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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Dirk Trauner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ehud Y. Isacoff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Matthew Volgraf, Oakland, CA (US);
Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Barcelona, ES;
Dirk Trauner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ehud Y. Isacoff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Matthew Volgraf, Oakland, CA (US);
Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Barcelona, ES;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a synthetic regulator of glutamate receptor function, which regulator is a light-sensitive (photoreactive) regulator. The present invention further provides a light-regulated glutamate receptor that includes a subject synthetic regulator non-covalently associated with the glutamate receptor. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated glutamate receptor. The present invention further provides methods of modulating glutamate receptor function, involving use of light. The present invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate glutamate receptor function.