Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
...combines the Cre/lox system with optogenetics. Cre activity is controlled by red light by splitting Cre and fusing...
Figure 4: The C-terminus of Cre (CreC) and the N-terminus of Cre (CreN) are fused to the truncated Phytochrome... previous Cre/lox or drug-induced Cre systems (ex: tamoxifen). As the name suggests, CreLite combines ...recombine independently and results in a variety of colors depending on the combination of fluorescent proteins...when paired with appropriate fluorescent optics. Existing red fluorescent voltage indicators, however,... dimerize, bringing each terminus of Cre together to restore Cre activity. As soon as red light or PCB...proteins separate, inactivating Cre. This is critical for reducing Cre toxicity in long-term experiments...