Calcium Binding Proteins in Normal and Transformed Cells, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series, Vol. 269

Proceedings of the First European Symposium held in Brussels, Belgium, April 20--22, 1989

Calcium and Steady States.- Genes of Calcium Binding Protein Family.- Evolution of the “ef-Hand” Family of Calcium-Binding Proteins.- Functional Analysis of the Promoter Region of the Gene Encoding Chicken Calbindin-D28K.- Structure of the Human cDNAs and Genes coding for Calbindin-D28K and Calretinin.- Calbindin-D9K (CaBP9K) Gene: a Model for Studying the Genomic Actions of Calcitriols and Calcium in Mammals.- Structure/Function Relationships.- Protein Engineering and Structure/Function Relations in Bovine Calbindin D9k.- Mutant Analysis Approaches to Understanding Calcium Signal Transduction through Calmodulin and Calmodulin Regulated Enzymes.- Parvalbumin, Molecular and Functional Aspects.- Unique Calcium Binding Proteins in Invertebrates.- Structure of the Calcium Release Channel of Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and its Regulation by Calcium.- Structural and Functional Investigation of p68 - a Protein of the Lipocortin/Calpactin Family.- Structure-Function Relations in Troponin C. Chemical Modification Studies.- Ca2 -Dependent Mobility Shift of Parvalbumin in one and two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis.- The Cytoskeleton and Calcium Binding Proteins.- Role of Calcium in Secretion and Synthesis in Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells.- Ca2+-Binding Proteins as Component of the Cytoskeleton.- S-100 Proteins: Relationships with Membranes and the Cytoskeleton.- Calcium Binding Proteins In Transformed Cells.- Oncomodulin in Normal and Transformed Cells.- Perturbation of the Calmodulin System in Transformed Cells.- High Levels of oncomodulin and Calmodulin Expression in the Log Phase of Cell Growth in a Chemically Transformed rat fibroblast Cell Line.- Calmodulin and Calbindin in Pancreatic Islet Cells.- Calcium/Lipid-Binding Proteins.- Structural and FunctionalCharacterization of Protein I (p362p112) and II (p32)-Calcium/Phospholipid Binding Proteins with Homologies to Lipocortin I.- Possible Role for two Calcium-Binding Proteins of the S-100 Family, Co-Expressed in Granulocytes and Certain Epithelia.- Phosphorylation of the Calcium-Binding Protein, p68, in the Submembranous Cytoskeleton of Human Placental Syncytiotrophoblast.- Calcyclin-Like Protein from Ehrlich Ascites Tumour Cells - Ca2 - Binding Prpperties, Distribution and Target Protein.- Calcium Binding Proteins Substrates.- Interactions of S-100 Proteins with Proteins Kinases Substrates. Biological implication.- Novel and Selective Inhibitors of CaM-KinaseII and other Calmodulin-Dependent Enzymes.- Structural Details of the Interaction of Calmodulin with the Plasma Membrane Ca2-ATPase.- Erythrocyte Ca2 -ATPase: Activation by Enzyme Oligomerization versus by Calmodulin.- Calpain I Activates Ca2 Transport by the Human Erythrocyte Plama Membrane Calcium Pump.- Inhibitory Regulation by Calcium Ion of Myosin ATPase Activity: Binding of Calcium Ion and Phosphorylation of Myosin.- Immunohistochemistry of Calbindin and Calretinin.- Parvalbumin Expression in Normal and Mutant Xenopus Embryos.- Calretinin and other CaBPs in the Nervous System.- Immunohistochemical Detection of 28KDa Calbindin in Human Tissues.- Comparison Between Rat Brain Calbindin and Calretinin Immunoreactivities.- Contributors.