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Amy LaFountain - Publications

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Department of Chemistry University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States 
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Year Citation  Score
2023 LaFountain AM, Yuan YW. Evolution: The art of deceptive pollination. Current Biology : Cb. 33: R301-R303. PMID 37098331 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.027  0.624
2023 Liang M, Chen W, LaFountain AM, Liu Y, Peng F, Xia R, Bradshaw HD, Yuan YW. Taxon-specific, phased siRNAs underlie a speciation locus in monkeyflowers. Science (New York, N.Y.). 379: 576-582. PMID 36758083 DOI: 10.1126/science.adf1323  0.633
2022 LaFountain AM, McMahon HE, Reid NM, Yuan YW. To stripe or not to stripe: The origin of a novel foliar pigmentation pattern in monkeyflowers (Mimulus). The New Phytologist. PMID 36101514 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18486  0.641
2021 Hamchand R, Lafountain AM, Büchel R, Maas KR, Hird SM, Warren M, Frank HA, Brückner C. Red Fluorescence of European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) Spines Results from Free-Base Porphyrins of Potential Microbial Origin. Journal of Chemical Ecology. PMID 33948884 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-021-01279-6  0.512
2021 LaFountain AM, Yuan YW. Repressors of anthocyanin biosynthesis. The New Phytologist. PMID 33864686 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17397  0.643
2019 Hicks DB, Jereen A, Fackelmayer OJ, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Krulwich TA. Mutational loss of carotenoids in alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4 results in sensitivity to oxidative stress and growth at high pH. Microbiology (Reading, England). PMID 31309924 DOI: 10.1099/Mic.0.000828  0.435
2019 Arteni AA, LaFountain AM, Alexandre MTA, Fradot M, Mendes-Pinto MM, Sahel JA, Picaud S, Frank HA, Robert B, Pascal AA. Carotenoid composition and conformation in retinal oil droplets of the domestic chicken. Plos One. 14: e0217418. PMID 31150434 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0217418  0.47
2018 Khosravi SD, Bishop MM, LaFountain AM, Turner DB, Gibson GN, Frank HA, Berrah N. Addition of a Carbonyl End Group Increases the Rate of Excited-State Decay in a Carotenoid via Conjugation Extension and Symmetry Breaking. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. PMID 30387609 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpcb.8B06732  0.554
2018 Roscioli JD, Ghosh S, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Structural Tuning of Quantum Decoherence and Coherent Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. PMID 30118229 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpclett.8B01919  0.533
2018 Roscioli JD, Ghosh S, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Correction to "Quantum Coherent Excitation Energy Transfer by Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 4436. PMID 30040420 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpclett.8B02230  0.524
2017 LaFountain AM, Chen W, Sun W, Chen S, Frank HA, Ding B, Yuan YW. Molecular Basis of Overdominance at a Flower Color Locus. G3 (Bethesda, Md.). PMID 29051190 DOI: 10.1534/G3.117.300336  0.705
2017 Roscioli JD, Ghosh S, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Quantum Coherent Excitation Energy Transfer by Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Light Harvesting. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. PMID 28968122 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpclett.7B01791  0.563
2017 Wiwczar JM, LaFountain AM, Wang J, Frank HA, Brudvig GW. Chlorophyll a with a farnesyl tail in thermophilic cyanobacteria. Photosynthesis Research. PMID 28741056 DOI: 10.1007/S11120-017-0425-4  0.488
2017 Ghosh S, Bishop MM, Roscioli JD, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Excitation Energy Transfer by Coherent and Incoherent Mechanisms in the Peridinin-Chlorophyll a Protein. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. PMID 28042923 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpclett.6B02881  0.566
2016 Ghosh S, Roscioli JD, Bishop MM, Gurchiek JK, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Correction to "Torsional Dynamics and Intramolecular Charge Transfer in the S2 (1(1)Bu(+)) Excited State of Peridinin: A Mechanism for Enhanced Mid-Visible Light Harvesting". The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 4596. PMID 27804301 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02520  0.551
