Ayako Sakamoto

7.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
44 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ayako Sakamoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ayako Sakamoto has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ayako Sakamoto's work include Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (8 papers). Ayako Sakamoto is often cited by papers focused on Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies (17 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (8 papers). Ayako Sakamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Ayako Sakamoto's co-authors include Masaaki Komatsu, Satoshi Waguri, Masayuki Yamamoto, Keiji Tanaka, Okio Hino, Akira Kobayashi, Yu‐shin Sou, Mikako Shirouzu, Shigeyuki Yokoyama and Taichi Hara and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ayako Sakamoto

44 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

The selective autophagy substrate p62 activates the stress responsive transcription factor Nrf2 through inactivation of Keap1

2010 2.0k citations Masaaki Komatsu, H. Kurokawa et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Autophagy-deficient mice develop multiple liver tumors

2011 1.1k citations Akito Takamura, Masaaki Komatsu et al. Genes & Development profile →
Crystal Structure of the Complex of Human Epidermal Growth Factor and Receptor Extracellular Domains

2002 928 citations Ayako Sakamoto, Mikako Shirouzu et al. profile →
Persistent activation of Nrf2 through p62 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

2011 496 citations Satoshi Waguri, Ayako Sakamoto et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Translesion Synthesis in Plants: Ultraviolet Resistance and Beyond 2019 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·Ayako Sakamoto	14
2	Ca2+ efflux via plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase mediates chemotaxis in ascidian sperm 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Kaoru Yoshida, Kogiku Shiba, Ayako Sakamoto, (unknown), Shigeru Matsunaga, Kazuo Inaba, Manabu Yoshida	20
3	Induction of divalent cation permeability by heterologous expression of a voltage sensor domain 2018 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·(unknown), Hidekazu Tsutsui, Ayako Sakamoto, Manabu Yoshida, Yasushi Okamura	6
4	Isolation of a novel UVB-tolerant rice mutant obtained by exposure to carbon-ion beams 2013 ·Journal of Radiation Research ·Nao Takano, Yuko Takahashi, Mitsuru Yamamoto, Mika Teranishi, Hiroko Yamaguchi, Ayako Sakamoto, Yoshihiro Hase, (unknown), Jian Wu, Takashi Matsumoto, Seiichi Toki, Jun Hidema	16
5	The Ufm1-activating enzyme Uba5 is indispensable for erythroid differentiation in mice 2011 ·Nature Communications ·K. Tatsumi, (unknown), Ritsuko Shimizu, Satoshi Waguri, Yu‐shin Sou, Ayako Sakamoto, Choji Taya, Hiroshi Shitara, Takahiko Hara, Chin Ha Chung, Keiji Tanaka, Masayuki Yamamoto, Masaaki Komatsu	130
6	Autophagy-deficient mice develop multiple liver tumors breakdown → 2011 ·Genes & Development ·Akito Takamura, Masaaki Komatsu, Taichi Hara, Ayako Sakamoto, Chieko Kishi, Satoshi Waguri, Yoshinobu Eishi, Okio Hino, Keiji Tanaka, Noboru Mizushima	1066
7	The selective autophagy substrate p62 activates the stress responsive transcription factor Nrf2 through inactivation of Keap1 breakdown → 2010 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Masaaki Komatsu, H. Kurokawa, Satoshi Waguri, Keiko Taguchi, Akira Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Ichimura, Yu‐shin Sou, (unknown), Ayako Sakamoto, Kit I. Tong, Mihee Kim, Yasumasa Nishito, Shun-ichiro Iemura, Tohru Natsume, Takashi Ueno, Eiki Kominami, Hozumi Motohashi, Keiji Tanaka, Masayuki Yamamoto	1958
