title: [Calcium and bioluminescent probes].
abstract: Ca2+ is an universal second messenger in numerous cell physiological processes. Aequorin, a bioluminescent calcium-binding protein is used today as a cellular probe to measure and image variations in calcium concentrations. The paper describes the characteristics and the use of aequorin as a luminescent calcium probe, and the future in the use of this protein for calcium imaging.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U432, Université Montpellier 2, place Eugène Bataillon, CC 089, F-34095 Montpellier.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreau
mesh_terms: D000331:Aequorin / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015290:Second Messenger Systems
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000331:Aequorin; D002118:Calcium