Akiko Soma

893 total citations
20 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

Akiko Soma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akiko Soma has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Akiko Soma's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). Akiko Soma is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). Akiko Soma collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Akiko Soma's co-authors include Yasuhiko Sekine, Tsutomu Suzuki, Yoshiho Ikeuchi, Hyouta Himeno, Junichi Kato, Kazuya Nishikawa, Junichi Sugahara, Akio Kanai, Nozomu Yachie and Naotake Ogasawara and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Akiko Soma

19 papers receiving 708 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akiko Soma Japan 14 670 72 65 41 31 20 718
Margarita Sandigursky United States 15 517 0.8× 62 0.9× 152 2.3× 33 0.8× 58 1.9× 19 542
Aivar Liiv Estonia 16 744 1.1× 90 1.3× 219 3.4× 43 1.0× 42 1.4× 28 791
Ruth Levitz Israel 11 455 0.7× 90 1.3× 104 1.6× 13 0.3× 28 0.9× 18 559
Patrick C. Thiaville United States 14 560 0.8× 83 1.2× 77 1.2× 108 2.6× 19 0.6× 15 691
Medha Raina United States 9 470 0.7× 77 1.1× 91 1.4× 20 0.5× 71 2.3× 10 535
Kelly Sheppard United States 17 683 1.0× 31 0.4× 107 1.6× 34 0.8× 8 0.3× 26 749
Casey C. Fowler Canada 9 307 0.5× 43 0.6× 100 1.5× 21 0.5× 35 1.1× 18 421
Oleg Gimadutdinow Germany 13 471 0.7× 70 1.0× 158 2.4× 28 0.7× 10 0.3× 19 554
WenLian Xu United States 13 333 0.5× 43 0.6× 76 1.2× 29 0.7× 6 0.2× 17 424
Jennifer J. Thiaville United States 8 287 0.4× 64 0.9× 31 0.5× 28 0.7× 7 0.2× 9 334

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akiko Soma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akiko Soma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akiko Soma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akiko Soma based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akiko Soma. Akiko Soma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miyauchi, Kenjyo, Satoshi Kimura, Kensuke Ishiguro, et al.. (2024). A tRNA modification with aminovaleramide facilitates AUA decoding in protein synthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(4). 522–531. 16 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, Atsushi Kubota, Yoshiho Ikeuchi, et al.. (2023). yaaJ, the tRNA-Specific Adenosine Deaminase, Is Dispensable in Bacillus subtilis. Genes. 14(8). 1515–1515. 3 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Chie, et al.. (2022). Intron-Dependent or Independent Pseudouridylation of Precursor tRNA Containing Atypical Introns in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(20). 12058–12058. 3 indexed citations
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Akanuma, Genki, Fujio Kawamura, Satoru Watanabe, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Ribosomal Protein S14 Demonstrated by the Reconstruction of Chimeric Ribosomes in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(10). 8 indexed citations
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Miyauchi, Kenjyo, Yuriko Sakaguchi, Seisuke Yamashita, et al.. (2018). Acetate-dependent tRNA acetylation required for decoding fidelity in protein synthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(11). 1010–1020. 51 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, et al.. (2018). Small RNA Esr41 inversely regulates expression of LEE and flagellar genes in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Microbiology. 164(5). 821–834. 11 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, Akira Muto, Sunao Iyoda, et al.. (2014). A novel small regulatory RNA enhances cell motility in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 60(1). 44–50. 30 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko. (2014). Circularly permuted tRNA genes: their expression and implications for their physiological relevance and development. Frontiers in Genetics. 5. 63–63. 16 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, Junichi Sugahara, Nozomu Yachie, et al.. (2013). Identification of highly-disrupted tRNA genes in nuclear genome of the red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2321–2321. 13 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, Junichi Sugahara, Akio Kanai, et al.. (2007). Permuted tRNA Genes Expressed via a Circular RNA Intermediate in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Science. 318(5849). 450–453. 87 indexed citations
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Sugahara, Junichi, Nozomu Yachie, Yasuhiko Sekine, et al.. (2006). SPLITS: A New Program for Predicting Split and Intron-Containing tRNA Genes at the Genome Level. In Silico Biology. 6(5). 411–418. 45 indexed citations
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Ikeuchi, Yoshiho, et al.. (2005). Molecular Mechanism of Lysidine Synthesis that Determines tRNA Identity and Codon Recognition. Molecular Cell. 19(2). 235–246. 63 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Kotaro, Shuya Fukai, Yoshiho Ikeuchi, et al.. (2005). Structural basis for lysidine formation by ATP pyrophosphatase accompanied by a lysine-specific loop and a tRNA-recognition domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(21). 7487–7492. 45 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, Yoshiho Ikeuchi, Kazuo Kobayashi, et al.. (2003). An RNA-Modifying Enzyme that Governs Both the Codon and Amino Acid Specificities of Isoleucine tRNA. Molecular Cell. 12(3). 689–698. 166 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, et al.. (1999). Unique recognition style of tRNALeu by Haloferax volcaniiLeucyl-tRNA synthetase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 293(5). 1029–1038. 42 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko. (1998). Cross-species aminoacylation of tRNA with a long variable arm between Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(19). 4374–4381. 25 indexed citations
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Himeno, Hyouta, Shukuko Yoshida, Akiko Soma, & Kazuya Nishikawa. (1997). Only one nucleotide insertion to the long variable arm confers an efficient serine acceptor activity upon Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNALeu in vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 268(4). 704–711. 40 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko & Hyouta Himeno. (1997). Recognition system of class II tRNA in Escherichia coli and yeast.. PubMed. 295–6. 1 indexed citations
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Soma, Akiko, et al.. (1996). The Anticodon Loop is a Major Identity Determinant of tRNALeu. Journal of Molecular Biology. 263(5). 707–714. 53 indexed citations

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