How to control proteins with light in living systems

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 533-541

  Gautier, Arnaud ^a,b,c   Gauron, Carole ^d   Volovitch, Michel ^a,d   Bensimon, David ^a,e,f   Jullien, Ludovic ^a,b,c   Vriz, Sophie ^d,g  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

BIOSENSOR; CHROMATOPHORE; ILLUMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR PROBES; OPSINS; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; RHODOPSINS, MICROBIAL; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902771399     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1534     Document Type: Review

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