Channelrhodopsin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae. countable, uncountable

    "The channelrhodopsin switch is “really going to blow the lid off the whole analysis of brain function,” said George Augustine, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C."

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"The channelrhodopsin switch is “really going to blow the lid off the whole analysis of brain function,” said George Augustine, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C."

Etymology

From channel + rhodopsin.

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