Meaning of channelrhodopsin | Babel Free
Definitions
An opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.
Examples
“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.”
“The key is a light-activated protein called channelrhodopsin, the DNA-encoded gene for producing which can be delivered across species into brain cells.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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