Understanding night blindness and calcium
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 21:35
in Biology & Nature
Congenital stationary night blindness, an inherited condition that affects one's ability to see in the dark, is caused by a mutation in a calcium channel protein that shuttles calcium into and out of cells. Now, researchers have teased apart the molecular mechanism behind this mutation, uncovering a more general principle of how cells control calcium levels.