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[Calcium and bioluminescent probes]
M T Nicolas1, C Leclerc, M Moreau
1INSERM U432, Université Montpellier 2, place Eugène Bataillon, CC 089, F-34095 Montpellier.
Journal De La Societe De Biologie
|February 9, 2002
Abstract:
Ca2+ is an universal second messenger in numerous cell physiological processes. Aequorin, a bioluminescent calcium-binding protein is used today as a cellular probe to measure and image variations in calcium concentrations. The paper describes the characteristics and the use of aequorin as a luminescent calcium probe, and the future in the use of this protein for calcium imaging.