Ion channel in the spotlight

Oliver P. Ernst () and Thomas P. Sakmar ()
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Oliver P. Ernst: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
Thomas P. Sakmar: Thomas P. Sakmar is in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA.

Nature, 2012, vol. 482, issue 7385, 318-319

Abstract: When expressed in neurons, channelrhodopsin proteins allow the cells' electrical activity to be controlled by light. The structure of one such protein will guide efforts to make better tools for controlling neurons. See Article p.369

Date: 2012
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