A user's guide to channelrhodopsin variants: features, limitations and future developments

Ultrafast optogenetic control

(2010) Lisa A Gunaydin et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Structural Guidance of the Photocycle of Channelrhodopsin-2 by an Interhelical Hydrogen Bond

(2009) Christian Bamann et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of Engineered Channelrhodopsin Variants with Improved Properties and Kinetics

(2009) John Y. Lin et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Bi-stable neural state switches

(2009) André Berndt et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Glu 87 of Channelrhodopsin-1 Causes pH-dependent Color Tuning and Fast Photocurrent Inactivation

(2009) Satoshi P. Tsunoda et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Temporal Control of Immediate Early Gene Induction by Light

(2009) Philipp Schoenenberger et al.   PLoS One

Channelrhodopsin-2 is a leaky proton pump

(2009) K. Feldbauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Determinants Differentiating Photocurrent Properties of Two Channelrhodopsins fromChlamydomonas

(2008) Hongxia Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2008) Feng Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Channelrhodopsin-1 Initiates Phototaxis and Photophobic Responses in Chlamydomonas by Immediate Light-Induced Depolarization

(2008) P. Berthold et al.   PLANT CELL

Spectral Characteristics of the Photocycle of Channelrhodopsin-2 and Its Implication for Channel Function

(2007) Christian Bamann et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY