• Lobanova, E.S., Finkelstein, S., Herrmann, R., Chen, Y.-M., Kessler, C., Michaud, N.A., Trieu, L.H., Strissel, K.J., Burns, M.E. and Arshavsky, V.Y. (2007).  Knockout of rod transducin γ subunit leads to drastic down-regulation of transducin α and β subunits and progressive photoreceptor loss. 


  • Kerov, V., Rubin, W.W., Natochin, M., Melling, N.A., Burns, M.E. and Artemyev, N.O. (2007).  N-terminal fatty acylation of transducin profoundly influences its localization and the kinetics of photoresponse in rods. J. Neurosci. 27, 10270-7. 


  • Krispel, C.M., Sokolov, M., Chen, Y.-M., Song, H., Herrmann, R., Arshavsky, V.Y. and Burns, M.E. (2007).  Phosducin regulates the expression of transducin βγ subunits in rod photoreceptors and does not contribute to phototransduction adaptation. J. Gen. Physiol. 130, 303-312. 


  • Chan, S., Rubin, W.W., Mendez, A., Liu, X., Song, X., Hanson, S.M., Craft, C.M., Gurevich, V.V., Burns, M.E., and Chen, J. (2007).  Functional comparisons of visual arrestins in rod photoreceptors of transgenic mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 48,:1968-75. 


  • Krispel, C.M., Chen, D., Melling, N., Chen, Y.J., Martemyanov, K.A., Quillinan, N., Arshavsky, V.Y., Wensel, T.G., Chen, C.K., Burns, M.E.  RGS Expression Rate-Limits Recovery of Rod Photoresponses. (2006). Neuron. 51(4):409-416. Krispel et al., 2007 


  • Moussaif, M., Rubin, W.W., Kerov, V., Reh, R., Chen, D., Chen, C.-K., Hurley, J.B., Burns, M.E. and Artemyev, N.O. (2006).  Phototransduction in a transgenic mouse model of Nougaret night blindness. J. Neurosci. 26, 6863-6872. Moussaif et al., 2006 


  • Burns, M.E., Mendez, A., Chen, C.-K., Almuete, A., Quillinan, N., Simon, M.I., Baylor, D.A., and Chen, J. (2006).  Deactivation of phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated rhodopsin by arrestin splice variants. J. Neurosci., 26, 1036-1044. Burns et al., 2006 


  • Burns, M.E. and Arshavsky, V.Y. (2005).  Beyond counting photons: Trials and Trends in Vertebrate Phototransduction. Neuron, 48, 387-401. Burns et al., 2005 


  • Makino, C.L., Dodd, R.L., Chen, J., Burns, M.E., Roca, A., Simon, M.I. and Baylor, D.A. Recoverin regulates light-dependent phosphodiesterase activity in retinal rods. (2004). J. Gen. Physiol. 123, 729-741. Makino et al., 2004 


  • Keresztes, G., Martemyanov, K.A., Krispel, C.M., Mutai, H., Yoo, P.J., Maison, S.F., Burns, M.E., Arshavsky, V.Y., and Heller, S. (2004).  Absence of the RGS9/Gβ5 GTPase activating complex in photoreceptors of the R9AP knockout mouse.  J. Biol. Chem. 279, 1581-1584.  


  • Krispel, C.M., Chen, C.-K., Simon, M.I. and Burns, M.E. (2003).  Novel form of adaptation in mouse retinal rods speeds recovery of phototransduction. J. Gen. Physiol. 122, 703-712.  


  • Martemyanov, K.A., Lishko, P.V., Calero, N., Keresztes, G.T., Sokolov, M., Strissel, K.J., Leskov, I.B., Hopp, J.A., Kolesnikov, A.V., Chen, C.-K., Lem, J., Heller, S., Burns, M.E., and Arshavsky, V.Y. (2003).  The DEP domain determines subcellular targeting of the GTPase activating protein RGS9 in vivo. J. Neurosci. 23, 10175-10181.  


  • Burns, M.E. and Wensel, T.G. (2003).  From molecules to behavior:  New clues to the function of RGS9-2 in the striatum.  Neuron 38, 853-856.  


  • Krispel, C.M., Chen, C.-K., Simon, M.I. and Burns, M.E. (2003).  Prolonged photoresponses and defective adaptation in rods of Gβ5-/- mice. J. Neurosci. 23, 6965-6971.  


  • Burns, M.E. and Lamb, T.D. (2003).  Visual Transduction by Rod and Cone Photoreceptors In Visual Neurosciences, L.M. Chalupa and J.H. Werner, Eds.  MIT Press.  Cambridge, MA.  pp. 215-233.  


  • Burns, M.E., Mendez, A., Chen, J, and Baylor, D.A. (2002).  Dynamics of cyclic GMP synthesis in retinal rods.  Neuron 36, 81-91.  


  • Mendez, A., Burns, M.E., Dizhoor, A.M. Baehr, W., Palczewski, K., Baylor, D.A. and Chen, J. (2001).  Role of guanylate cyclase activating proteins (GCAPs) in setting the flash sensitivity of rod photoreceptors.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98, 9948-9953.  


  • Burns, M.E. and Baylor, D.A. (2001).  Activation, deactivation, and adaptation in vertebrate photoreceptor cells. Ann. Rev. Neuroscience 24, 779-805.  


  • Mendez, A., Burns, M.E., Roca, A., Lem, J., Wu, L.-W., Simon, M.I., Baylor, D.A., and Chen, J. (2000).  Rapid and reproducible deactivation of rhodopsin requires multiple phosphorylation sites.  Neuron 28, 153-164.  


  • Chen, C.-K., Burns, M.E., He, W., Wensel, T.G., Baylor, D.A., and Simon, M.I. (2000).  Slowed recovery of rod photoresponse in mice lacking the GTPase accelerating protein RGS9-1.  Nature 403, 557-560.  


  • Augustine, G.J., Burns, M.E., DeBello, W.M., Hilfiker, S., Morgan, J.R., Schweizer, F.E., Tokumaru, H., Umayahara, K. (1999).  Proteins involved in synaptic vesicle trafficking. J. Physiol. 520, 33-41.  


  • Burns, M.E. and Augustine, G.J. (1999).  Functional studies of presynaptic proteins at the squid giant synapse.  In Neurotransmitter Release, Ed. by H. Bellen. p .237 – 264. 


  • Chen*, C.- K., Burns*, M.E., Spencer, M., Nieme, G., Chen, J., Hurley, J.B., Baylor, D.A., and Simon, M.I. (1999).  Abnormal photoresponses and light-induced apoptosis in rods lacking rhodopsin kinase. Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 96, 3718-3722.  

    * co-first authors.


  • Tsang*, S.H., Burns*, M.E., Calvert, P.D., Gouras, P., Baylor, D.A., Goff, S.P., Arshavsky, V.Y. (1998).  Role for the target enzyme in deactivation of photoreceptor G-Protein in vivo.  Science 282, 117 - 121.  

    * co-first authors.