Photoswitch

Word PHOTOSWITCH
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This tiny worm became temporarily paralyzed when scientists fed it a light-sensitive material, or "photoswitch," and then exposed it to ultraviolet light. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By using intravital imaging, the researchers developed a "photoswitch" to mark cancer cells of their choosing within a tumour and study how these tumour cells in mice move in their surrounding tissue. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One such protein, the glutamate receptor, has been put under the control of a photoswitch and introduced into the retinas of mice. ❋ Chris Gay (2010)

The photoswitch turns the glutamate receptor on or off by changing its shape depending on the wavelength of light used — a technique that's been shown to induce light sensitivity in blind mice. ❋ Chris Gay (2010)

The JACS report describes development and successful testing of a photoswitch composed of the light-sensitive material, dithienylethene. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The material known as dithienylethene was used in the new investigation, to set the basis for the photoswitch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, the structure / functional basis of the phytochrome photoswitch is still unclear. ❋ L.-O. Essen (2008)

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