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Patent No.:

US 10106584 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016

Red-shifted opsin molecules and uses thereof

Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Amy Chuong, Ashburn, VA (US);

Nathan Klapoetke, Ashburn, VA (US);

Brian Yichiun Chow, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);

Edward Boyden, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Xue Han, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);

Attorney:

Pierce Atwood LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeffrey E Russel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/215 (2006.01); C12N 5/071 (2010.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/0793 (2010.01); C12N 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/215 (2013.01); A61K 38/164 (2013.01); A61K 41/0057 (2013.01); G01N 33/5032 (2013.01); C12N 5/0619 (2013.01); C12N 5/16 (2013.01); Y10S 530/825 (2013.01);
Abstract

Compositions and methods for altering cell activity and function by expressing a light-activated ion pump polypeptide in a cell and contacting the cell with light that activates the expressed light-activated ion pump polypeptide. In some aspects of the invention, a light-activated ion pump polypeptide is a modifiedhalorhodopsin polypeptide, for example, a modified Halo 57 polypeptide.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chuong, Amy. (2018). Red-shifted opsin molecules and uses thereof (U.S. Patent No. 10106584). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10106584

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