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    • Calcium — how and why?

      J K Jaiswal

      Volume 26 Issue 3 September 2001 pp 357-363

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    • Keywords

       

      Calcium; chemistry; evolution; messenger

    • Abstract

       

      Calcium is among the most commonly used ions, in a multitude of biological functions, so much so that it is impossible to imagine life without calcium. In this article I have attempted to address the question as to how calcium has achieved this status with a brief mention of the history of calcium research in biology. It appears that during the origin and early evolution of life the Ca2+ ion was given a unique opportunity to be used in several biological processes because of its unusual physical and chemical properties.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      J K Jaiswal1 2

      1. Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012, India
      2. Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York - 10021, USA

    • Dates

       
      Published
      September 2001
      Manuscript received
      29 January 2001
      Accepted
      10 July 2001

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