Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options
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Armbruster BN, Li X, Pausch MH, Herlitze... be the best option.
Fluorescent proteins can interfere with fused protein function
Under some circumstances...found that the fluorescent proteins can, indeed, interfere with the correct function of the protein of interest...in monkey neurons, we next hypothesized that a different tag fused to the hM4Di might improve the transport...Surprisingly, we found that this small change made a big difference. Replacing the mCherry with the HA tag resulted...transgene of interest. In our studies, mCherry interfered with the transport to the membrane of the DREADDs...doi.org/10.1002/0471140864.ps0909s73
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