Akio Sugino

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Akio Sugino is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Sugino has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Akio Sugino's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (75 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (37 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (29 papers). Akio Sugino is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (75 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (37 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (29 papers). Akio Sugino collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Russia. Akio Sugino's co-authors include Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Craig L. Peebles, Leland H. Johnston, Hiroyuki Araki, Robert Hamatake, Alan Morrison, Kenneth N. Kreuzer, N. Patrick Higgins, Reiji Okazaki and Hitoshi Araki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Akio Sugino

98 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanism of action of nalidixic acid: Purification of Escherichia coli nalA gene product and its relationship to DNA gyrase and a novel nicking-closing enzyme

1977 662 citations Akio Sugino, Nicholas R. Cozzarelli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akio Sugino United States	49	7.1k	1.5k	913	678	640	100	7.7k
Kenneth J. Marians United States	64	10.1k 1.4×	5.4k 3.7×	560 0.6×	725 1.1×	560 0.9×	150	10.8k
Christopher D. Lima United States	61	10.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	776 0.8×	2.3k 3.3×	702 1.1×	119	11.4k
Aidan J. Doherty United Kingdom	46	5.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	420 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	853 1.3×	96	6.7k
David S. Waugh United States	48	5.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	476 0.5×	549 0.8×	215 0.3×	140	7.7k
Robert A. Bambara United States	63	9.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.7×	270 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	968 1.5×	239	11.7k
Roger Woodgate United States	68	12.3k 1.7×	5.0k 3.4×	531 0.6×	725 1.1×	2.7k 4.1×	187	13.6k
Kenneth N. Kreuzer United States	36	4.5k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	148 0.2×	498 0.7×	242 0.4×	89	5.0k
Harrison Echols United States	56	8.3k 1.2×	4.8k 3.3×	462 0.5×	573 0.8×	486 0.8×	123	9.8k
Thomas Grundström Sweden	39	3.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	146 0.2×	493 0.7×	358 0.6×	95	5.1k
Kevin D. Corbett United States	40	3.5k 0.5×	389 0.3×	751 0.8×	393 0.6×	109 0.2×	92	4.5k

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Matsuda, Yasuhiro, Masaharu Masuda, H Uematsu, et al.. (2024). Severity of anemia is correlated with the prevalence of left atrial low-voltage areas in patients with atrial fibrillation ablation. European Heart Journal. 45(Supplement_1).

Matsuda, Yasuhiro, Masaharu Masuda, H Uematsu, et al.. (2023). Poor glycemic control is associated with the prevalence of left atrial low-voltage areas in patients with atrial fibrillation ablation. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2).

Nakashima, Hiroshi, Megumi Nakano, Yasushi Hiraoka, et al.. (2005). Assembly of additional heterochromatin distinct from centromere-kinetochore chromatin is required for de novo formation of human artificial chromosome. Journal of Cell Science. 118(24). 5885–5898. 36 indexed citations

Hiraga, Shin‐ichiro, et al.. (2005). DNA polymerases α, δ, and ɛ localize and function together at replication forks inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes to Cells. 10(4). 297–309. 23 indexed citations

Yamauchi, K., et al.. (2004). Distinct roles of DNA polymerases delta and epsilon at the replication fork inXenopusegg extracts. Genes to Cells. 9(3). 179–191. 64 indexed citations

Shimizu, Kikuo, Yasuo Kawasaki, Shin‐ichiro Hiraga, et al.. (2002). The fifth essential DNA polymerase φ in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is localized to the nucleolus and plays an important role in synthesis of rRNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(14). 9133–9138. 37 indexed citations

Shimizu, Kikuo, et al.. (2002). Fidelity of DNA Polymerase ε Holoenzyme from Budding YeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(40). 37422–37429. 32 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Yasuo, Shin‐ichiro Hiraga, & Akio Sugino. (2000). Interactions between Mcm10p and other replication factors are required for proper initiation and elongation of chromosomal DNA replication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes to Cells. 5(12). 975–989. 68 indexed citations

Kihara, Makoto, Wataru Nakai, Satoshi Asano, et al.. (2000). Characterization of the Yeast Cdc7p/Dbf4p Complex Purified from Insect Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(45). 35051–35062. 59 indexed citations

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Kamimura, Yoichiro, Hiroshi Masumoto, Akio Sugino, & Hiroyuki Araki. (1998). Sld2, Which Interacts with Dpb11 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Is Required for Chromosomal DNA Replication. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(10). 6102–6109. 139 indexed citations

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Leem, Sun‐Hee, Philip A. Ropp, & Akio Sugino. (1994). The yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiaeDNA polymerase IV: possible involvement in double strand break DNA repair. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(15). 3011–3017. 51 indexed citations

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Morrison, Alan, Andrew L. Johnson, Leland H. Johnston, & Akio Sugino. (1993). Pathway correcting DNA replication errors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. The EMBO Journal. 12(4). 1467–1473. 227 indexed citations

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Kitada, Koji, Leland H. Johnston, Takashi Sugino, & Akio Sugino. (1992). Temperature-sensitive cdc7 mutations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are suppressed by the DBF4 gene, which is required for the G1/S cell cycle transition.. Genetics. 131(1). 21–29. 88 indexed citations

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Dykstra, Christine C., Koji Kitada, Allan Clark, Robert Hamatake, & Akio Sugino. (1991). Cloning and characterization of DST2, the gene for DNA strand transfer protein beta from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(5). 2583–2592. 82 indexed citations

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Morrison, Alan, Hiroyuki Araki, Allan Clark, Robert Hamatake, & Akio Sugino. (1990). A third essential DNA polymerase in S. cerevisiae. Cell. 62(6). 1143–1151. 309 indexed citations

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Sugino, Akio & John W. Drake. (1984). Modulation of mutation rates in bacteriophage T4 by a base-pair change a dozen nucleotides removed. Journal of Molecular Biology. 176(2). 239–249. 17 indexed citations

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Nakayama, Koji & Akio Sugino. (1980). Novobiocin and nalidixic acid target proteins in yeast. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 96(1). 306–312. 23 indexed citations

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Sugino, Akio, et al.. (1976). Catalysis of DNA joining by bacteriophage T4 RNA ligase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 68(2). 417–424. 47 indexed citations

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Sugino, Akio & Reiji Okazaki. (1972). Mechanism of DNA chain growth. Journal of Molecular Biology. 64(1). 61–85. 35 indexed citations

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Okazaki, R, Tuneko Okazaki, K. Sakabe, Keiji Sugimoto, & Akio Sugino. (1968). Mechanism of DNA chain growth. I. Possible discontinuity and unusual secondary structure of newly synthesized chains.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 59(2). 598–605. 292 indexed citations

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