The promise of optogenetics in cell biology: interrogating molecular circuits in space and time.

Publication Year
2011

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

Optogenetic modules offer cell biologists unprecedented new ways to poke and prod cells. The combination of these precision perturbative tools with observational tools, such as fluorescent proteins, may dramatically accelerate our ability to understand the inner workings of the cell.

Journal
Nat Methods
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
35-8
Date Published
2011 Jan
ISSN Number
1548-7105
Alternate Journal
Nat Methods
PMCID
PMC3024327
PMID
21191370