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Yasushi Imamoto

Kobe Pharmaceutical University(JP)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Retinal Development and Disorders, bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies

Most-Cited Works

→ Novel Photochromic Molecules Based on 4,5-Dithienyl Thiazole with Fast Thermal Bleaching Rate(2007)155 cited
→ Photochemical Properties of Mammalian Melanopsin(2012)125 cited
→ Reconstitution photoactive yellow protein from apoprotein and p‐coumaric acid derivatives(1995)125 cited
→ Functional Expression and Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Photoactive Yellow Protein(1997)124 cited
→ Structure and Photoreaction of Photoactive Yellow Protein, a Structural Prototype of the PAS Domain Superfamily†(2007)107 cited
→ Photoreaction Cycle of Photoactive Yellow Protein from Ectothiorhodospira halophila Studied by Low-Temperature Spectroscopy(1996)107 cited

→ Femtosecond-picosecond fluorescence studies on excited state dynamics of photoactive yellow protein from Ectothiorhodospira halophila(1997)

104 cited

→ Evolution of Mammalian Opn5 as a Specialized UV-absorbing Pigment by a Single Amino Acid Mutation(2014)98 cited

→ Evidence for Proton Transfer from Glu-46 to the Chromophore during the Photocycle of Photoactive Yellow Protein(1997)90 cited

→ A Single CH/π Weak Hydrogen Bond Governs Stability and the Photocycle of the Photoactive Yellow Protein(2006)83 cited