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Opsin Biochemistry

Opsin Biochemistry is a biochemical framework that characterizes the molecular structure, spectral tuning mechanisms, and phototransduction cascades mediated by opsin proteins in retinal photoreceptors.

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Crystal structure of opsin in its G-protein-interacting conformation

Patrick Scheerer, Jung Hee Park, Peter W. Hildebrand et al. · Nature · 2008 · 1K citations

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Melanopsin: An opsin in melanophores, brain, and eye

Ignacio Provencio, Guisen Jiang, Willem J. de Grip et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 975 citations

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Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin

Jung Hee Park, Patrick Scheerer, Klaus Peter Hofmann et al. · Nature · 2008 · 901 citations · Full text

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Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins

Joanna Mattis, Kay M. Tye, Emily Ferenczi et al. · Nature Methods · 2011 · 801 citations

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Tautomeric Forms of Metarhodopsin

Rowena G. Matthews, Ruth Hubbard, Paul K. Brown et al. · The Journal of General Physiology · 1963 · 602 citations · Full text

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  1. YS
    Yoshinori Shichida

    Kyoto University, Japan

    27 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. KP
    Krzysztof Palczewski

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    26 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. KP
    Klaus Peter Hofmann

    Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

    19 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. AT
    Akihisa Terakita

    Kyoto University, Japan

    18 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. RK
    Rosalie K. Crouch

    Medical University of South Carolina, United States

    18 publications · 848 citations

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Institutions

630

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    107 publications

    11K citations

  2. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    23 h-index

    114 publications

    6.6K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    20 h-index

    62 publications

    7.2K citations

  4. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    17 h-index

    48 publications

    8.2K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    50 publications

    10K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    63 publications

    4.8K citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    16 h-index

    45 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    16 h-index

    69 publications

    16K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 56 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 74 publications · 5.7K citations

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  3. Biochemistry

    56 publications · 3K citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 31 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

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