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channelrhodopsin

channelrhodopsin noun: an opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.

Noun

channelrhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural channelrhodopsins)

  1. An opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.
    • The channelrhodopsin switch is “really going to blow the lid off the whole analysis of brain function,” said George Augustine, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C.2007 August 14, Ingfei Chen, “The Beam of Light That Flips a Switch That Turns on the Brain”, in New York Times
    • The key is a light-activated protein called channelrhodopsin, the DNA-encoded gene for producing which can be delivered across species into brain cells.2021 July, Anthony David, “Knowing Me Knowing You”, in The Literary Review

Forms of channelrhodopsin

pluralchannelrhodopsins

Origin of channelrhodopsin

From channel + rhodopsin.

Questions about channelrhodopsin

What does channelrhodopsin mean?
Channelrhodopsin means an opsin protein that controls phototaxis in unicellular green algae.
What part of speech is channelrhodopsin?
Channelrhodopsin is a noun.
What is the plural of channelrhodopsin?
The plural of channelrhodopsin is channelrhodopsins.

Words near channelrhodopsin in the dictionary

  1. channelopathic
  2. channelopathies
  3. channelopathy
  4. channelopsin
  5. channelopsins
  6. channelrhodopsin
  7. channelrhodopsins
  8. channels
  9. channels of distribution
  10. Channelsea
  11. channelward

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