LOV to BLUF: Flavoprotein contributions to the optogenetic toolkit

Molecular Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-544

  Christie, John M ^a   Gawthorne, Jayde ^a   Young, Gillian ^a   Fraser, Niall J ^a   Roe, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue Light Utilizing FAD; chromophore; flavin; fluorescence; light, oxygen or voltage; optogenetics; photoreceptor; protein engineering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84861389671     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss020     Document Type: Review

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