Preface to the Series ........................................... v
Preface ....................................................... vii
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Part I Photoreactive Small Molecules for Affecting
Biological Function
1 Introduction to Part I: Caged Neurotransmitters .............. 3
James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer
2 Targeting and Excitation of Photoactivatable Molecules:
Design Considerations for Neurophysiology Experiments ........ 7
Eugene F. Civillico, J. Peter Rickgauer, and Samuel S.-H.
Wang
3 Are Caged Compounds Still Useful? ........................... 39
Graham C.R. Ellis-Davies
4 Chromophores for the Delivery of Bioactive Molecules
with Two-Photon Excitation .................................. 57
Timothy M. Dore and Hunter C. Wilson
Part II Imparting Light Sensitivity on Cells Using
Photosensitive Proteins
5 Introduction to Part II: Natural Photosensitive Proteins .... 95
James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer
6 Light-Activated Ion Pumps and Channels for Temporally
Precise Optical Control of Activity in Genetically
Targeted Neurons ............................................ 99
Brian Y. Chow, Xue Han, Jacob G. Bernstein, Patrick
E. Monahan, and Edward S. Boyden
7 Vertebrate and Invertebrate Rhodopsins:
Light Control of G-Protein Signaling ....................... 133
Davina V. Gutierrez, Eugene Oh, and Stefan Herlitze
8 Restoring Visual Function After Photoreceptor Degeneration:
Ectopic Expression of Photosensitive Proteins in Retinal
Neurons .................................................... 147
Bin Lin and Richard H. Masland
Part III Molecular Photoswitch Conjugates to Remotely Affect
Activity
9 Introduction to Part III: Small Molecule Photoswitches ..... 167
James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer
10 Photoswitch Design ......................................... 171
Andrew A. Bebarry and G. Andrew Woolley
11 Photoswitchable Voltage-Gated Ion Channels ................. 185
Doris L. Fortin and Richard H. Kramer
12 Optical Manipulation of Protein Activity and Protein
Interactions Using Caged Proteins and Optical Switch
Protein Conjugates ......................................... 213
Yilling Yan and Gerard Marriott
13 Structure-Based Design of Light-Controlled Proteins ........ 233
Harald Janovjak and Ehud T. Isacoff
14 Photoswitchable Ligand-Gated Ion Channels .................. 267
Pau Gorostiza and Ehud Y. Isacoff
Index ......................................................... 287
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