Preface -- Abbreviations -- ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The calcium signalling pathway -- ch. 3. Calcium binding proteins and their natural classification -- ch. 4. Non-EF-hand calcium binding proteins -- ch. 5. The EF-hand calcium-binding proteins -- ch. 6. The calmodulin family of calcium binding proteins -- ch. 7. The structure of contractile proteins -- ch. 8. Structure and biology of calbindin -- ch. 9. Calretinin : its role in cell differentiation and as a potential tumour marker -- ch. 10. Calcineurin in cell Profiliferation, cell adhesion, and cell spreading -- ch. 11. Centrins (caltractins) and their biological functions -- ch. 12. Reticulocalbin family of EF-hand proteins -- ch. 13. Calpains in normal and aberrant cell physiology -- ch. 14. Caspases in apoptosis, cell migration, Profiliferation, and neoplasia --- ch. 15. Parvalbumins in neuronal development, differentiation, and Profiliferation -- ch. 16. Osteonectin in cell function and behaviour -- ch. 17. S100 proteins : their biological function and role in pathogenesis -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.