8	A UVB‐hypersensitive mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana is defective in the DNA damage response 2009 ·The Plant Journal ·Ayako Sakamoto, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshihiro Hase, Yuichiro Yokota, Naoya Shikazono, Mayu Nakagawa, Issay Narumi, Atsushi Tanaka	21
9	Structural Basis for the Exclusive Specificity of Slac2-a/Melanophilin for the Rab27 GTPases 2008 ·Structure ·Mutsuko Kukimoto‐Niino, Ayako Sakamoto, Eiko Kanno, Kyoko Hanawa‐Suetsugu, Takaho Terada, Mikako Shirouzu, Mitsunori Fukuda, Shigeyuki Yokoyama	56
10	Arabidopsis thaliana Y‐family DNA polymerase η catalyses translesion synthesis and interacts functionally with PCNA2 2008 ·The Plant Journal ·Heather J. Anderson, Edward J. Vonarx, Landon Pastushok, Mayu Nakagawa, Atsushi Katafuchi, Petr Grúz, Antonio Di Rubbo, Desma M. Grice, Megan J. Osmond-McLeod, Ayako Sakamoto, Takehiko Nohmi, Wei Xiao, Bernard A. Kunz	43
11	Mutator alleles of yeast DNA polymerase ζ 2007 ·DNA repair ·Ayako Sakamoto, Jana E. Stone, Grace E. Kissling, Scott McCulloch, Youri I. Pavlov, Thomas A. Kunkel	35
12	The RAC Binding Domain/IRSp53-MIM Homology Domain of IRSp53 Induces RAC-dependent Membrane Deformation 2006 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Shiro Suetsugu, Kazutaka Murayama, Ayako Sakamoto, Kyoko Hanawa‐Suetsugu, Azusa Seto, Tsukasa Oikawa, (unknown), Mikako Shirouzu, Tadaomi Takenawa, Shigeyuki Yokoyama	137
13	シロイヌナズナ(Arabidopsis thaliana)のニトロ還元細菌酵素遺伝子の発現による2,4,6-トリニトロトルエン(TNT)への耐性、取り込み、分解の向上 2005 ·(unknown), (unknown), Ayako Sakamoto, (unknown), Aleš Nepovím, Tomáš Vaněk, (unknown), Hiromichi Morikawa	1
14	Pretreatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a sub-MIC of imipenem enhances bactericidal activity of neutrophils 2003 ·Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy ·(unknown), Yoshinori Sato, Tomoko Sekiguchi, (unknown), (unknown), Hidero Kitasato, Ryoichi Okamoto, Matsuhisa Inoue, Yoko Takayama, Ayako Sakamoto	5
15	Molecular Cloning ofArabidopsisPhotolyase Gene (PHRI) and Characterization of its Promoter Region 1998 ·DNA sequence ·Ayako Sakamoto, Atsushi Tanaka, Hiroshi Watanabe, Shigemitsu Tano	10
16	Cys2/His2 zinc-finger protein family of petunia: Evolution and general mechanism of target-sequence recognition 1998 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Ken‐ichiro Kubo, Ayako Sakamoto, Akira Kobayashi, Zbigniew Rybka, Yoshiaki Kanno, Hitoshi Nakagawa, Takeshi Nishino, Hiroshi Takatsuji	126
17	A Zinc-Finger-Type Transcription Factor WZF-1 That Binds to a Novel cis-Acting Element Element of Histone Gene Promoters Represses Its Own Promoter 1996 ·Plant and Cell Physiology ·Ayako Sakamoto, (unknown), Takuya Nakayama, M. Iwabuchi	13
18	The putative zinc‐finger protein WZF1 interacts with a cis‐acting element of wheat histone genes 1993 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Ayako Sakamoto, (unknown), Gyung Hye Huh, Masaki Iwabuchi	54
19	Chromosomal locations of the genes for histones and a histone gene-binding protein family HBP-1 in common wheat 1993 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Shuhei Nasuda, Yao‐Guang Liu, Ayako Sakamoto, Takuya Nakayama, Masaki Iwabuchi, Koichiro Tsunewaki	9
20	Wheat nuclear protein HBP-1 binds to the hexameric sequence in the promoter of various plant genus 1989 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Koji Mikami, Ayako Sakamoto, Hisabumi Takase, Tetsuya Tabata, Masaki Iwabuchi	30

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