[16] Synthetic retinals: Convenient probes of rhodopsin and visual transduction process

Circular dichroism: Principles and applications

1995 • 2,453 citations

Circular Dichroism: Principles and Applications

1994 • 1,258 citations

The role of arrestin and retinoids in the regeneration pathway of rhodopsin.

1992 • 217 citations

Bleached pigment activates transduction in isolated rods of the salamander retina.

1994 • 213 citations

Mass spectrometric identification of phosphorylation sites in bleached bovine rhodopsin

1993 • 140 citations

Nonbleachable rhodopsins retaining the full natural chromophore

1980 • 139 citations

A comparison of the efficiency of G protein activation by ligand-free and light-activated forms of rhodopsin

1997 • 137 citations

Opsin/all-trans-Retinal Complex Activates Transducin by Different Mechanisms Than Photolyzed Rhodopsin

1996 • 136 citations

Application of Artificial Pigments to Structure Determination and Study of Photoinduced Transformations of Retinal Proteins

1995 • 116 citations

Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Rhodopsins — Photochemistry at Its Best!

1995 • 110 citations

Mechanisms of Opsin Activation

1996 • 109 citations

Molecular basis of dark adaptation in rod photoreceptors

1998 • 95 citations

NMR Constraints on the Location of the Retinal Chromophore in Rhodopsin and Bathorhodopsin

1995 • 91 citations

Studies on structure and function of rhodopsin by use of cyclopentatrienylidene 11-cis-locked-rhodopsin

1984 • 89 citations

Enzymatic asymmetrization of meso-2-cycloalken-1,4-diols and their diacetates in organic and aqueous media

1992 • 81 citations

Light activation of bovine rod phosphodiesterase by non‐physiological visual pigments

1980 • 65 citations

Absolute Sense of Twist of the C12-C13 Bond of the Retinal Chromophore in Rhodopsin—Semiempirical and Nonempirical Calculations of Chiroptical Data

1998 • 59 citations

The Location of the Chromophore in Rhodopsin: A Photoaffinity Study

1994 • 53 citations

Role of the C₉ Methyl Group in Rhodopsin Activation: Characterization of Mutant Opsins with the Artificial Chromophore 11-cis-9-Demethylretinal

1998 • 48 citations

Activation of phosphodiesterase in frog rod outer segment by an intermediate of rhodopsin photolysis. II

1981 • 43 citations

11-cis-retinal, a molecule uniquely suited for vision

1991 • 43 citations

Absolute Sense of Twist of the C12C13 Bond of the Retinal Chromophore in Bovine Rhodopsin Based on Exciton‐Coupled CD Spectra of 11,12‐Dihydroretinal Analogues

1997 • 30 citations

Why 11-cis-Retinal?

1991 • 28 citations

CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE RHODOPSIN CHROMOPHORE USING BICYCLIC RETINAL ANALOGUES

1992 • 21 citations

Molecular Mechanism for the Initial Process of Visual Excitation. II. Theoretical Analysis of Optical Activity in Rhodopsin and Bathorhodopsin

1977 • 21 citations

Enantioselective Binding of an 11-cis-Locked Cyclopropyl Retinal. The Conformation of Retinal in Bovine Rhodopsin

1999 • 21 citations

A novel rhodopsin analogue possessing the conformationally 6-s-cis-fixed retinylidene chromophore

1985 • 21 citations

Purification of Rhodopsin Kinase from Bovine Rod Outer Segments

1993 • 20 citations

Cycloheptatrienylidene analog of 11-cis retinal. Formation of pigment in photoreceptor membranes.

1984 • 19 citations

Rhodopsins containing 6- to 9-membered rings. The triggering process of visual transduction

1994 • 9 citations

NMR Constraints on the Location of the Retinal Chromophore in Rhodopsin and Bathorhodopsin

1997 • 7 citations

Retinoids and related compounds. Part 15. Synthesis and spectral characterization of bicyclic retinals involving the 8–18 or 8–16 bonded structure

1993 • 6 citations