Extracellular and Intracellular Regulation of Calcium Homeostasis
An organism with an internal skeleton must accumulate calcium while maintaining body fluids at a well-regulated, constant calcium concentration. Neither calcium absorption nor excretion plays a significant regulatory role. Instead, isoionic calcium uptake and release by bone surfaces causes plasma c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2001-01-01
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Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.489 |