Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

An intein-split transactivator for intersectional neural imaging and optogenetic manipulation

  • Hao-Shan Chen,
  • Xiao-Long Zhang,
  • Rong-Rong Yang,
  • Guang-Ling Wang,
  • Xin-Yue Zhu,
  • Yuan-Fang Xu,
  • Dan-Yang Wang,
  • Na Zhang,
  • Shou Qiu,
  • Li-Jie Zhan,
  • Zhi-Ming Shen,
  • Xiao-Hong Xu,
  • Gang Long,
  • Chun Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31255-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Cell-type-specific recording and manipulation is important for understanding neural circuits. Here the authors describe molecular tools to access cell types based on genetics and connectivity in the brain, and demonstrated the utility of these tools in neural recording and manipulations.