Dawson A P
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK.
Curr Biol. 1997 Sep 1;7(9):R544-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00277-6.
The intracellular receptor for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is responsible for generation and control of very complex Ca2+ signals. New experimental approaches to studying the kinetics of the IP3 receptor are now beginning to give some insight into the mechanisms behind its rather bizarre properties.