BAPTA-free acid
Extracellular calcium sponge / BAPTA is a selective extracellular Ca2+ chelator. It is a widely used calcium sponge for chelating Ca2+outside of intact cells.1 It’s a useful tool to probe the involvement of extracellular Ca2+ in cellular signaling.2,3 Non-cell-permeable.
Biochemicals & reagents
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1) Munoz et al. (2015), Different Stress-Induced Calcium Signatures Are Reported by Aequorin-Mediated Calcium Measurements in Living Cells of Aspergillus fumigatus; PLoS One, 10(9) e0138008 2) Wozniak et al. (2017), Extracellular Ca2+ is Required for Fertilization in the African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis; PLoS One, 12(1) e0170405 3) Didiasova et al. (2015), STIM1/ORAI1-mediated Ca2+ Influx Regulates Enolase-1 Exteriorization; J. Biol. Chem., 290 11983
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TARGET: Chelator -- PATHWAY: Calcium signaling