title: Calcium imaging perspectives in plants.
abstract: The calcium ion (Ca2+) is a versatile intracellular messenger. It provides dynamic regulation of a vast array of gene transcriptions, protein kinases, transcription factors and other complex downstream signaling cascades. For the past six decades, intracellular Ca2+ concentration has been significantly studied and still many studies are under way. Our understanding of Ca2+ signaling and the corresponding physiological phenomenon is growing exponentially. Here we focus on the improvements made in the development of probes used for Ca2+ imaging and expanding the application of Ca2+ imaging in plant science research.
authors.affiliation: Research and Innovation Centre Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crop Department, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Istituto Agrario San Michele (IASMA), Via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy. chidananda.nagamangala@fmach.it.
authors.forename: Chidananda Nagamangala
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Kanchiswamy
authors.affiliation: Research and Innovation Centre Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crop Department, Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Istituto Agrario San Michele (IASMA), Via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy. mickael.malnoy@fmach.it.
authors.forename: Mickael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malnoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Via Quarello 15/A, 10135 Turin, Italy. andrea.occhipinti@unito.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Occhipinti
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Innovation Centre, University of Turin, Via Quarello 15/A, 10135 Turin, Italy. massimo.maffei@unito.it.
authors.forename: Massimo E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Maffei
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D007202:Indicators and Reagents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D059828:Plant Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D002118:Calcium