Photosensitive molecules for controlling biological function
By: edited by James J. Chambers, Richard H. Kramer
Series: Neuromethods -- 55; Springer protocols; Neuromethods -- 55.; Springer protocols
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781617790300; 9781617790317
Subjects: Luminescent Proteins; Biomolekül; Neurobiology; Biological Photosensitization; Molecular neurobiology; Photoreceptor Cells; Wechselwirkung; Lichtempfindliche Verbindungen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to part I : caged neurotransmitters  -- James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer; title: Targeting and excitation of photoactivatable molecules : design considerations for neurophysiology experiments  -- Eugene F. Civillico, J. Peter Rickgauer, and Samuel S.-H Wang; title: Are caged compounds still useful  -- Graham C.R. Ellis-Davis; title: Chromophores for the delivery of bioactive molecules with two-photon excitation  -- Timothy M. Dore and Hunter C. Wilson; title: Introduction to part II : natural photosensitive proteins  -- James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer; title: Light-activated ion pumps and channels for temporally precise optical control of activity in genetically targeted neurons  -- Brian Y. Chow ... [et al.]; title: Vertebrate and invertebrate rhodopsins : light control of G-protein signaling  -- Davina V. Gutierrez, Eugene Oh, and Stefan Herlitze; title: Restoring visual function after photoreceptor degeneration : ectopic expression of photosensitive proteins in retinal neurons  -- Bin Lin and Richard H. Masland; title: Introduction to part III : small molecule photoswitches  -- James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer; title: Photoswitch design  -- Doris L. Fortin and Richard H. Kramer; title: Optical manipulation of protein activity and protein interactions using caged proteins and optical switch protein conjugates  -- Yuling Yan and Gerard Marriott; title: Structure-based design of light-controlled proteins  -- Harald Janovjak and Ehud Y. Isacoff; title: Photoswitchable ligand-gated ion channels -- Pau Gorostiza and Ehud Y. Isacoff.