Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 15, 2018, 12:43 p.m.
...C-terminus of human codon-optimized cryptochrome 2 (CRY2) from Arabidopsis thaliana. When exposed to ...illumination of neighboring cells evokes action potentials (APs) in patched cells expressing wild type CoChR...techniques for live-cell imaging of the dynamic changes in biochemical activity within the cell. Their Fluorescence...distribution of clusters without accumulation in subcellular compartments such as nuclear speckles. Furthermore...OptoSTIM1), caused two-fold faster changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels than the original version containing...CRY2clust should prove a useful tool to further probe cellular function.
The CRY2clust Plasmid can be found here...28646204.
soCoChR: A novel opsin that enables single-cell optogenetics
Article contributed by Meghan Rego
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