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Calcium in Mitosis: Role of 51-kD Protein in the Centrosome of Sea Urchin Egg in Aster Formation

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Calcium Protein Signaling

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 255))

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It has been proposed that cytoplasmic free calcium is a regulator of many cellular events during cell cycle. Signal transduction in the trigger of cell multiplication includes transient increase in free calcium through the inosital turnover (Berridge & Irvine, 1984; Rozengurt, 1986) similar to a burst of free calcium observed at fertilization of eggs (Whitaker & Steinhardt, 1985). This is probably followed by a variety of chains of reactions towards replication of genomes and construction of mitotic machineries. Since microtubules which are susceptible to calcium have been shown to be main skeletons of the mitotic apparatus, calcium has been proposed as a regulator in mitosis.

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Sakai, H., Ohta, K., Toriyama, M., Endo, S. (1989). Calcium in Mitosis: Role of 51-kD Protein in the Centrosome of Sea Urchin Egg in Aster Formation. In: Hidaka, H., Carafoli, E., Means, A.R., Tanaka, T. (eds) Calcium Protein Signaling. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 255. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5679-0_50

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