Initial Photophysical Characterization of the Proteorhodopsin Optical Proton Sensor (PROPS)

Fluorescence is not frequently used as a tool for investigating the photocycles of rhodopsins, largely because of the low quantum yield of the retinal chromophore. However, a new class of genetically encoded voltage sensors is based upon rhodopsins and their fluorescence. The first such sensor repor...

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Main Author: Jay eNadeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00315/full