Channelrhodopsin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Channelrhodopsin is a noun meaning An opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.
Meaning
An opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.
Example Sentences
The key is a light-activated protein called channelrhodopsin, the DNA-encoded gene for producing which can be delivered across species into brain cells.
The channelrhodopsin switch is “really going to blow the lid off the whole analysis of brain function,” said George Augustine, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Word Forms
- channelrhodopsins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhodopsin, actinorhodopsin, chlamyopsin, phoborhodopsin, xanthorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsin.
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