A genetically encoded neurotransmitter sensor, engineered from a tick lipocalin, detects serotonin in the living brain.
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23 April 2021
Editor’s Note: The editors of Nature Methods wish to alert readers that the Article “A fast, high-affinity fluorescent serotonin biosensor engineered from a tick lipocalin” by Zhang, S. et al., (Nat Methods 18, 258–261 (2021), doi:10.1038/s41592-021-01078-7) on which this News and Views was based has been retracted. Comments in this News and Views that rely on the accuracy and reproducibility of this data should therefore be reconsidered.
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Morgan, C.W., Ren, J. Making a tick protein talk as a serotonin sensor. Nat Methods 18, 240–241 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01085-8
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