
ProductCategory:Pre-maderecombinantAAV;AAV-CAG-ChR2-tdTOMATO;AAV2-CAG-ChR2-tdTOMATO
Description:AAV2-CAG-ChR2-tdTOMATOistheSEROtype2AAVwhichexpressChannelrhodopsin-2underCAGpromoterwithtdTOMATOtag.Channelrhodopsinsareasubfamilyofopsinproteinsthatfunctionaslight-gatedionchannelsandveryusefulformanybioengineeringandneuroscienceapplicationssuchasphotostimulationofneuronsforprobingofneuralcircuits.Usingaredfluorescentprotein(tdTOMATO)taggedChR2,light-stimulatedaxonsandsynapsescanbeidentifiedinintactbraintissue.Thisisusefultostudythemoleculareventsduringtheinductionofsynapticplasticity.ChR2hasalsobeenusedtomaplong-rangeconnectionsfromonesideofthebraintotheother,andtomapthespatiallocationofspecificinputsonthedendritictreeofindividualneurons.
Titer:>1x1013VG/mL
Size:>30µL(StdPack)
StorageBuffer:SterilePBS
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