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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Peter Hegemann, Falkeusee, DE;
Georg Nagel, Wuerzburg, DE;
Ernst Bamberg, Kelkheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/07 (2010.01); C12N 5/071 (2010.01); C12N 5/0793 (2010.01); C12N 1/19 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C07K 14/405 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A biological photoreceptor, which is a directly light-controlled ion channel, including (i) an apoprotein and (ii) a light-sensitive polyene covalently bound to the apoprotein, the polyene interacting with the apoprotein and functioning as a direct light-sensitive gate.