Optogenetic manipulation of cGMP in cells and animals by the tightly light-regulated guanylyl-cyclase opsin CyclOp

A Synthetic Erectile Optogenetic Stimulator Enabling Blue-Light-Inducible Penile Erection

(2015) Taeuk Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Rhodopsin-Guanylyl Cyclase Gene Fusion Functions in Visual Perception in a Fungus

(2014) Gabriela M. Avelar et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Engineering of a red-light-activated human cAMP/cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase

(2014) C. Gasser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synthetic retinal analogues modify the spectral and kinetic characteristics of microbial rhodopsin optogenetic tools

(2014) N. AzimiHashemi et al.   Nature Communications

A LOV-domain-mediated blue-light-activated adenylate (adenylyl) cyclase from the cyanobacteriumMicrocoleus chthonoplastesPCC 7420

(2013) Sarah Raffelberg et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Protter: interactive protein feature visualization and integration with experimental proteomic data

(2013) Ulrich Omasits et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Optogenetic pharmacology for control of native neuronal signaling proteins

(2013) Richard H Kramer et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Degradation of channelopsin-2 in the absence of retinal and degradation resistance in certain mutants

(2012) Sybille Ullrich et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Tools and Approaches for Optogenetics

(2012) Yuan Mei et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

A multispectral optical illumination system with precise spatiotemporal control for the manipulation of optogenetic reagents

(2012) Jeffrey N Stirman et al.   Nature Protocols

Temperature- and Touch-Sensitive Neurons Couple CNG and TRPV Channel Activities to Control Heat Avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2012) Shu Liu et al.   PLoS One

Photomechanical Responses in Drosophila Photoreceptors

(2012) R. C. Hardie et al.   SCIENCE

The Development and Application of Optogenetics

(2011) Lief Fenno et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

The Microbial Opsin Family of Optogenetic Tools

(2011) Feng Zhang et al.   CELL

High-throughput behavioral analysis in C. elegans

(2011) Nicholas A Swierczek et al.   NATURE METHODS

Codon adaptation–based control of protein expression in C. elegans

(2011) Stefanie Redemann et al.   NATURE METHODS

Real-time multimodal optical control of neurons and muscles in freely behaving Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Jeffrey N Stirman et al.   NATURE METHODS

Temperature, Oxygen, and Salt-Sensing Neurons in C. elegans Are Carbon Dioxide Sensors that Control Avoidance Behavior

(2011) Andrew Jonathan Bretscher et al.   NEURON

Microbial rhodopsins in the spotlight

(2010) Christian Bamann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Natural and Engineered Photoactivated Nucleotidyl Cyclases for Optogenetic Applications

(2010) Min-Hyung Ryu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Light Modulation of Cellular cAMP by a Small Bacterial Photoactivated Adenylyl Cyclase, bPAC, of the Soil BacteriumBeggiatoa

(2010) Manuela Stierl et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

PACα- an optogenetic tool for in vivo manipulation of cellular cAMP levels, neurotransmitter release, and behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) Simone Weissenberger et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Toward the Second Generation of Optogenetic Tools

(2010) T. Knopfel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neurons Detect Increases and Decreases in Oxygen Levels Using Distinct Guanylate Cyclases

(2009) Manuel Zimmer et al.   NEURON

Evolution of opsins and phototransduction

(2009) Y. Shichida et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optogenetic analysis of synaptic function

(2008) Jana F Liewald et al.   NATURE METHODS

Bidirectional temperature-sensing by a single thermosensory neuron in C. elegans

(2008) Daniel Ramot et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A carbon dioxide avoidance behavior is integrated with responses to ambient oxygen and food in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2008) A. J. Bretscher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acute carbon dioxide avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2008) E. A. Hallem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Signal transducing membrane complexes of photoreceptor outer segments

(2008) Theodore G. Wensel   VISION RESEARCH