Optogenetic regulation of transcription

Abstract Optogenetics has become widely recognized for its success in real-time control of brain neurons by utilizing non-mammalian photosensitive proteins to open or close membrane channels. Here we review a less well known type of optogenetic constructs that employs photosensitive proteins to tran...

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Main Authors: Oksana Polesskaya, Ancha Baranova, Sarah Bui, Nikolai Kondratev, Evgeniya Kananykhina, Olga Nazarenko, Tatyana Shapiro, Frances Barg Nardia, Vladimir Kornienko, Vikas Chandhoke, Istvan Stadler, Raymond Lanzafame, Max Myakishev-Rempel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12868-018-0411-6