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The Microbial Opsin Family of Optogenetic Tools

2011515 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Feng Zhang · Broad Institute

Johannes Vierock · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Ofer Yizhar · Weizmann Institute of Science

Lief E. Fenno · Stanford University

Satoshi P. Tsunoda · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Arash Kianianmomeni · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Matthias Prigge ·

Topics & Keywords

Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Light effects on plants Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Cell

Volume 147, Issue 7, pp. 1446-1457

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.12.004

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 13.56

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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

A. Berndt · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

John C. Cushman · University of Nevada, Reno

Jürgen E.W. Polle · Brooklyn College

Jon Magnuson · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Peter Hegemann · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Karl Deisseroth · Howard Hughes Medical Institute