Masahiro Kono

Crystal Structure of Cone Arrestin at 2.3Å: Evolution of Receptor Specificity

R. Bryan Sutton, Sergey A. Vishnivetskiy, J.J. Robert et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2005 · 178 citations

Crystal Structure, Molecular Physiology, Signal Transduction +11

Effect of the arginine-82 to alanine mutation in bacteriorhodopsin on dark adaptation, proton release, and the photochemical cycle

Sergei P. Balashov, Rajni Govindjee, Masahiro Kono et al. · Biochemistry · 1993 · 152 citations

A novel three-dimensional crystal of bacteriorhodopsin obtained by successive fusion of the vesicular assemblies

Kazuki Takeda, Hidenori Sato, Tomoya Hino et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1998 · 114 citations

Protein Assembly, Biomolecular Structure Prediction, Successive Fusion +11

A Visual Pigment Expressed in Both Rod and Cone Photoreceptors

Jian-xing Ma, Sergey L. Znoiko, Kashelle L. Othersen et al. · Neuron · 2001 · 111 citations · Full text

Biology, Photoreceptor Cell, Retina +5

Breaking the Covalent Bond— A Pigment Property that Contributes to Desensitization in Cones

Vladimir J. Kefalov, Maureen E. Estevez, Masahiro Kono et al. · Neuron · 2005 · 106 citations · Full text

Photoreceptor Cell, Photochemistry, Molecular Biology +2