Spontaneous activation of visual pigments in relation to openness/closedness of chromophore-binding pocket

by Wendy Wing Sze Yue, Rikard Frederiksen, Xiaozhi Ren, Dong-Gen Luo, Takahiro Yamashita, Yoshinori Shichida, M Carter Cornwall, King-Wai Yau
Published 2017-02-01

Cambrian origin of the CYP27C1-mediated vitamin A1-to-A2 switch, a key mechanism of vertebrate sensory plasticity

by Ala Morshedian, Matthew B. Toomey, Gabriel E. Pollock, Rikard Frederiksen, Jennifer M. Enright, Stephen D. McCormick, M. Carter Cornwall, Gordon L. Fain, Joseph C. Corbo
Published 2017-01-01

Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds

by Matthew B Toomey, Olle Lind, Rikard Frederiksen, Robert W Curley Jr, Ken M Riedl, David Wilby, Steven J Schwartz, Christopher C Witt, Earl H Harrison, Nicholas W Roberts, Misha Vorobyev, Kevin J McGraw, M Carter Cornwall, Almut Kelber, Joseph C Corbo
Published 2016-07-01