... solution of 1 lgÆlL)1 in meth-anol) was added to the cell suspension, and the cells wereincubated for 2 h at 28 °C in the dark. Aliquots containingapproximately 107 cells were harvested, and ... by the luminescence spectrum of the aequorin-expressing cells (Fig. 6A). This observation suggested that, as in the response to H2O2, cells utilize Ca2+-mediated signalingto initiate the ... by the uni-versal Ca2+sensor protein calmodulin, which can bind and activate calcineurin; this inhibits, at the post-tran-scriptional level, the function of Vcx1p [11,15,16] and induces the...