Daniel D. Oprian

8.0k total citations
76 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel D. Oprian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel D. Oprian has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Daniel D. Oprian's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (61 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (38 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (36 papers). Daniel D. Oprian is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (61 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (38 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (36 papers). Daniel D. Oprian collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Daniel D. Oprian's co-authors include Eugene A. Zhukovsky, George B. Cohen, Phyllis R. Robinson, Vikram R. Rao, Guifu Xie, Ana B. Asenjo, Gebhard F. X. Schertler, Patricia C. Edwards, Jörg Standfuss and H. Gobind Khorana and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel D. Oprian

76 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel D. Oprian United States 39 5.6k 4.4k 475 397 325 76 6.4k
Sławomir Filipek Poland 44 5.9k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 390 0.8× 204 0.5× 428 1.3× 151 7.2k
Paul A. Hargrave United States 45 5.8k 1.0× 4.1k 0.9× 634 1.3× 351 0.9× 287 0.9× 110 6.9k
Klaus Peter Hofmann Germany 48 8.5k 1.5× 6.4k 1.5× 417 0.9× 371 0.9× 714 2.2× 116 9.4k
Theodore G. Wensel United States 49 6.3k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 1.1k 2.4× 212 0.5× 546 1.7× 163 7.9k
Jeannie Chen United States 40 4.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 508 1.1× 253 0.6× 205 0.6× 87 5.4k
Tetsuji Okada Japan 23 7.8k 1.4× 6.0k 1.4× 195 0.4× 390 1.0× 846 2.6× 57 9.0k
Karl‐Wilhelm Koch Germany 39 4.3k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 748 1.6× 152 0.4× 150 0.5× 157 5.3k
Vadim Y. Arshavsky United States 51 6.8k 1.2× 3.4k 0.8× 1.3k 2.7× 334 0.8× 365 1.1× 155 7.9k
Oliver P. Ernst Germany 44 7.5k 1.3× 5.8k 1.3× 313 0.7× 305 0.8× 753 2.3× 115 9.3k
J. Hugh McDowell United States 33 3.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 355 0.7× 238 0.6× 157 0.5× 66 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel D. Oprian

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Agafonov, Roman V., Francesco Pontiggia, Renee Otten, et al.. (2015). Conformational Selection in a Protein-Protein Interaction Revealed by Dynamic Pathway Analysis. Cell Reports. 14(1). 32–42. 47 indexed citations
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Standfuss, Jörg, Patricia C. Edwards, Aaron M. D’Antona, et al.. (2011). The structural basis of agonist-induced activation in constitutively active rhodopsin. Nature. 471(7340). 656–660. 383 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiayan, Guang Shi, Francis A. Concepcion, et al.. (2006). Stable Rhodopsin/Arrestin Complex Leads to Retinal Degeneration in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(46). 11929–11937. 57 indexed citations
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Kim, Jong‐Myoung, Christian Altenbach, Masahiro Kono, et al.. (2004). Structural origins of constitutive activation in rhodopsin: Role of the K296/E113 salt bridge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(34). 12508–12513. 95 indexed citations
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Jin, Shengnan, Timothy D. McKee, & Daniel D. Oprian. (2003). An improved rhodopsin/EGFP fusion protein for use in the generation of transgenic Xenopus laevis. FEBS Letters. 542(1-3). 142–146. 30 indexed citations
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Ma, Jian-xing, Sergey L. Znoiko, James C. Ryan, et al.. (2001). A Visual Pigment Expressed in Both Rod and Cone Photoreceptors. Neuron. 32(3). 451–461. 88 indexed citations
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Struthers, Mary & Daniel D. Oprian. (2000). [10] Mapping tertiary contacts between amino acid residues within rhodopsin. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 315. 130–143. 4 indexed citations
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Struthers, Mary, Hongbo Yu, Masahiro Kono, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1999). Tertiary Interactions between the Fifth and Sixth Transmembrane Segments of Rhodopsin. Biochemistry. 38(20). 6597–6603. 29 indexed citations
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Kono, Masahiro, Hongbo Yu, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1998). Disulfide Bond Exchange in Rhodopsin. Biochemistry. 37(5). 1302–1305. 23 indexed citations
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Rao, Vikram R. & Daniel D. Oprian. (1996). Activating Mutations of Rhodopsin and Other G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. 25(1). 287–314. 98 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongbo, Masahiro Kono, Timothy D. McKee, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1995). A General Method for Mapping Tertiary Contacts between Amino Acid Residues in Membrane-Embedded Proteins. Biochemistry. 34(46). 14963–14969. 93 indexed citations
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Oprian, Daniel D., et al.. (1995). Constitutive Activation of Opsin: Interaction of Mutants with Rhodopsin Kinase and Arrestin. Biochemistry. 34(37). 11938–11945. 90 indexed citations
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Rao, Vikram R., George B. Cohen, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1994). Rhodopsin mutation G90D and a molecular mechanism for congenital night blindness. Nature. 367(6464). 639–642. 295 indexed citations
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Dryja, Thaddeus P., Eliot L. Berson, Vikram R. Rao, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1993). Heterozygous missense mutation in the rhodopsin gene as a cause of congenital stationary night blindness. Nature Genetics. 4(3). 280–283. 235 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiyan, Ana B. Asenjo, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1993). Identification of the chloride-binding site in the human red and green color vision pigments. Biochemistry. 32(9). 2125–2130. 118 indexed citations
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Zhukovsky, Eugene A., Phyllis R. Robinson, & Daniel D. Oprian. (1992). Changing the location of the Schiff base counterion in rhodopsin. Biochemistry. 31(42). 10400–10405. 38 indexed citations
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Oprian, Daniel D.. (1992). Molecular determinants of spectral properties and signal transduction in the visual pigments. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2(4). 428–432. 10 indexed citations
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Oprian, Daniel D.. (1992). The ligand-binding domain of rhodopsin and other G protein-linked receptors. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 24(2). 211–217. 74 indexed citations
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Cohen, George B., Daniel D. Oprian, & Phyllis R. Robinson. (1992). Mechanism of activation and inactivation of opsin: role of Glu113 and Lys296. Biochemistry. 31(50). 12592–12601. 152 indexed citations
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Oprian, Daniel D., et al.. (1991). Design, chemical synthesis, and expression of genes for the three human color vision pigments. Biochemistry. 30(48). 11367–11372. 123 indexed citations

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