Biophysics of Channelrhodopsin

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-186

  Schneider, Franziska ^a,b   Grimm, Christiane ^a   Hegemann, Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin activation model; Color tuning; Ion selectivity; Photocycle; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

CHANNELRHODOPSIN; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALGAL PROTEIN; PROTON; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHROMATOPHORE; COLOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ION TRANSPORT; ISOMERIZATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; VOLVOX CARTERI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RETINA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYTA; HUMANS; LIGHT; PROTONS; RETINA; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 84937396838     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-060414-034014     Document Type: Article

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