Chemogenetics Guide
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...can be turned on or off by the application of a small molecule ligand. The ideal chemogenetic tools are...native ligands and are engineered to respond to small molecules that do not affect endogenous signaling...potency, which is potentially important for dosing in animal studies, made them attractive targets for development...muscarinic receptor. This DREADD was shown to have a small amount of constitutive activity, and is not widely...Compound 21. Both Compound 21 and DCZ seem to have minimal off-target activity, and do not seem to have the...receptor (nAChR) domains that respond to specific small molecules termed Pharmacologically Selective Effector...plasmids . Additionally, genetically engineered animal models expressing hM3Dq, hM4Di, and rM3D DREADDs...