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38 Haiech and Kilhoffer<br />

We may suggest the following conjectures:<br />

• The set of binding equations probably has mathematical properties that it would<br />

be interesting to decipher in order to improve the statistical tests associated with<br />

the deconvolution of calcium binding experimental curves;<br />

• The use of several experimental techniques (namely, mass spectrometry, equilibrium<br />

or flow dialysis, microcalorimetry, spectroscopic techniques, and so on) is<br />

needed to cross the possible molecular interpretations; and<br />

• With the progress in molecular dynamics, the molecular interpretation of a protein<br />

system has to be simulated.<br />

New emerging techniques let envisage that in the coming years, the interaction<br />

between a protein and its ligands will be performed directly inside the cell<br />

and at the level of the single molecule. Such a fantastic development will shed<br />

new light on how cells manage Ca 2+ signaling.<br />

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