Subcellular optogenetics - Controlling signaling and single-cell behavior

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-25

  Ajith Karunarathne, W K ^a   O'Neill, Patrick R ^b   Gautam, Narasimhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optogenetics; Subcellular signaling

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84921641457     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.154435     Document Type: Article

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