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 …

Optophysiology: Illuminating cell physiology with optogenetics

P Tan, L He, Y Huang, Y Zhou - Physiological reviews, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Optogenetics combines light and genetics to enable precise control of living cells, tissues,
and organisms with tailored functions. Optogenetics has the advantages of …

Genetically-stable engineered optogenetic gene switches modulate spatial cell morphogenesis in two-and three-dimensional tissue cultures

HM Beyer, S Kumar, M Nieke, C Diehl, K Tang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advances in tissue engineering have been remarkable, yet the precise control of
cellular behavior in 2D and 3D cultures remains challenging. One approach to address this …

Optobiochemistry: genetically encoded control of protein activity by light

J Seong, MZ Lin - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Optobiochemical control of protein activities allows the investigation of protein functions in
living cells with high spatiotemporal resolution. Over the last two decades, numerous natural …

Self-organization of human dorsal-ventral forebrain structures by light induced SHH

R De Santis, F Etoc, EA Rosado-Olivieri… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Organizing centers secrete morphogens that specify the emergence of germ layers and the
establishment of the body's axes during embryogenesis. While traditional experimental …

Synthetic Gene Circuits for Regulation of Next‐Generation Cell‐Based Therapeutics

AP Teixeira, M Fussenegger - Advanced Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Arming human cells with synthetic gene circuits enables to expand their capacity to execute
superior sensing and response actions, offering tremendous potential for innovative cellular …

Photoactivatable Cre recombinase 3.0 for in vivo mouse applications

K Morikawa, K Furuhashi, C de Sena-Tomas… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Optogenetic genome engineering tools enable spatiotemporal control of gene expression
and provide new insight into biological function. Here, we report the new version of …

Light-mediated control of Gene expression in mammalian cells

M Yamada, SC Nagasaki, T Ozawa, I Imayoshi - Neuroscience Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Taking advantage of the recent development of genetically-defined photo-activatable
actuator molecules, cellular functions, including gene expression, can be controlled by …

Slym1 control the color etiolation of leaves by facilitating the decomposition of chlorophyll in tomato

M Cheng, F Meng, F Mo, H Qi, P Wang, X Chen, J Liu… - Plant Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis, as an important biological process of plants, produces organic substances
for plant growth and development. Although the molecular mechanisms of photosynthesis …

Optogenetic control of endoplasmic reticulum–mitochondria tethering

F Shi, F Kawano, SE Park, S Komazaki… - ACS Synthetic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The organelle interface emerges as a dynamic platform for a variety of biological responses.
However, their study has been limited by the lack of tools to manipulate their occurrence in …