Controllable Gap Junctions by Vitamin B12 and Light
Duo Cui, S Liu, Xinyu Huang, Xiaohan Alex Tang, Min Zheng, Zonglin He, Rui Song Xu, Chenbo Sun, Yingjie Xu, Renjun Tu, Peng Zou, Ting Xie, Fei Sun
This paper introduces CarGAP, a chemo-optogenetic tool to reversibly control gap junctions in vertebrates and invertebrates with spatiotemporal precision.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Dec 23, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering