Calcium 'Puffs'

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Calcium 'Puffs' are a form of Calcium Signalling that results from elementary events within the cell. These events are localised in space and are short in duration, and result from Calcium release from a cluster of IP3Rs in  the presence of IP3, ATP and Ca2+ [1].

References

  1. Alberts B., Johnson A., Lewis J., Raff M., Roberts K., Walkter P., (2008) Molecular Biology Of The Cell, 5th edition, Newy York: Garland Science