title: What the mitochondria see.
abstract: High-Ca(2+) microdomains at ER-mitochondrial junctions have been presumed to exist. Csordás et al. (2010) and Giacomello et al. (2010) report the Ca(2+) dynamics at the outer mitochondrial membrane surface in response to IP(3)-mediated Ca(2+) release and store-mediated Ca(2+) influx with several expected and some unexpected findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Min
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muallem