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A unique choanoflagellate enzyme rhodopsin exhibits light-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity

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Structure and monomer/dimer equilibrium for the guanylyl cyclase domain of the optogenetics protein RhoGC

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Expression, purification, and spectral tuning of RhoGC, a retinylidene/guanylyl cyclase fusion protein and optogenetics tool from the aquatic fungusBlastocladiella emersonii

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Cryptochrome photoreceptors in green algae: Unexpected versatility of mechanisms and functions

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Targeting of Photoreceptor Genes inChlamydomonas reinhardtiivia Zinc-Finger Nucleases and CRISPR/Cas9

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A blue-light photoreceptor mediates the feedback regulation of photosynthesis

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Targeted expression of nuclear transgenes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with a versatile, modular vector toolkit

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A Cyclic GMP-Dependent K + Channel in the Blastocladiomycete Fungus Blastocladiella emersonii

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Natural light-gated anion channels: A family of microbial rhodopsins for advanced optogenetics

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The rhodopsin–guanylyl cyclase of the aquatic fungusBlastocladiella emersoniienables fast optical control of cGMP signaling

(2015) Ulrike Scheib et al.   Science Signaling

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

(2015) Shiqiang Gao et al.   Nature Communications

The rhodopsin–guanylyl cyclase of the aquatic fungusBlastocladiella emersoniienables fast optical control of cGMP signaling

(2015) Ulrike Scheib et al.   Science Signaling

Stable nuclear transformation of Pandorina morum

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

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Transcriptional analysis of Volvox photoreceptors suggests the existence of different cell-type specific light-signaling pathways

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

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Evolution of Sexes from an Ancestral Mating-Type Specification Pathway

(2014) Sa Geng et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

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Stable nuclear transformation of Eudorina elegans

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Validation of reference genes for quantitative gene expression studies in Volvox carteri using real-time RT-PCR

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A light-driven sodium ion pump in marine bacteria

(2013) Keiichi Inoue et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2012) Sybille Ullrich et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Primer-BLAST: A tool to design target-specific primers for polymerase chain reaction

(2012) Jian Ye et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

A Photochromic Histidine Kinase Rhodopsin (HKR1) That Is Bimodally Switched by Ultraviolet and Blue Light

(2012) Meike Luck et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure, signaling mechanism and regulation of the natriuretic peptide receptor guanylate cyclase

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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

A Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Mediates Negative Signaling by Ammonium on Expression of Nitrate Reductase in Chlamydomonas

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Genomic Analysis of Organismal Complexity in the Multicellular Green Alga Volvox carteri

(2010) S. E. Prochnik et al.   SCIENCE

Stable nuclear transformation of Gonium pectorale

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Channelrhodopsins of Volvox carteri Are Photochromic Proteins That Are Specifically Expressed in Somatic Cells under Control of Light, Temperature, and the Sex Inducer

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Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri

(2008) Feng Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A Gender-Specific Retinoblastoma-Related Protein in Volvox carteri Implies a Role for the Retinoblastoma Protein Family in Sexual Development

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Crystal structure of the guanylyl cyclase Cya2

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