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SUBMITTER: Niu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034304 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biophysical journal 20160817 6
Optogenetics describes the use of genetically encoded photosensitive proteins to direct intended biological processes with light in recombinant and native systems. While most of these light-responsive proteins were originally discovered in photosynthetic organisms, the past few decades have been punctuated by experiments that not only commandeer but also engineer and enhance these natural tools to explore a wide variety of physiological questions. In addition, the ability to tune dynamic range a ...[more]