Calcium signalling during embryonic development.
Consider a hypothetical design specification for an integrated communication-control system within an embryo. It would require short-range (subcellular) and long-range (pan-embryonic) abilities, it would have to be flexible and, at the same time, robust enough to operate in a dynamically changing environment without information being lost or misinterpreted. Although many signalling elements appear, disappear and sometimes reappear during development, it is becoming clear that embryos also depend on a ubiquitous, persistent and highly versatile signalling system that is based around a single messenger, Ca2+.
Webb
Sarah E
SE
Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PRC.
Miller
Andrew L
AL
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology*
D002118:Calcium