Akira Sassa

597 total citations
34 papers, 432 citations indexed

About

Akira Sassa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Sassa has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 432 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Akira Sassa's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (21 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (17 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (12 papers). Akira Sassa is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (21 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (17 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (12 papers). Akira Sassa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Akira Sassa's co-authors include Samuel H. Wilson, Manabu Yasui, William A. Beard, Masamitsu Honma, Takehiko Nohmi, Rajendra Prasad, Toshihiro Ohta, Melike Çağlayan, Petr Grúz and Naoko Niimi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Akira Sassa

30 papers receiving 430 citations

Peers

Akira Sassa
Magali Blaud France
Wenren Chaung United States
Rotem Sertchook Israel
E. Megan Flynn United States
Patricia Auffret van der Kemp France
Andriy Khobta Germany
Johanna Paik United States
Artemy D. Beniaminov Russia
Benjamin Gilman United States
Alessio Fiascarelli Italy
Magali Blaud France
Akira Sassa
Citations per year, relative to Akira Sassa Akira Sassa (= 1×) peers Magali Blaud

Countries citing papers authored by Akira Sassa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akira Sassa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Sassa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nakano, Toshiaki, Ken Akamatsu, Masaoki Kohzaki, et al.. (2024). Deciphering repair pathways of clustered DNA damage in human TK6 cells: insights from atomic force microscopy direct visualization. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(1). 2 indexed citations
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Iwasaki, Koh, Haruka Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Kamimura, et al.. (2024). Dose‐dependent effects of histone methyltransferase NSD2 on site‐specific double‐strand break repair. Genes to Cells. 29(11). 951–965.
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Koi, Satoshi, Akira Sassa, Tetsuya Kurata, et al.. (2022). Elevated mutation rates underlie the evolution of the aquatic plant family Podostemaceae. Communications Biology. 5(1). 75–75. 10 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for proficient oxidized ribonucleotide insertion in double strand break repair. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5055–5055. 13 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Tetsuya, Akira Sassa, Petr Grúz, et al.. (2021). Error-prone bypass patch by a low-fidelity variant of DNA polymerase zeta in human cells. DNA repair. 100. 103052–103052. 5 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, et al.. (2021). Watching a double strand break repair polymerase insert a pro-mutagenic oxidized nucleotide. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2059–2059. 10 indexed citations
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Sasanuma, Hiroyuki, Shunichi Takeda, Manabu Yasui, et al.. (2020). Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterases are involved in mutagenic events at a ribonucleotide embedded into DNA in human cells. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0244790–e0244790. 2 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Megumi Suzuki, Masataka Tsuda, et al.. (2019). Processing of a single ribonucleotide embedded into DNA by human nucleotide excision repair and DNA polymerase η. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13910–13910. 9 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Tetsuya, Akira Sassa, Kyomu Matsumoto, et al.. (2017). DNA polymerase kappa protects human cells against MMC-induced genotoxicity through error-free translesion DNA synthesis. Genes and Environment. 39(1). 6–6. 16 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Melike Çağlayan, Yesenia Rodriguez, et al.. (2016). Impact of Ribonucleotide Backbone on Translesion Synthesis and Repair of 7,8-Dihydro-8-oxoguanine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(46). 24314–24323. 19 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, et al.. (2016). Mutagenic consequences of cytosine alterations site-specifically embedded in the human genome. Genes and Environment. 38(1). 17–17. 18 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, et al.. (2015). Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group A Suppresses Mutagenesis Caused by Clustered Oxidative DNA Adducts in the Human Genome. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0142218–e0142218. 10 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Melike Çağlayan, Nadezhda S. Dyrkheeva, William A. Beard, & Samuel H. Wilson. (2014). Base Excision Repair of Tandem Modifications in a Methylated CpG Dinucleotide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(20). 13996–14008. 25 indexed citations
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Çağlayan, Melike, V.K. Batra, Akira Sassa, Rajendra Prasad, & Samuel H. Wilson. (2014). Role of polymerase β in complementing aprataxin deficiency during abasic-site base excision repair. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 21(5). 497–499. 34 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Tetsuya Suzuki, Naoko Niimi, et al.. (2014). In vivo evidence that phenylalanine 171 acts as a molecular brake for translesion DNA synthesis across benzo[a]pyrene DNA adducts by human DNA polymerase κ. DNA repair. 15. 21–28. 10 indexed citations
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Grúz, Petr, et al.. (2013). Exclusive induction of G:C to A:T transitions by 3-azido-1,2-propanediol in yeast. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 760. 73–76. 2 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, William A. Beard, Rajendra Prasad, & Samuel H. Wilson. (2012). DNA Sequence Context Effects on the Glycosylase Activity of Human 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(44). 36702–36710. 40 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Tomonari Matsuda, Yuji Ishii, et al.. (2012). Miscoding properties of 8-chloro-2′-deoxyguanosine, a hypochlorous acid-induced DNA adduct, catalysed by human DNA polymerases. Mutagenesis. 28(1). 81–88. 15 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Toshihiro Ohta, Takehiko Nohmi, Masamitsu Honma, & Manabu Yasui. (2011). Mutational Specificities of Brominated DNA Adducts Catalyzed by Human DNA Polymerases. Journal of Molecular Biology. 406(5). 679–686. 20 indexed citations
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Sassa, Akira, Naoko Niimi, Hirofumi Fujimoto, et al.. (2010). Phenylalanine 171 is a molecular brake for translesion synthesis across benzo[a]pyrene-guanine adducts by human DNA polymerase kappa. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 718(1-2). 10–17. 18 indexed citations

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