title: The calcium-signalling saga: tap water and protein crystals.
abstract: Of the approximately 1,400 grams of calcium that are in the human body, less than 10 grams manage to escape being trapped in the skeleton and teeth. These few grams might be an insignificant quantity, but they are extraordinarily significant qualitatively. They circulate in the blood and extracellular spaces, and penetrate cells to regulate their most important activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy. ernesto.carafoli@unipd.it
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carafoli
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000266:history; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D010320:Parvalbumins; D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water