K+ -dependent Na+/Ca2+ exchangers: key contributors to Ca2+ signaling.

Physiology (Bethesda)

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Published: June 2007

An elevation in cytosolic Ca2+ is a universal signaling mechanism that controls a vast array of physiological processes. K+ -dependent Na+/Ca2+ exchangers are a newly identified family of Ca2+ efflux transporters that play important and diverse roles in cellular Ca2+ homeostasis.

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