Development of an automated fluorescence microscopy system for photomanipulation of genetically encoded photoactivatable proteins (optogenetics) in live cells

Optogenetic tools for mammalian systems

(2013) Konrad Müller et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Dissecting the roles of Rac1 activation and deactivation in macropinocytosis using microscopic photo-manipulation

(2013) Makoto Fujii et al.   Scientific Reports

The promise of optogenetics in cell biology: interrogating molecular circuits in space and time

(2010) Jared E Toettcher et al.   NATURE METHODS

Optogenetics: controlling cell function with light

(2010) Erika Pastrana   NATURE METHODS

Spatiotemporal control of cell signalling using a light-switchable protein interaction

(2009) Anselm Levskaya et al.   NATURE

A genetically encoded photoactivatable Rac controls the motility of living cells

(2009) Yi I. Wu et al.   NATURE

Induction of protein-protein interactions in live cells using light

(2009) Masayuki Yazawa et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Mechanism-based tuning of a LOV domain photoreceptor

(2009) Brian D Zoltowski et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Estimation of the available free energy in a LOV2-Jα photoswitch

(2008) Xiaolan Yao et al.   Nature Chemical Biology