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Nature Chemical Biology 2, 11 - 13 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nchembio0106-11
Ion channels get flashy
Hagan Bayley1
- Hagan Bayley is in the Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK. e-mail: hagan.bayley@chem.ox.ac.uk
Abstract
Ion channels have essential roles in the nervous system. An engineered ligand-gated channel with a photoactivated switch will be useful for addressing several issues in neuronal signaling.
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