Directed evolution of a far-red fluorescent rhodopsin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 13034-13039

  McIsaac, R Scott ^a   Engqvist, Martin K M ^a   Wannier, Timothy ^b   Rosenthal, Adam Z ^b   Herwig, Lukas ^a   Flytzanis, Nicholas C ^b   Imasheva, Eleonora S ^c   Lanyi, Janos K ^c   Balashov, Sergei P ^c   Gradinaru, Viviana ^b   Arnold, Frances H ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Near infrared; Opsins; Optogenetics; Voltage sensor

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; ARCHAERHODOPSIN PROTEIN, ARCHAEA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HALORUBRUM; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL SURVIVAL; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HALORUBRUM; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84906979428     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413987111     Document Type: Article

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