the human body. By binding to a myriad of proteins distributed in different cellular organelles, Ca(2+) impacts nearly every aspect of cellular life. In prokaryotes, Ca(2+) plays an important role in bacterial movement, chemotaxis, survival reactions and sporulation. In eukaryotes, Ca(2+) has been chosen through evolution to function as a universal and versatile intracellula ...[more]