Interrogating cellular perception and decision making with optogenetic tools

In this Viewpoint article, Wendell A. Lim and colleagues examine the ways by which optogenetic tools and techniques are being used to query cellular signaling and function.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Cell Biology

• Publication date

  2017-01-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1083/jcb.201612094PMID 28003330PMCID 5223619
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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