Masahiro Kono

2.0k total citations
52 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Kono is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Kono has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Kono's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (36 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (29 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers). Masahiro Kono is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (36 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (29 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers). Masahiro Kono collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Masahiro Kono's co-authors include Rosalie K. Crouch, Daniel D. Oprian, Bireswar Chakrabarti, Thomas G. Ebrey, Hongbo Yu, Zsolt Ablonczy, M. Carter Cornwall, Motilal Maiti, Yiannis Koutalos and Patrice Goletz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Kono

52 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Masahiro Kono

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N.G. Abdulaev Russia

Martin Heck Germany

Barry E. Knox United States

Kevin D. Ridge United States

S. Yoshikami United States

Ursula Wilden Germany

Anatol Arendt United States

Shao‐Ling Fong United States

Hermann Kühn Germany

M D Bownds United States

N.G. Abdulaev Russia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Kono

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Chunhe, et al.. (2024). The First Steps of the Visual Cycle in Human Rod and Cone Photoreceptors. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(8). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Chunhe, Masahiro Kono, & Yiannis Koutalos. (2020). Photooxidation mediated by 11-cis and all-trans retinal in single isolated mouse rod photoreceptors. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 19(10). 1300–1307. 4 indexed citations

Kono, Masahiro, Patrice Goletz, & Anne Hanneken. (2018). Flavonoid effects on rod and cone opsins. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 4520–4520. 1 indexed citations

Crouch, Rosalie K., Yiannis Koutalos, Masahiro Kono, Kevin L. Schey, & Zsolt Ablonczy. (2015). A2E and Lipofuscin. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 134. 449–463. 41 indexed citations

Kono, Masahiro. (2015). Cone Health and Retinoids. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 134. 465–476. 2 indexed citations

Tam, Beatrice M., Syed M. Noorwez, Shalesh Kaushal, Masahiro Kono, & Orson L. Moritz. (2014). Photoactivation-Induced Instability of Rhodopsin Mutants T4K and T17M in Rod Outer Segments Underlies Retinal Degeneration inX. laevisTransgenic Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(40). 13336–13348. 30 indexed citations

Bandyopadhyay, Mausumi, Masahiro Kono, & Bärbel Rohrer. (2013). Explant cultures of Rpe65-/- mouse retina: a model to investigate cone opsin trafficking.. PubMed. 19. 1149–57. 4 indexed citations

Fan, Jie & Masahiro Kono. (2011). Cone Opsin Inverse Agonists Promote Light-independent Cone Survival in Chromophore-deficient Mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 5454–5454. 1 indexed citations

Kono, Masahiro & Rosalie K. Crouch. (2010). In Vitro Assays of Rod and Cone Opsin Activity: Retinoid Analogs as Agonists and Inverse Agonists. Methods in molecular biology. 652. 85–94. 7 indexed citations

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Ablonczy, Zsolt, Masahiro Kono, Daniel R. Knapp, & Rosalie K. Crouch. (2006). Palmitylation of cone opsins. Vision Research. 46(27). 4493–4501. 14 indexed citations

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Kefalov, Vladimir J., Maureen E. Estevez, Masahiro Kono, et al.. (2005). Breaking the Covalent Bond— A Pigment Property that Contributes to Desensitization in Cones. Neuron. 46(6). 879–890. 89 indexed citations

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Kono, Masahiro. (2005). Constitutive activity of a UV cone opsin. FEBS Letters. 580(1). 229–232. 16 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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Crouch, Rosalie K., Masahiro Kono, Bäerbel Rohrer, et al.. (2003). Can a Delivery of 11-cis Retinal to the RPE65 KO Mouse Restore Normal Rod and Cone Function?. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 3506–3506. 1 indexed citations

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Takeda, Kazuki, Hidenori Sato, Tomoya Hino, et al.. (1998). A novel three-dimensional crystal of bacteriorhodopsin obtained by successive fusion of the vesicular assemblies. Journal of Molecular Biology. 283(2). 463–474. 90 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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Govindjee, Rajni, et al.. (1995). Effects of Substitution of Tyrosine 57 with Asparagine and Phenylalanine on the Properties of Bacteriorhodopsin. Biochemistry. 34(14). 4828–4838. 31 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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Balashov, Sergei P., Rajni Govindjee, Masahiro Kono, et al.. (1993). Effect of the arginine-82 to alanine mutation in bacteriorhodopsin on dark adaptation, proton release, and the photochemical cycle. Biochemistry. 32(39). 10331–10343. 136 indexed citations

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Kono, Masahiro, et al.. (1991). Effect of pH buffer molecules on the light-induced currents from oriented purple membrane. Biophysical Journal. 60(1). 204–216. 31 indexed citations

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