Atsushi Ikai

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Atsushi Ikai is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Atsushi Ikai has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 83 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Atsushi Ikai's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (101 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (37 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (35 papers). Atsushi Ikai is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (101 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (37 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (35 papers). Atsushi Ikai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Denmark. Atsushi Ikai's co-authors include Charles Tanford, Toshiya Osada, Hideo Arakawa, Rehana Afrin, Masaaki Nishigai, M. Gad, Sandor Kasas, Mohammad Taufiq Alam, Akihiko Takashima and Sumihiro Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Atsushi Ikai

217 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Atsushi Ikai Japan	39	3.4k	1.8k	1.0k	811	759	219	6.4k
Christopher M. Yip Canada	46	3.6k 1.0×	701 0.4×	761 0.8×	776 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	147	7.0k
Elliot L. Elson United States	50	4.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 2.4×	2.2k 2.8×	545 0.7×	114	10.3k
Yuri L. Lyubchenko United States	51	5.6k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	460 0.5×	975 1.2×	375 0.5×	223	8.5k
Carolyn Cohen United States	58	6.4k 1.9×	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 2.2×	441 0.5×	745 1.0×	125	10.6k
Ratnesh Lal United States	50	4.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	924 0.9×	1.6k 2.0×	700 0.9×	146	8.3k
Simon Scheuring France	54	5.2k 1.5×	3.9k 2.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.7×	653 0.9×	158	8.5k
Tomasz Róg Finland	56	7.8k 2.3×	1.7k 1.0×	648 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	541 0.7×	176	9.7k
Luís A. Bagatolli Denmark	45	6.4k 1.9×	1.6k 0.9×	803 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	393 0.5×	119	8.0k
Claudia Steinem Germany	47	4.7k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	893 0.9×	2.4k 3.0×	932 1.2×	198	7.4k
Hermann J. Gruber Austria	49	3.8k 1.1×	3.7k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	669 0.9×	154	8.6k

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Ikai, Atsushi, Rehana Afrin, Masakazu Saito, & Takahiro Watanabe‐Nakayama. (2017). Atomic force microscope as a nano- and micrometer scale biological manipulator: A short review. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 73. 132–144. 14 indexed citations

Ikai, Atsushi, Motoki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Sowa, et al.. (2016). Phosphorylated retinoblastoma protein is a potential predictive marker of irinotecan efficacy for colorectal cancer. International Journal of Oncology. 48(3). 1297–1304. 5 indexed citations

Afrin, Rehana & Atsushi Ikai. (2014). Subunit unbinding mechanics of dimeric wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) studied by atomic force microscopy. FEBS Letters. 588(23). 4472–4477. 7 indexed citations

Watanabe‐Nakayama, Takahiro, Shinichi Machida, Ichiro Harada, et al.. (2011). Direct Detection of Cellular Adaptation to Local Cyclic Stretching at the Single Cell Level by Atomic Force Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 564–572. 24 indexed citations

Machida, Shinichi, Takahiro Watanabe‐Nakayama, Ichiro Harada, et al.. (2010). Direct manipulation of intracellular stress fibres using a hook-shaped AFM probe. Nanotechnology. 21(38). 385102–385102. 7 indexed citations

Nonaka, Takahiro, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Toshiya Osada, et al.. (2009). Molecular shape and binding force of Mycoplasma mobile’s leg protein Gli349 revealed by an AFM study. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 391(3). 1312–1317. 29 indexed citations

Kim, Hyonchol, Hideo Arakawa, Noriyuki Hatae, et al.. (2006). Quantification of the number of EP3 receptors on a living CHO cell surface by the AFM. Ultramicroscopy. 106(8-9). 652–662. 33 indexed citations

Afrin, Rehana, Hideo Arakawa, Toshiya Osada, & Atsushi Ikai. (2003). Extraction of Membrane Proteins from a Living Cell Surface Using the Atomic Force Microscope and Covalent Crosslinkers. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 39(2). 101–118. 29 indexed citations

Sekiguchi, Hiroshi, Hideo Arakawa, Hideki Taguchi, et al.. (2003). Specific Interaction between GroEL and Denatured Protein Measured by Compression-Free Force Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 85(1). 484–490. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Tong, Hideo Arakawa, & Atsushi Ikai. (2002). Reversible stretching of a monomeric unit in a dimeric bovine carbonic anhydrase B with the atomic force microscope. Ultramicroscopy. 91(1-4). 253–259. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Tong, Hideo Arakawa, & Atsushi Ikai. (2001). Force Measurement and Inhibitor Binding Assay of Monomer and Engineered Dimer of Bovine Carbonic Anhydrase B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 285(1). 9–14. 18 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Kell, et al.. (1995). Direct observation of humic acid clusters, a nonequilibrium system with a fractal structure. Die Naturwissenschaften. 82(3). 137–139. 19 indexed citations

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Ikai, Atsushi, Masaaki Nishigai, Keiji Tanaka, & Akira Ichihara. (1991). Electron microscopy of 26 S complex containing 20 S proteasome. FEBS Letters. 292(1-2). 21–24. 38 indexed citations

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Österberg, Ragnar, et al.. (1991). X-ray scattering study of hagfish protease inhibitor, a protein structurally related to complement and .alpha.2-macroglobulin. Biochemistry. 30(31). 7873–7878. 6 indexed citations

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Osada, Toshiya, Masaaki Nishigai, & Atsushi Ikai. (1988). Polymerization of turtle α-macroglobulin through newly exposed sulfhydryls reveals the location of ex-thiolester bonds. Journal of Ultrastructure and Molecular Structure Research. 101(1). 62–74. 6 indexed citations

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Kotani, Susumu, Atsushi Ikai, Gota Kawai, et al.. (1988). Microtubule‐assembly inhibitor protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 176(3). 573–580. 6 indexed citations

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Ikai, Atsushi. (1986). Calculation and experimental verification of the frictional ratio of hagfish proteinase inhibitor. Journal of Ultrastructure and Molecular Structure Research. 96(1-3). 146–150. 5 indexed citations

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Kitamoto, Toshihiro, et al.. (1985). The quaternary structure and activity of newly purified fatty acid synthetase from the Harderian gland of guinea-pig. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 827(2). 164–173. 14 indexed citations

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Ikai, Atsushi, Hisae Hori, Kazuo Sutoh, Masako Kikuchi, & Yutaka Nagai. (1985). Inhibition patterns of metalloproteases by ovomacroglobulin of Crocodylus rhombifer. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 80(2). 209–211. 3 indexed citations

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Matsuzaki, Fumio, Keita Sutoh, & Atsushi Ikai. (1985). Structural unit of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton. Isolation and electron microscopic examination.. PubMed. 39(1). 153–60. 13 indexed citations

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