2016 Ghosh S, Roscioli JD, Bishop MM, Gurchiek JK, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Torsional Dynamics and Intramolecular Charge Transfer in the S2 (1(1)Bu(+)) Excited State of Peridinin: A Mechanism for Enhanced Mid-Visible Light Harvesting. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. PMID 27571487 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpclett.6B01642  0.577
2016 Ghosh S, Bishop MM, Roscioli JD, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Femtosecond Heterodyne Transient Grating Studies of Nonradiative Deactivation of the S2 (1(1)Bu(+)) State of Peridinin: Detection and Spectroscopic Assignment of an Intermediate in the Decay Pathway. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. PMID 27018823 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpcb.5B12753  0.585
2016 Greco JA, LaFountain AM, Kinashi N, Shinada T, Sakaguchi K, Katsumura S, Magdaong NC, Niedzwiedzki DM, Birge RR, Frank HA. Spectroscopic Investigation of the Carotenoid Deoxyperidinin: Direct Observation of the Forbidden S0 → S1 Transition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. PMID 26907520 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpcb.6B00439  0.554
2016 Adamec F, Greco JA, Lafountain AM, Magdaong NM, Fuciman M, Birge RR, Polívka T, Frank HA. Spectroscopic investigation of a brightly colored psittacofulvin pigment from parrot feathers Chemical Physics Letters. 648: 195-199. DOI: 10.1016/J.Cplett.2016.02.029  0.553
2015 Ghosh S, Bishop MM, Roscioli JD, Mueller JJ, Shepherd NC, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Beck WF. Femtosecond Heterodyne Transient Grating Studies of Nonradiative Decay of the S2 (1(1)Bu(+)) State of β-Carotene: Contributions from Dark Intermediates and Double Quantum Coherences. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. PMID 26505493 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jpcb.5B09405  0.572
2015 Sagawa JM, Stanley LE, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Liu C, Yuan YW. An R2R3-MYB transcription factor regulates carotenoid pigmentation in Mimulus lewisii flowers. The New Phytologist. PMID 26377817 DOI: 10.1111/Nph.13647  0.702
2015 Magdaong NM, LaFountain AM, Hacking K, Niedzwiedzki DM, Gibson GN, Cogdell RJ, Frank HA. Spectral heterogeneity and carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in LH2 light-harvesting complexes from Allochromatium vinosum. Photosynthesis Research. PMID 26048106 DOI: 10.1007/S11120-015-0165-2  0.578
2015 Lafountain AM, Frank HA, Yuan YW. Carotenoid composition of the flowers of Mimulus lewisii and related species: Implications regarding the prevalence and origin of two unique, allenic pigments Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 573: 32-39. PMID 25778629 DOI: 10.1016/J.Abb.2015.03.006  0.697
2015 LaFountain AM, Prum RO, Frank HA. Diversity, physiology, and evolution of avian plumage carotenoids and the role of carotenoid-protein interactions in plumage color appearance. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 572: 201-12. PMID 25637658 DOI: 10.1016/J.Abb.2015.01.016  0.538
2015 Fuciman M, Keşan G, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Polívka T. Tuning the spectroscopic properties of aryl carotenoids by slight changes in structure. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 119: 1457-67. PMID 25558974 DOI: 10.1021/Jp512354R  0.517
2015 Fuciman M, Keşan G, LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Polívka T. Tuning the spectroscopic properties of aryl carotenoids by slight changes in structure Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119: 1457-1467. DOI: 10.1021/jp512354r  0.518
2014 Magdaong NM, LaFountain AM, Greco JA, Gardiner AT, Carey AM, Cogdell RJ, Gibson GN, Birge RR, Frank HA. High efficiency light harvesting by carotenoids in the LH2 complex from photosynthetic bacteria: unique adaptation to growth under low-light conditions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 118: 11172-89. PMID 25171303 DOI: 10.1021/Jp5070984  0.551
2014 Prum RO, LaFountain AM, Berg CJ, Tauber MJ, Frank HA. Mechanism of carotenoid coloration in the brightly colored plumages of broadbills (Eurylaimidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 184: 651-72. PMID 24647990 DOI: 10.1007/S00360-014-0816-1  0.553
2013 Magdaong NM, Enriquez MM, Lafountain AM, Rafka L, Frank HA. Effect of protein aggregation on the spectroscopic properties and excited state kinetics of the LHCII pigment-protein complex from green plants Photosynthesis Research. 118: 259-276. PMID 24077891 DOI: 10.1007/S11120-013-9924-0  0.565
2013 Berg CJ, LaFountain AM, Prum RO, Frank HA, Tauber MJ. Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of the retro-carotenoid rhodoxanthin in avian plumage, solid-state films, and solution. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539: 142-55. PMID 24055537 DOI: 10.1016/J.Abb.2013.09.009  0.56
