Investigating neuronal function with optically controllable proteins

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Xin X ^a   Pan, Michael ^b   Lin, Michael Z ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Optobiology; Optogenetics; Signal transduction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLUF PROTEIN; CRY 2 PROTEIN; CRYPTOCHROME; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LOV 2 PROTEIN; LOV PROTEIN; LUMITOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTROPIN; OPSIN; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; ULTRAVIOLET RESPONSE 8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENETICS; FILOPODIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84941004970     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00037     Document Type: Review

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