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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Peter Hegemann, Falkensee, DE;
Georg Nagel, Wuerzburg, DE;
Ernst Bamberg, Kelkheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/07 (2010.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 1/19 (2006.01); C12N 5/0793 (2010.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Use of a biological photoreceptor as light-controlled ion channel for the alteration of the ion conductivity of a membrane by means of light. The photoreceptor used comprises an apoprotein and a light-sensitive polyene covalently bound to the apoprotein, said polyene interacting with the apoprotein and functioning as a light-sensitive gate.