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Transduction of the Calcium Signal with Special Reference to Ca2+-Induced Conidiation in Penicillium notatum

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Biochemistry of Cell Walls and Membranes in Fungi

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Calcium acts as a second messenger within eukaryotic cells and transduces cell surface primary stimuli into intracellular events. The primary stimulus may be a hormone binding to its receptor, an electrical stimulus which induces a change in membrane potential, such as an action potential, or, perhaps, a physical stimulus such as a sperm entering an egg. Thus, neither the external stimulus, nor the manifested response is necessarily due to calcium.

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Pitt, D., Kaile, A. (1990). Transduction of the Calcium Signal with Special Reference to Ca2+-Induced Conidiation in Penicillium notatum . In: Kuhn, P.J., Trinci, A.P.J., Jung, M.J., Goosey, M.W., Copping, L.G. (eds) Biochemistry of Cell Walls and Membranes in Fungi. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74215-6_18

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