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ICRAC
ICRAC stands for Ca2+-Release Activated Ca2+ Current. When Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum (a major store of Ca2+) is depleted in nonexcitable mammalian cells, a special plasma membrane Ca2+ channel, the CRAC channel, is activated to slowly replenish the endoplasmic reticulum.
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