Optogenetics at the presynapse

BR Rost, J Wietek, O Yizhar, D Schmitz - Nature neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetic actuators enable highly precise spatiotemporal interrogation of biological
processes at levels ranging from the subcellular to cells, circuits and behaving organisms …

Blue-light receptors for optogenetics

A Losi, KH Gardner, A Möglich - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sensory photoreceptors underpin light-dependent adaptations of organismal physiology,
development, and behavior in nature. Adapted for optogenetics, sensory photoreceptors …

Spatiotemporal-resolved protein networks profiling with photoactivation dependent proximity labeling

Y Zhai, X Huang, K Zhang, Y Huang, Y Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Enzymatic-based proximity labeling approaches based on activated esters or phenoxy
radicals have been widely used for mapping subcellular proteome and protein interactors in …

Optogenetic methods in plant biology

KR Konrad, S Gao, MD Zurbriggen… - Annual Review of Plant …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Optogenetics is a technique employing natural or genetically engineered photoreceptors in
transgene organisms to manipulate biological activities with light. Light can be turned on or …

Mapping spatial transcriptome with light-activated proximity-dependent RNA labeling

P Wang, W Tang, Z Li, Z Zou, Y Zhou, R Li… - Nature Chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
RNA molecules are highly compartmentalized in eukaryotic cells, with their localizations
intimately linked to their functions. Despite the importance of RNA targeting, our current …

No photon wasted: an efficient and selective singlet oxygen photosensitizing protein

M Westberg, M Bregnhøj, M Etzerodt… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Optogenetics has been, and will continue to be, a boon to mechanistic studies of cellular
processes. Genetically encodable proteins that sensitize the production of reactive oxygen …

DARPins: Promising scaffolds for theranostics

ON Shilova, SM Deyev - Acta Naturae (англоязычная версия), 2019 - cyberleninka.ru
Monoclonal antibodies are the classical basis for targeted therapy, but the development of
alternative binding proteins has made it possible to use non-immunoglobulin proteins as …

Genetically targeted chemical assembly

A Zhang, Y Jiang, KY Loh, Z Bao… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Cell type-specific interfaces within living animals will be invaluable for achieving
communication with identifiable cells over the long term, enabling applications across many …

Illuminating developmental biology through photochemistry

L Kowalik, JK Chen - Nature chemical biology, 2017 - nature.com
Developmental biology has been continually shaped by technological advances, evolving
from a descriptive science into one immersed in molecular and cellular mechanisms. Most …

Engineering a light-activated caspase-3 for precise ablation of neurons in vivo

AD Smart, RA Pache, ND Thomsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The circuitry of the brain is characterized by cell heterogeneity, sprawling cellular anatomy,
and astonishingly complex patterns of connectivity. Determining how complex neural circuits …