Akira Endo

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Akira Endo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Endo has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Akira Endo's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (11 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Akira Endo is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (11 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers). Akira Endo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Akira Endo's co-authors include Eiji Nambara, Tomokazu Koshiba, Masanori Okamoto, Mitsunori Seo, Yuji Kamiya, Seiichi Toki, Hidetaka Kaya, Masafumi Mikami, Wan‐Hsing Cheng and Tai‐ping Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Akira Endo

41 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

A Unique Short-Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase in Arabidopsis Glucose Signaling and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Functions

2002 665 citations Akira Endo, Eiji Nambara et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Global Analysis of DELLA Direct Targets in Early Gibberellin Signaling in Arabidopsis

2007 500 citations Rodolfo Zentella, Zhonglin Zhang et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akira Endo Japan	26	2.9k	2.2k	177	176	159	42	3.9k
Junping Gao China	39	4.0k 1.4×	3.2k 1.5×	259 1.5×	89 0.5×	160 1.0×	164	5.0k
Hidetaka Kaya Japan	22	3.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.4×	117 0.7×	64 0.4×	145 0.9×	39	4.0k
Ligeng Ma China	44	6.6k 2.2×	5.5k 2.5×	159 0.9×	109 0.6×	429 2.7×	103	7.9k
Jean‐Denis Faure France	31	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	68 0.4×	163 0.9×	69 0.4×	54	3.1k
Zhongchi Liu United States	48	4.4k 1.5×	4.5k 2.1×	220 1.2×	164 0.9×	223 1.4×	113	5.9k
Lionel Gissot France	24	3.9k 1.3×	3.1k 1.4×	114 0.6×	91 0.5×	232 1.5×	32	4.4k
William Terzaghi United States	38	4.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.5×	81 0.5×	71 0.4×	373 2.3×	72	5.3k
Jian Xu China	37	7.2k 2.4×	5.8k 2.6×	223 1.3×	352 2.0×	303 1.9×	112	8.3k
Qijun Chen China	26	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	31 0.2×	40 0.2×	164 1.0×	54	2.6k
Guoying Wang China	36	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	69 0.4×	115 0.7×	1.1k 7.2×	139	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Endo

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All Works

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Kimura, Mitsuhiro, Akira Endo, Yozo Nagira, & Takeshi Yoshizumi. (2023). Particle bombardment-assisted peptide-mediated gene transfer for highly efficient transient assay. BMC Research Notes. 16(1). 46–46.

Endo, Akira, Hiroaki Saika, Miho Takemura, Norihiko Misawa, & Seiichi Toki. (2019). A novel approach to carotenoid accumulation in rice callus by mimicking the cauliflower Orange mutation via genome editing. Rice. 12(1). 81–81. 57 indexed citations

Endo, M., Masafumi Mikami, Akira Endo, et al.. (2018). Genome editing in plants by engineered CRISPR–Cas9 recognizing NG PAM. Nature Plants. 5(1). 14–17. 128 indexed citations

Endo, Akira & Seiichi Toki. (2018). FnCpf1-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in Plants. Methods in molecular biology. 1795. 223–239. 1 indexed citations

Kaya, Hidetaka, Masafumi Mikami, Akira Endo, M. Endo, & Seiichi Toki. (2016). Highly specific targeted mutagenesis in plants using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26871–26871. 103 indexed citations

Yan, Dawei, Masanori Okamoto, Matthew Ierullo, et al.. (2016). NIN-like protein 8 is a master regulator of nitrate-promoted seed germination in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13179–13179. 159 indexed citations

Mega, Ryosuke, Akira Endo, Etsuo Shimosaka, et al.. (2015). Sustained low abscisic acid levels increase seedling vigor under cold stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13819–13819. 59 indexed citations

Suzuki, Junichi, Noriyuki Azuma, Sumito Dateki, et al.. (2014). Mutation spectrum and phenotypic variation in nine patients with SOX2 abnormalities. Journal of Human Genetics. 59(6). 353–356. 12 indexed citations

Endo, Akira, et al.. (2014). Functional characterization of xanthoxin dehydrogenase in rice. Journal of Plant Physiology. 171(14). 1231–1240. 34 indexed citations

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Endo, Akira, Kiyoshi Tatematsu, Kousuke Hanada, et al.. (2011). Tissue-Specific Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Cell Wall Metabolism, Flavonol Biosynthesis and Defense Responses are Activated in the Endosperm of Germinating Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(1). 16–27. 58 indexed citations

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Endo, Akira, Mitsuhiro Kimura, Naoto Kawakami, & Eiji Nambara. (2011). Functional Analysis of Abscisic Acid 8′-Hydroxylase. Methods in molecular biology. 773. 135–147. 8 indexed citations

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Endo, Akira, Yoshiaki Sawada, Hirokazu Takahashi, et al.. (2008). Drought Induction of Arabidopsis 9-cis-Epoxycarotenoid Dioxygenase Occurs in Vascular Parenchyma Cells . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 147(4). 1984–1993. 270 indexed citations

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Endo, Akira, Tomokazu Koshiba, Yuji Kamiya, & Eiji Nambara. (2008). Vascular system is a node of systemic stress responses. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 3(12). 1138–1140. 20 indexed citations

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Zentella, Rodolfo, Zhonglin Zhang, Me‐Hea Park, et al.. (2007). Global Analysis of DELLA Direct Targets in Early Gibberellin Signaling in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 19(10). 3037–3057. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Endo, Akira, Howard K. Surks, Seibu Mochizuki, Naoki Mochizuki, & Michael E. Mendelsohn. (2004). Identification and Characterization of Zipper-interacting Protein Kinase as the Unique Vascular Smooth Muscle Myosin Phosphatase-associated Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(40). 42055–42061. 42 indexed citations

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Endo, Akira, et al.. (2003). Selective Inhibition of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor‐2 (VEGFR‐2) Identifies a Central Role for VEGFR‐2 in Human Aortic Endothelial Cell Responses to VEGF. Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction. 23(2-3). 239–254. 36 indexed citations

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Kogata, Naoko, Michitaka Masuda, Yuji Kamioka, et al.. (2003). Identification of Fer Tyrosine Kinase Localized on Microtubules as a Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Phosphorylating Kinase in Vascular Endothelial Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(9). 3553–3564. 61 indexed citations

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Endo, Akira, Hisakazu Ogita, Akiko Yamagishi, et al.. (2002). Adaptor Protein Crk Is Required for Ephrin-B1-induced Membrane Ruffling and Focal Complex Assembly of Human Aortic Endothelial Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(12). 4231–4242. 80 indexed citations

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Ogihara, Yasunari, Toshio Kojima, Akira Endo, et al.. (2002). Structural features of a wheat plastome as revealed by complete sequencing of chloroplast DNA. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 266(5). 740–746. 134 indexed citations

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Fujita, Hitoshi, Akira Endo, & Kenshi Suzuki. (1981). INACTIVATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA BY NEAR–ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION IN THE PRESENCE OF CHLORPROMAZINE. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 33(2). 215–222. 29 indexed citations

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