channelrhodopsin

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Etymology

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From channel +‎ rhodopsin.

Noun

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channelrhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural channelrhodopsins)

  1. An opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.
    • 2007 August 14, Ingfei Chen, “The Beam of Light That Flips a Switch That Turns on the Brain”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.
    • 2021 July, Anthony David, “Knowing Me Knowing You”, in The Literary Review:
      The key is a light-activated protein called channelrhodopsin, the DNA-encoded gene for producing which can be delivered across species into brain cells.