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STIM1 is a Ca2+ sensor that activates CRAC channels and migrates from the Ca2+ store to the plasma membrane.
Nature - 6 Oct 2005
Zhang Shenyuan L, Yu Ying, Roos Jack, Kozak J Ashot, Deerinck Thomas J, Ellisman Mark H, Stauderman Kenneth A, Cahalan Michael D
Abstract excerpt
As the sole Ca2+ entry mechanism in a variety of non-excitable cells, store-operated calcium (SOC) influx is important in Ca2+ signalling and many other cellular processes. A calcium-release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel in T lymphocytes is the best-characterized SOC influx channel and is essential to the immune response, sustained activity of CRAC channels being required for gene expression and proliferation....
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