Calcium Signalling

This new edition of Calcium Signalling focuses on the applications of fluorescent and bioluminescent techniques for studying calcium signalling and calcium dependent processes. Cameleon probes, targeting bioluminescent probes, low affinity fluorescence indicators and chelators, and photometric techniques are all covered in depth. Also described in detail are methods for monitoring mitochondrial function, measuring calcium in the nuclear envelope and
nucleoplasm, measuring calcium dependent gene expression, monitoring calcium signals in multicellular preparations, and measuring calcium extrusion. A major problem of fluorescent calcium measurements is the artifacts from zinc and transition metals and a chapter is devoted to their detection and minimization. Some
of the pharmacological methods of studying calcium release are also covered. Many of the chapters are written by the scientists who developed the methods they are describing so the authors could not be more qualified. It is hoped that this volume will prove as invaluable to the studying cellular calcium as its predecessor.