LJI investigators discover how protein pair controls cellular calcium signals

(La Jolla Institute for Immunology) wo studies recently published by La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) investigators Patrick Hogan, PhD, and Aparna Gudlur, PhD -- one paper appearing early this year in Cell Reports and the other in the October 31, 2018, issue of Nature Communications -- report how a calcium-sensing protein called STIM1 signals that it's time to initiate calcium retrieval and then relays that message to its partner, the calcium channel ORAI.
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