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Table IV
Calcium flux measurements acquired from preparations representing multiple Kingdoms
Bath [Ca
2
þ
]
(mM)
Ca
2
þ
flux (pmol cm
2
s
1
)
Preparation
Conditions
Reference
Aplysia californica bag cell
1to
5
Rest, H
2
O
2
0.1
Duthie et al. (1994)
1to
5
Rest, thapsigargin
None added
(0.5 mM
EGTA)
Knox et al. (1996)
Rana catesbeiana hair cell
0.5
Rest
0.05
Yamoah et al. (1998)
þ
5.0
Stimulated
15% ASW
a
Callinectes sapidus olfaction
2.5
0.1
Gleeson
et al. (2000b)
AFW
b
4.0
0.1
Gleeson
et al. (2000a)
Rest, Ach.
c
Sclerodactyla
briareus smooth muscle
1.0 to
4.0
0.1
Devlin
and Smith
(1996)
1to
7.5
Muscarinic
agonists
0.1
Devlin et al. (2003)
Busycon canaliculatum
cardiac muscle
1to
4
Rest, FMRFamide
0.1
Devlin (1996)
Mouse ova
0.02
Rest
0.05
Pepperell
et al. (1999)
Bepridil addition
d
þ
0.6
Replenished Na
þ
0.2
Addition of EGF
e
þ
0.08 to
þ
0.35
None added
Hill et al. (1999)
þ
þ
Lilium longiflorum
pollen tubes
2to
20
Germination
0.1
Pierson et al. (1994)
38
f
þ
5to
þ
Oscillating
tip growth
0.13
Messerli et al. (1999)
Root hairs
þ
4.3 to
þ
7.2 (alfalfa)
Tip growth,
nod factor
Not listed
Herrmann and Felle
(1995)
þ
2.5 (S. alba)
Tip growth
0.1
þ
0.07 to
þ
1.2 (A. thaliana)
Osmotic regulation
0.1
Lew (1998)
Neurospora crassa hyphae
0.1
Voltage
dependence
0.05
Lew (2007)
þ
0.1 to
þ
1.5
Osmotic regulation
0.05
Lew and Levina
(2007)
Ceratopteris richardii spores
3.5 top
Gravity sensing
0.02-0.05
Chatterjee
et al. (2000)
þ
0.5 bottom
Physcomitrella
patens filaments
þ
1-3
Gravity sensing
0.1
Allen et al. (2003)
a
Artificial seawater.
b
Artificial freshwater.
c
Acetylcholine.
d
Bepridil was added to block the plasma membrane Na
þ
/Ca
2
þ
exchanger.
e
Epidermal growth factor.
f
Calculated flux at cell surface.
Acknowledgments
The BioCurrents Research Center is funded by NIH:NCRR grant P41 RR001395.
