The recent demonstration of K+ channel dysfunction in fibroblasts from Alzheimer disease (AD)
patients and past observations of Ca(2+)-mediated K+ channel modulation during …

The ascidian chordate Ciona intestinalis is an established model organism frequently exploited
to examine cellular development and a rapidly emerging model organism with a strong …

Intracellular signal transduction relies on spatial and temporal signal transmitter dynamics.
To clarify the correlations of these transmitter molecules, multicolor-imaging has been widely …

The role of intracellular magnesium ions is of high interest in the fields of pharmacology and
cellular biology. To accomplish the dynamic and three-dimensional imaging of intracellular …

(−)‐DHMEQ, a newly designed NF‐κB inhibitor, inhibited RANKL‐induced osteoclast
differentiation in mouse BMMs through downregulation of the induction of NFATc1, an essential …

For cell division, negatively charged chromatin, in which nucleosome fibers (10 nm fibers)
are irregularly folded [1–5], must be condensed into chromosomes and segregated. While …

Cellular energy production processes are composed of many Mg 2+ dependent enzymatic
reactions. In fact, dysregulation of Mg 2+ homeostasis is involved in various cellular …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between fluorescent proteins is a powerful
tool for visualization of signal transduction in living cells, and recently, some strategies for …

Novel Mg 2+ fluorescent molecular probes (KMG-20-AM and KMG-27-AM; where AM is an
acetoxymethyl group) based on a coumarin possessing a charged β-diketone structure were …

Magnesium (Mg) is the second most abundant cation in mammalian cells, and it is essential
for numerous cellular processes including enzymatic reactions, ion channel functions, …