Protein structures guide the design of a much-needed tool for neuroscience

Patrick Scheerer (), Elizabeth Unger () and Lin Tian ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 561, issue 7723, 312-313

Abstract: The structures of anion-conducting channelrhodopsin proteins have been solved and used to develop a tool for optogenetics. Experts discuss what the structures tell us about ion conduction, and why the tool is needed.

Keywords: Structural biology; Biological techniques; Biophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06670-0

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