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- noun biochemistry A
light -drivenion pump , specific tochloride ions, found inphylogenetically ancientarchaea known ashalobacteria .
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In a groundbreaking approach they used a light-sensitive protein called halorhodopsin from archaebacteria to re-establish vision.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In a groundbreaking approach they used a light-sensitive protein called halorhodopsin from archaebacteria to re-establish vision.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Or an important memory might be suppressed by shutting it down with yellow light that activates halorhodopsin.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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He found a bacterial gene, halorhodopsin, that had properties suggesting it could do the opposite of channelrhodopsin.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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He found a bacterial gene, halorhodopsin, that had properties suggesting it could do the opposite of channelrhodopsin.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Boyden and his colleague Xue Han inserted halorhodopsin into neurons and exposed them to yellow light.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Boyden and his colleague Xue Han inserted halorhodopsin into neurons and exposed them to yellow light.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Or an important memory might be suppressed by shutting it down with yellow light that activates halorhodopsin.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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The work takes advantage of a gene called halorhodopsin found in a bacterium that grows in extremely salty water, such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Pulsing Light Used as Non-Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy, Parkinson’s | Impact Lab 2007
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When neurons are engineered to express the halorhodopsin gene, the researchers can inhibit their activity by shining yellow light on them.
Pulsing Light Used as Non-Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy, Parkinson’s | Impact Lab 2007
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