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Channelrhodopsins are a
subfamily of
retinylidene proteins (rhodopsins) that
function as light-gated ion channels. They
serve as
sensory photoreceptors...
- system, in
neurons using the
channelrhodopsin-2(H134R)-eYFP
mutant from
Georg Nagel,
which is the
first mutant of
channelrhodopsin-2
since its
functional characterization...
- Anion-conducting
channelrhodopsins are light-gated ion
channels that open in
response to
light and let
negatively charged ions (such as chloride) enter...
- pore of
channelrhodopsin itself,
through his teams'
initial high-resolution
crystal structures of
cation and anion-conducting
channelrhodopsins and through...
-
experimenter might express channelrhodopsin in each of
these cells, by
crossing the same GAL4 line with a
channelrhodopsin reporter line. In the offspring...
- (Neurospora
ospin I); the
green algal light-gated
proton channel,
Channelrhodopsin-1;
Sensory rhodopsins from cyanobacteria. Light-activated rhodopsin/guanylyl...
- study,
although two
naturally occurring examples,
channelrhodopsin and anion-conducting
channelrhodopsin, are
currently known.
Photoreceptor proteins, which...
-
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He is
known for his
discovery of
channelrhodopsin, a type of ion
channels regulated by light,
thereby serving as a light...
- 2000. A new 'wireless'
approach uses light-gated ion
channels such as
channelrhodopsin to
control the
activity of
genetically defined subsets of
neurons in...
- they are used by
prokaryotes and by some
algae (as a
component of
channelrhodopsins) and fungi,
whereas animals use
animal opsins, exclusively. No opsins...
