1st Edition

The Ca2+ Pump of Plasma Membranes

By Alcides F. Rega Copyright 1986

    This title was first published in 1986. It comprises contemporary knowledge of the calcium pump of plasma membranes and associated fields of research.

    1. The Cellular Calcium 2. The Ca2+ Homeostasis 3. Calcium and Cell Function 4. From the Discovery of the Ca2+ Pump in Plasma Membranes to the Demonstration of Its Ubiquitousness 5. Isolation and Purification of the Ca2+ Pump 6. Transport of Ca2+ and ATP Hydrolysis by the Ca2+ Pump 7. Other Properties and Coupling of Ca2+ Transport and ATP Hydrolysis 8. Partial Reactions of the Ca2+ ATPase 9. Activation by Magnesium and by Alkali Metal Ions 10. Calmodulin and Other Physiological Regulators of the Ca2+ Pump 11. Inhibitors of the Ca2+ Pump

    Biography

    Rega, Alcides F.