Genetically targeted chemical assembly of functional materials in living cells, tissues, and animals

Autor: Charu Ramakrishnan, Yoon Seok Kim, Lydia-Marie Joubert, Karl Deisseroth, Kang Shen, Ariane Tom, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok, Huiliang Wang, Yuanwen Jiang, Shucheng Chen, Claire E. Richardson, Xiao Wang, Cheng Wang, Sergiu P. Pașca, Toru Katsumata, Jia Liu, Zhenan Bao, Lief E. Fenno, Fikri Birey
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Science. 367:1372-1376
ISSN: 1095-9203
0036-8075
Popis: From genetics to material to behavior Introducing new genes into an organism can endow new biochemical functions or change the patterns of existing functions, but extending these manipulations to structure at the tissue level is challenging. Combining genetic engineering and polymer chemistry, Liu et al. directly leveraged complex cellular architectures of living organisms to synthesize, fabricate, and assemble bioelectronic materials (see the Perspective by Otto and Schmidt). An engineered enzyme expressed in genetically targeted neurons synthesized conductive polymers in tissues of freely moving animals. These polymers enabled modulation of membrane properties in specific neuron populations and manipulation of behavior in living animals. Science , this issue p. 1372 ; see also p. 1303
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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