Akira Muto

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Akira Muto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Muto has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Genetics and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Akira Muto's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (74 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (50 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers). Akira Muto is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (74 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (50 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers). Akira Muto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Akira Muto's co-authors include Hyouta Himeno, S. Osawa, Chisato Ushida, Fumiaki Yamao, Thomas H. Jukes, Syozo Osawa, K. Watanabe, Daisuke Kurita, Yoshiki Andachi and Robert A. Zimmermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Akira Muto

92 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Muto

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Involvement of GcvB small RNA in intrinsic resistance to multiple aminoglycoside antibiotics in Escherichia coli 2020 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Akira Muto, Simon Goto, Daisuke Kurita, Chisato Ushida, (unknown)	6
2	RsgA couples the maturation state of the 30S ribosomal decoding center to activation of its GTPase pocket 2017 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Jorge P. López‐Alonso, Tatsuya Kaminishi, Takeshi Kikuchi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Schedlbauer, (unknown), Simon Goto, Daisuke Kurita, Akira Muto, (unknown), (unknown), Deryck J. Mills, David Gil‐Carton, Chie Takemoto, Hyouta Himeno, Paola Fucini, Sean R. Connell	28
3	(p)ppGpp-dependent and -independent pathways for salt tolerance inEscherichia coli 2016 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Simon Goto, Chisato Ushida, Akira Muto, Hyouta Himeno	13
4	Role of the C-terminal tail of SmpB in the early stage of trans-translation 2010 ·RNA ·Daisuke Kurita, Akira Muto, Hyouta Himeno	28
5	Removal of a ribosome small subunit-dependent GTPase confers salt resistance on Escherichia coli cells 2009 ·RNA ·(unknown), (unknown), Akira Muto, Hyouta Himeno	21
6	tmRNA‐dependent trans‐translation is required for sporulation in Bacillus subtilis 2008 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chisato Ushida, Hyouta Himeno, Tsutomu Sato, Akira Muto	23
7	Participation of 3′-to-5′ Exoribonucleases in the Turnover of Bacillus subtilis mRNA 2005 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Irina Oussenko, (unknown), (unknown), Akira Muto, David H. Bechhofer	95
8	Interaction Analysis between tmRNA and SmpB from Thermus thermophilus 2005 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Nobukazu Nameki, Tatsuhiko Someya, Satoshi Okano, (unknown), Michiko Kimoto, Kyoko Hanawa‐Suetsugu, Takaho Terada, Mikako Shirouzu, Ichiro Hirao, Hiroshi Takaku, Hyouta Himeno, Akira Muto, Seiki Kuramitsu, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Gota Kawai	23
9	Twelve novel C. elegans RNA candidates isolated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis 2005 ·Gene ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Akito Taneda, (unknown), Akira Muto, Chisato Ushida	3
10	Various Effects of Paromomycin on tmRNA-directed trans-Translation 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Toshiharu Takahashi, Takayuki Konno, Akira Muto, Hyouta Himeno	16
11	Three of four pseudoknots in tmRNA are interchangeable and are substitutable with single‐stranded RNAs 2000 ·FEBS Letters ·Nobukazu Nameki, Toshimasa Tadaki, Hyouta Himeno, Akira Muto	58
12	Requirement of transfer‐messenger RNA for the growth of Bacillus subtilis under stresses 2000 ·Genes to Cells ·Akira Muto, (unknown), Kenichi Ito, Jun Matsuno, Chisato Ushida, Hyouta Himeno	105
13	Amino acid acceptor identity switch of Escherichia coli tmRNA from alanine to histidine in Vitro 1999 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Nobukazu Nameki, Toshimasa Tadaki, Akira Muto, Hyouta Himeno	31
14	Probing the Secondary Structure of MCS4 RNA of Mycoplasma capricolum 1997 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Chisato Ushida, (unknown), Akira Muto	3
15	RNase P RNA ofMycoplasma capricolum 1996 ·Molecular Biology Reports ·Chisato Ushida, Dai Izawa, Akira Muto	3
16	Structure and function of 10Sa RNA: Trans-translation system 1996 ·Biochimie ·Akira Muto, Manami Sato, Toshimasa Tadaki, Masaaki Fukushima, Chisato Ushida, Hyouta Himeno	44
17	Levels of tRNAs in bacterial cells as affected by amino acid usage in proteins 1991 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Fumiaki Yamao, Yoshiki Andachi, Akira Muto, Toshimichi Ikemura, Syozo Osawa	50
18	Nucleotide sequences of nine tRNA genes fromMicrococcus luteus 1990 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Takeshi Ohama, Akira Muto, Syozo Osawa	1
19	Codon recognition patterns as deduced from sequences of the complete set of transfer RNA species in Mycoplasma capricolum 1989 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Yoshiki Andachi, Fumiaki Yamao, Akira Muto, Syozo Osawa	138
20	Evolution of Anticodons: Variations in the Genetic Code 1987 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Thomas H. Jukes, S. Osawa, Akira Muto, Niles Lehman	20

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