2013 LaFountain AM, Pacheco C, Prum RO, Frank HA. Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of carotenoids from the burgundy plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga (Xipholena punicea). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539: 133-41. PMID 23999492 DOI: 10.1016/J.Abb.2013.08.012  0.497
2013 LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Prum RO. Carotenoids from the crimson and maroon plumages of Old World orioles (Oriolidae). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539: 126-32. PMID 23851380 DOI: 10.1016/J.Abb.2013.07.001  0.52
2013 Lunch CK, Lafountain AM, Thomas S, Frank HA, Lewis LA, Cardon ZG. The xanthophyll cycle and NPQ in diverse desert and aquatic green algae. Photosynthesis Research. 115: 139-51. PMID 23728511 DOI: 10.1007/S11120-013-9846-X  0.534
2013 Christensson N, Žídek K, Magdaong NCM, Lafountain AM, Frank HA, Zigmantas D. Origin of the bathochromic shift of astaxanthin in lobster protein: 2D electronic spectroscopy investigation of β-crustacyanin Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 117: 11209-11219. PMID 23510436 DOI: 10.1021/Jp401873K  0.564
2012 Mendes-Pinto MM, LaFountain AM, Stoddard MC, Prum RO, Frank HA, Robert B. Variation in carotenoid-protein interaction in bird feathers produces novel plumage coloration. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 9: 3338-50. PMID 22832362 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2012.0471  0.557
2012 Prum RO, LaFountain AM, Berro J, Stoddard MC, Frank HA. Molecular diversity, metabolic transformation, and evolution of carotenoid feather pigments in cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 182: 1095-116. PMID 22669477 DOI: 10.1007/S00360-012-0677-4  0.521
2012 Maiuri M, Polli D, Brida D, Lüer L, LaFountain AM, Fuciman M, Cogdell RJ, Frank HA, Cerullo G. Solvent-dependent activation of intermediate excited states in the energy relaxation pathways of spheroidene. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : Pccp. 14: 6312-9. PMID 22331127 DOI: 10.1039/C2Cp23585D  0.547
2011 Zhang Y, LaFountain AM, Magdaong N, Fuciman M, Allen JP, Frank HA, Rusling JF. Thin film voltammetry of wild type and mutant reaction center proteins from photosynthetic bacteria. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 115: 3226-32. PMID 21384836 DOI: 10.1021/Jp111680P  0.479
2010 Enriquez MM, Fuciman M, LaFountain AM, Wagner NL, Birge RR, Frank HA. The intramolecular charge transfer state in carbonyl-containing polyenes and carotenoids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 114: 12416-26. PMID 20825184 DOI: 10.1021/Jp106113H  0.562
2010 LaFountain AM, Kaligotla S, Cawley S, Riedl KM, Schwartz SJ, Frank HA, Prum RO. Novel methoxy-carotenoids from the burgundy-colored plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 504: 142-53. PMID 20709013 DOI: 10.1016/J.Abb.2010.08.006  0.534
2010 Niedzwiedzki DM, Enriquez MM, Lafountain AM, Frank HA. Ultrafast Time-resolved Absorption Spectroscopy of Geometric Isomers of Xanthophylls. Chemical Physics. 373: 80-89. PMID 20689726 DOI: 10.1016/J.Chemphys.2010.01.019  0.58
2010 Niedzwiedzki DM, Collins AM, LaFountain AM, Enriquez MM, Frank HA, Blankenship RE. Spectroscopic studies of carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in LHRC photosynthetic complex from Roseiflexus castenholzii. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 114: 8723-34. PMID 20545331 DOI: 10.1021/Jp1005764  0.598
2010 Enriquez MM, LaFountain AM, Budarz J, Fuciman M, Gibson GN, Frank HA. Direct determination of the excited state energies of the xanthophylls diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin from Phaeodactylum tricornutum Chemical Physics Letters. 493: 353-357. DOI: 10.1016/J.Cplett.2010.05.051  0.557
2010 Niedzwiedzki DM, Enriquez MM, Lafountain AM, Frank HA. Ultrafast time-resolved absorption spectroscopy of geometric isomers of xanthophylls Chemical Physics. 373: 80-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.01.019  0.582
2008 Cong H, Niedzwiedzki DM, Gibson GN, LaFountain AM, Kelsh RM, Gardiner AT, Cogdell RJ, Frank HA. Ultrafast time-resolved carotenoid to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in LH2 complexes from photosynthetic bacteria. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 112: 10689-703. PMID 18671366 DOI: 10.1021/Jp711946W  0.586
2008 Cong H, Niedzwiedzki DM, Gibson GN, LaFountain AM, Kelsh RM, Gardiner AT, Cogdell RJ, Frank HA. Ultrafast time-resolved carotenoid to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in LH2 complexes from photosynthetic bacteria Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 112: 10689-10703. DOI: 10.1021/jp711946w  0.588
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