Akihiro Narita

2.8k total citations
67 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Akihiro Narita is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiro Narita has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cell Biology, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Akihiro Narita's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (30 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (19 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers). Akihiro Narita is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (30 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (19 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers). Akihiro Narita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Singapore and United States. Akihiro Narita's co-authors include Yuichiro Maéda, Toshiro Oda, Mitsusada Iwasa, Tomoki Aihara, David Popp, Shuichi Takeda, Robert Robinson, Kayo Maéda, Kotaro Tanaka and Harold Erickson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Akihiro Narita

65 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akihiro Narita Japan 24 1.1k 928 439 424 295 67 2.0k
Vitold E. Galkin United States 28 909 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 310 0.7× 282 0.7× 311 1.1× 43 2.1k
David Popp Japan 20 1.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 1.3k 2.9× 639 1.5× 315 1.1× 52 3.2k
Vitold E. Galkin United States 20 541 0.5× 859 0.9× 648 1.5× 274 0.6× 204 0.7× 41 1.6k
Eisaku Katayama Japan 29 711 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 694 1.6× 335 0.8× 476 1.6× 73 2.6k
Albina Orlova United States 35 2.1k 1.9× 1.4k 1.5× 1.2k 2.8× 877 2.1× 275 0.9× 59 3.4k
Toshiro Oda Japan 18 699 0.6× 718 0.8× 362 0.8× 337 0.8× 97 0.3× 51 1.6k
Kurt J. Amann United States 15 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 326 0.7× 187 0.4× 224 0.8× 17 2.1k
Takayuki Nishizaka Japan 25 537 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 313 0.7× 478 1.1× 137 0.5× 64 2.7k
Dmitri S. Kudryashov United States 28 761 0.7× 881 0.9× 310 0.7× 220 0.5× 212 0.7× 53 1.9k
Olga S. Sokolova Russia 26 613 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 242 0.6× 172 0.4× 124 0.4× 161 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akihiro Narita

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Takeda, Shuichi, et al.. (2025). Microscopic and structural observations of actin filament capping and severing by cytochalasin D. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(29). e2502164122–e2502164122.
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Matsumoto, Tomoharu, et al.. (2023). Mechanical Stress Decreases the Amplitude of Twisting and Bending Fluctuations of Actin Filaments. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(22). 168295–168295. 3 indexed citations
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Iwasa, Mitsusada, Shuichi Takeda, Akihiro Narita, Yuichiro Maéda, & Toshiro Oda. (2023). Mutagenic analysis of actin reveals the mechanism of His161 flipping that triggers ATP hydrolysis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1105460–1105460. 2 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Ikuko, et al.. (2022). ATP-dependent polymerization dynamics of bacterial actin proteins involved in Spiroplasma swimming. Open Biology. 12(10). 220083–220083. 15 indexed citations
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Kanematsu, Yusuke, Akihiro Narita, Toshiro Oda, et al.. (2022). Structures and mechanisms of actin ATP hydrolysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(43). e2122641119–e2122641119. 19 indexed citations
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Tran, Linh T., Jérémie Gaillard, Wenfei Li, et al.. (2022). Structure and dynamics of Odinarchaeota tubulin and the implications for eukaryotic microtubule evolution. Science Advances. 8(12). eabm2225–eabm2225. 17 indexed citations
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Nagaoka, Hikaru, Masayuki Morita, Eizo Takashima, et al.. (2022). The Lipid-Binding Defective Dynamin 2 Mutant in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Impairs Proper Actin Bundling and Actin Organization in Glomerular Podocytes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 884509–884509. 5 indexed citations
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Takeda, Shuichi, Ryotaro Koike, Ikuko Fujiwara, et al.. (2021). Structural Insights into the Regulation of Actin Capping Protein by Twinfilin C-terminal Tail. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(9). 166891–166891. 7 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Ikuko, Tomoharu Matsumoto, Toshiro Oda, et al.. (2020). D-Loop Mutation G42A/G46A Decreases Actin Dynamics. Biomolecules. 10(5). 736–736. 5 indexed citations
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Mizuno, Hiroaki, Kotaro Tanaka, Sawako Yamashiro, Akihiro Narita, & Naoki Watanabe. (2018). Helical rotation of the diaphanous-related formin mDia1 generates actin filaments resistant to cofilin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(22). E5000–E5007. 36 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Ikuko, Shuichi Takeda, Toshiro Oda, et al.. (2018). Polymerization and depolymerization of actin with nucleotide states at filament ends. Biophysical Reviews. 10(6). 1513–1519. 10 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Ikuko & Akihiro Narita. (2017). Keeping the focus on biophysics and actin filaments in Nagoya: A report of the 2016 “now in actin” symposium. Cytoskeleton. 74(12). 450–464. 1 indexed citations
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Iwasa, Mitsusada, Tomoki Aihara, Kayo Maéda, et al.. (2012). Role of the Actin Ala-108–Pro-112 Loop in Actin Polymerization and ATPase Activities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(52). 43270–43276. 3 indexed citations
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Narita, Akihiro, Tasuku Hirayama, Masayasu Taki, et al.. (2011). Human Spire Interacts with the Barbed End of the Actin Filament. Journal of Molecular Biology. 408(1). 18–25. 24 indexed citations
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Narita, Akihiro. (2011). Minimum requirements for the actin-like treadmilling motor system. PubMed. 1(5). 205–208. 8 indexed citations
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Takeda, Shuichi, Ryotaro Koike, K. Kawahata, et al.. (2010). Two Distinct Mechanisms for Actin Capping Protein Regulation—Steric and Allosteric Inhibition. PLoS Biology. 8(7). e1000416–e1000416. 61 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Mitsusada Iwasa, Akihiro Narita, Harold Erickson, & Yuichiro Maéda. (2009). FtsZ condensates: An in vitro electron microscopy study. Biopolymers. 91(5). 340–350. 92 indexed citations
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Oda, Toshiro, Mitsusada Iwasa, Tomoki Aihara, Yuichiro Maéda, & Akihiro Narita. (2009). The nature of the globular- to fibrous-actin transition. Nature. 457(7228). 441–445. 484 indexed citations
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Popp, David, Akihiro Narita, Mitsusada Iwasa, Yuichiro Maéda, & Robert Robinson. (2009). Molecular mechanism of bundle formation by the bacterial actin ParM. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 391(4). 1598–1603. 16 indexed citations

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