Optogenetics Guide
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...Microbial Opsins Opsins are light-gated ion channels or pumps that absorb light at specific wavelengths. ...respond to different wavelengths of light, like blue or yellow light. These various opsins also initiate...also a blue light activated cation channel. ChR2 is preferred over ChR1 because ChR2 has higher conductance...Channelrhodopsin from Volvox carteri 570 Chronos High-speed, light-sensitive channel from Stigeoclonium helveticum... 566 ArchT Light-activated outward proton pump from Halorubrum strain TP009. Improved light sensitivity...binding domain, allowing light to activate transcription. Phytochromes and light oxygen voltage (LOV) domains...) BLUF domains bPAC Light-activated adenylyl cyclase from Beggiatoa sp. for light-induced cAMP modulation...