Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream
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... of a magnetoresponsive fluorescent protein. Controlling an optogenetic or fluorescent tool with magnets... 2016), and some previous attempts at magnetic control of biological systems (Wheeler et al., 2016; Duret...T., York, A. G., Ingaramo, M. (2024). Magnetic control of the brightness of fluorescent proteins. Zenodo...Güler, A. D. (2016). Genetically targeted magnetic control of the nervous system. Nature Neuroscience, 19(...protein they tested — E. coli expressing good ol’ EGFP — showed a slight but detectable change in fluorescence...better, multiple other labs have reproduced their EGFP findings since the initial report in 2023.)
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Figure 1: Fluorescence intensity of EGFP-FlavinTag in E. coli changes in response to a ~25 mT...