Cells use calcium to activate certain enzymes, transport
ions across the cellular membrane, and send and receive neurotransmitters during communication with other cells.
A genetic variant of a gene called AQP - 1 has recently been associated with superior endurance performance, and this gene variant was linked to a type of protein that transports
water across cellular membranes.
They spent those years examining and crossing off other factors for the change in fluorescence, such as pH, cell concentration and the
voltage across cellular membranes.
To do that, you need to improve the electrical charges across your cellular membranes
It was commissioned by Roderick MacKinnon, who shared the Nobel prize in 2003 for his work describing the structural and mechanistic properties of such channels, which are tunnels that regulate the flow of
ions across cellular membranes.
I studied the process called signal transduction - transmission of the activating mechanical signal from outside the cell,
across the cellular membrane, to FAK inside the cell, leading to the activation of the kinase.
ITPR3 is a calcium channel; it enables passage of calcium ions
across cellular membranes, which can serve as a signal to trigger different cellular events.