FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution
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Oct. 17, 2019, 12:28 p.m.
... optogenetic FLEx vectors in combination with transgenic animals or rAAVs expressing Cre under a specific...not naturally light-sensitive, so the selective expression of opsin genes in targeted cells makes it possible...How to get an opsin into the brain
In order to express opsins within the brain, researchers inject genetically...relatively stable extra-chromosomally long-term expression and low ability to induce innate immune responses... promoters; however, those usually drive weak expression of downstream genes. Strong cell-specific promoters...Vandenberghe, 2019). How to achieve strong opsin expression in specific neuronal cell types then? This is... precise temporal and spatial control of gene expression in vivo (Schnütgen et al., 2003). This is achieved...