Saltatory and Continuous Calcium Waves and the Rapid Buffering Approximation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3575-3586

  Strier, Damián E ^a   Ventura, Alejandra C ^a   Dawson, Silvina Ponce ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CYTOSOL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PHENOMENOLOGY;

EID: 0345413315     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74776-6     Document Type: Article

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