Design and engineering of light-sensitive protein switches

AC McCue, B Kuhlman - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Engineered, light-sensitive protein switches are used to interrogate a broad variety of
biological processes. These switches are typically constructed by genetically fusing naturally …

Generation of LexA enhancer-trap lines in Drosophila by an international scholastic network

ES Kim, A Rajan, K Chang… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Conditional gene regulation in Drosophila through binary expression systems like the LexA-
LexAop system provides a superb tool for investigating gene and tissue function. To …

Silver nanoparticles with exceptional near-infrared absorbance for photoenhanced antimicrobial applications

CR Bourgonje, DRC da Silva, E McIlroy… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we outline a simple method for synthesizing decahedral and triangular silver
nanoparticles using light to tune particle shape and spectral characteristics. Notably, we …

An international scholastic network to generate LexA enhancer-trap lines for Drosophila

ES Kim, A Rajan, K Chang, C Gulick, E English… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Conditional gene regulation in Drosophila through binary expression systems like the LexA-
LexAop system provides a superb tool for investigating gene and tissue function. To …