Optogenetics Plasmid Collection
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...optogenetic tool is the widely used Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . ChR2 is a ...switch tools to activate, inhibit, and manipulate cellular processes. Plasmid...to blue light and allows cations to flow into the cell. Variants of channelrhodopsin have been engineered...improve the expression and membrane targeting in host cells. Other microbial opsins, such as the Halorhodopsins...actively move cations or anions into or out of the cell. When using these opsins as a tool to control neuronal...plasmids that use light to control a protein or cellular activity. For example, search "Cdc42", "transcription...