Calcium signaling

Series Preface......Page 6
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 7
Editor......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Table of Contents......Page 18
1 Fluorescent Calcium Indicators Based on BAPTA......Page 22
2 Fluorescent Indicators - Facts and Artifacts......Page 72
3 Fluorescence Microplate-Based Techniques for the High-Throughput Assessment of Calcium Signaling: The Highs and Lows for Calcium Researchers......Page 106
4 Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Calcium Indicator Proteins......Page 122
5 Targeted Aequorins......Page 134
6 Electrophysiological Recordings of Ca2+ Currents......Page 146
7 Molecular Biology of Ca2+ Channels: Lessons from the TRP Superfamily......Page 168
8 Genetic and Molecular Characterization of Ca and IP3 Signaling in the Nematode Caenorhabditis......Page 182
9 Calcium Signaling Networks in Yeast......Page 208
10 Nuclear Patch Clamp Electrophysiology of Inositol Trisphosphate Receptor Ca2+ Release Channels......Page 224
11 Ryanodine Receptors......Page 252
12 Methods in Cyclic ADP-Ribose and NAADP Research......Page 286
13 Methods for Studying Calcium Pumps......Page 356
14 Measuring Single Cell and Subcellular Ca2+ Signals......Page 408
15 Subcellular Compartmentalization of Calcium Signaling......Page 438
16 Apoptosis......Page 454
17 Calcium Entry Channels and Drug Discovery......Page 476
Index......Page 508
Back cover......Page 540