Itaru Takebe

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Itaru Takebe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Itaru Takebe has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Itaru Takebe's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (32 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (27 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (17 papers). Itaru Takebe is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (32 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (27 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (17 papers). Itaru Takebe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Germany. Itaru Takebe's co-authors include Toshiyuki Nagata, Yoshiaki Otsuki, Kazuya Okada, Y. Otsuki, Chiaki Matsui, Shigeji Aoki, Georg Melchers, Fukumi Sakai, Yasunori Machida and Toshiyasu Shimomura and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Itaru Takebe

67 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cell wall regeneration and cell division in isolated toba... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 1971 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Cell wall regeneration and cell division in isolated tobacco mesophyll protoplasts
    1970 379 citations Toshiyuki Nagata, Itaru Takebe Planta profile →
  2. Plating of isolated tobacco mesophyll protoplasts on agar medium
    1971 374 citations Toshiyuki Nagata, Itaru Takebe Planta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Itaru Takebe Japan 32 2.7k 2.3k 650 278 268 68 3.4k
Jacques Tempé France 32 2.8k 1.0× 3.2k 1.4× 971 1.5× 139 0.5× 63 0.2× 55 3.7k
M. Holsters Belgium 14 1.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 621 1.0× 159 0.6× 61 0.2× 19 2.6k
M P Gordon United States 33 3.5k 1.3× 4.2k 1.8× 1.5k 2.3× 292 1.1× 103 0.4× 54 5.1k
Annik Petit France 21 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 559 0.9× 107 0.4× 74 0.3× 25 2.5k
Vicente Conejero Spain 38 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 410 0.6× 57 0.2× 154 0.6× 74 3.6k
J. Schell Germany 37 3.5k 1.3× 4.2k 1.9× 1.4k 2.1× 245 0.9× 69 0.3× 70 5.0k
Arthur G. Hunt United States 37 2.8k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 556 0.9× 159 0.6× 395 1.5× 112 4.4k
André Hoekema United States 17 3.7k 1.4× 4.1k 1.8× 1.9k 3.0× 60 0.2× 104 0.4× 20 5.2k
Mary-Dell Chilton United States 39 5.0k 1.9× 5.9k 2.6× 2.3k 3.5× 217 0.8× 91 0.3× 62 6.8k
Yasuo Niwa Japan 24 4.0k 1.5× 4.1k 1.8× 617 0.9× 107 0.4× 74 0.3× 54 5.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Itaru Takebe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Itaru Takebe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Itaru Takebe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Itaru Takebe based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Itaru Takebe. Itaru Takebe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Okamoto, Shigehisa, et al.. (1991). Localization and orientation of the VirD4 protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in the cell membrane. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 228(1-2). 24–32. 64 indexed citations
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Niwa, Yasuo, Akiko Yamamoto, Chiyoko Machida, Itaru Takebe, & Yasunori Machida. (1988). Right-hand border regions of octopine T-DNA are recognized by RNA polymerase ofAgrobacteriumas well as by VirD1 and VirD2 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(15). 7647–7662. 4 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Shigehisa, Yasunori Machida, & Itaru Takebe. (1988). Subcellular localization of tobacco mosaic virus minus strand RNA in infected protoplasts. Virology. 167(1). 194–200. 5 indexed citations
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Okada, Kazuya, Toshiyuki Nagata, & Itaru Takebe. (1988). Co-electroporation of rice protoplasts with RNAs of cucumber mosaic and tobacco mosaic viruses. Plant Cell Reports. 7(5). 333–336. 8 indexed citations
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Yanagi, Sonoe Ochiai, Toshiyuki Kawasumi, Itaru Takebe, & Tsuneo Takemaru. (1988). Genetic analyses of Coprinus cinereus strains derived through intraspecific protoplast fusion.. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 52(1). 281–284. 9 indexed citations
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Usami, Shoji, Shigehisa Okamoto, Itaru Takebe, & Yasunori Machida. (1988). Factor inducing Agrobacterium tumefaciens vir gene expression is present in monocotyledonous plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(11). 3748–3752. 34 indexed citations
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Usami, Shoji, et al.. (1987). Absence in monocotyledonous plants of the diffusible plant factors inducing T-DNA circularization and vir gene expression in Agrobacterium. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 209(2). 221–226. 39 indexed citations
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Nagata, Toshiyuki, Kazuya Okada, & Itaru Takebe. (1982). Mitotic protoplasts and their infection with tobacco mosaic virus RNA encapsulated in liposomes. Plant Cell Reports. 1(6). 250–252. 70 indexed citations
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Fukunaga, Yukio, Toshiyuki Nagata, & Itaru Takebe. (1981). Liposome-mediated infection of plant protoplasts with tobacco mosaic virus RNA. Virology. 113(2). 752–760. 35 indexed citations
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Okada, Yoshimi, et al.. (1980). The site of initiation of rod assembly on the RNA of a tomato and a cowpea strain of tobacco mosaic virus. Virology. 101(2). 493–502. 33 indexed citations
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Okada, Yoshimi, et al.. (1979). Infectivity of partially encapsidated tobacco mosaic virus RNA. Virology. 95(1). 232–234. 1 indexed citations
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Otsuki, Y., Itaru Takebe, Takeshi Ohno, Masahiro Fukuda, & Yasushi Okada. (1977). Reconstitution of tobacco mosaic virus rods occurs bidirectionally from an internal initiation region: demonstration by electron microscopic serology.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(5). 1913–1917. 75 indexed citations
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Takebe, Itaru, et al.. (1973). Fine structure of isolated mesophyll protoplasts of tobacco. Planta. 113(1). 21–27. 27 indexed citations
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Nagata, Toshiyuki & Itaru Takebe. (1971). Plating of isolated tobacco mesophyll protoplasts on agar medium. Planta. 99(1). 12–20. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nagata, Toshiyuki & Itaru Takebe. (1970). Cell wall regeneration and cell division in isolated tobacco mesophyll protoplasts. Planta. 92(4). 301–308. 379 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aoki, Shigeji & Itaru Takebe. (1969). Infection of tobacco mesophyll protoplasts by tobacco mosaic virus ribonucleic acid. Virology. 39(3). 439–448. 141 indexed citations
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Takebe, Itaru. (1965). Extent of cross linkage in the murein sacculus∗ of Escherichia coli B cell wall. PubMed. 101(1). 124–126. 45 indexed citations
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Takebe, Itaru, et al.. (1964). QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF ENZYME SYSTEM OF HETEROLACTIC FERMENTATION:I. SOME ASPECTS OF CYTOPLASM OF LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES AS THE SITE OF HETEROLACTIC FERMENTATION. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 10(4). 359–372. 5 indexed citations
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Takebe, Itaru & Tomomichi Yanagita. (1959). ORIGIN OF AMINO ACIDS CONSTITUTING CELLULAR PROTEIN IN GERMINATING CONIDIOSPORES OF <italic>ASPERGILLUS NIGER</italic>. Plant and Cell Physiology. 3 indexed citations
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Yanagita, Tomomichi, et al.. (1958). CELLULAR RESPONSE TO DELETERIOUS AGENTS DURING THE COURSE OF SYNCHRONOUS GROWTH OF ESCHERICHIA COLI. Journal of Bacteriology. 75(5). 523–529. 12 indexed citations

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