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MerMAIDs: A novel family of metagenomically discovered, marine, anion-conducting and intensely desensitizing channelrhodopsins.
J. Oppermann, P. Fischer, A. Silapetere…·J. Wietek
The paper identifies a new family of marine anion-conducting channelrhodopsins (MerMAIDs) that rapidly desensitize under continuous light, enabling their use as optogenetic silencers.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-11322-6