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Channelrhodopsin
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Dominguez, R and Lin, J-Y, Channelrhodopsin, AccessScience, McGraw-Hill Education (2017) [Entry]
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DOI: doi:10.1036/1097-8542.124530
Abstract
A microbial-type rhodopsin protein found in the eyespots of algae. Channelrhodopsin proteins are associated with the phototaxic responses of algae to light during their nonvegetative life-cycle stages. They are the only known natively occurring proteins that function as light-gated ion channels (that is, light-activated channels that control the passage of ions through cell membranes). Thus far, channelrhodopsins have been cloned and described in numerous algae species. Importantly, modified versions of these proteins have been utilized as research tools by biologists interested in modulating the membrane potentials of excitable cells in heterologous expression systems.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Entry |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | channelrhodopsin |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Zoology |
| Research Field: | Animal cell and molecular biology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Dominguez, R (Dr Reymundo Dominguez) |
| UTAS Author: | Lin, J-Y (Dr John Lin) |
| ID Code: | 133024 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2019-06-03 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-06-03 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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