Junji Iwahara

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Junji Iwahara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Junji Iwahara has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Spectroscopy and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Junji Iwahara's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (47 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers). Junji Iwahara is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (47 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers). Junji Iwahara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Japan. Junji Iwahara's co-authors include G. Marius Clore, Chun Tang, Alexandre Esadze, Levani Zandarashvili, Charles D. Schwieters, Binhan Yu, Debashish Sahu, Robert Clubb, Yaakov Levy and Markus Zweckstetter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junji Iwahara

97 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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Theory, Practice, and Applications of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement for the Characterization of Transient Low-Population States of Biological Macromolecules and Their Complexes

2009 590 citations G. Marius Clore, Junji Iwahara profile →

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Robert Konrat Austria

Frans A. A. Mulder Denmark

Miquel Pons Spain

Konstantin Pervushin Singapore

D.R. Muhandiram Canada

Dmitry M. Korzhnev United States

Katherine A. Henzler‐Wildman United States

Karin Giller Germany

Rieko Ishima United States

Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen France

Robert Konrat Austria

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Wang, Xi, Yaakov Levy, & Junji Iwahara. (2025). Competition between Nucleic Acids and Intrinsically Disordered Regions within Proteins. Accounts of Chemical Research. 58(15). 2415–2424.

Wang, Xi, et al.. (2024). Robust Enzymatic Production of DNA G-Quadruplex, Aptamer, DNAzyme, and Other Oligonucleotides: Applications for NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(3). 1748–1752. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Xi, Lavi S. Bigman, Harry M. Greenblatt, et al.. (2023). Negatively charged, intrinsically disordered regions can accelerate target search by DNA-binding proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(10). 4701–4712. 35 indexed citations

Iwahara, Junji, B. Montgomery Pettitt, & Binhan Yu. (2023). Direct measurements of biomolecular electrostatics through experiments. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 82. 102680–102680. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Binhan, et al.. (2021). De novo determination of near-surface electrostatic potentials by NMR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 39 indexed citations

Wang, Xi, Harry M. Greenblatt, Lavi S. Bigman, et al.. (2021). Dynamic Autoinhibition of the HMGB1 Protein via Electrostatic Fuzzy Interactions of Intrinsically Disordered Regions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(18). 167122–167122. 30 indexed citations

Yu, Binhan, et al.. (2020). Quantifying and visualizing weak interactions between anions and proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 25 indexed citations

Chen, Chuanying, et al.. (2018). NMR Methods for Characterizing the Basic Side Chains of Proteins: Electrostatic Interactions, Hydrogen Bonds, and Conformational Dynamics. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 615. 285–332. 20 indexed citations

Joseph, Prem Raj B., Kirti V. Sawant, Junji Iwahara, et al.. (2018). Lysines and Arginines play non-redundant roles in mediating chemokine-glycosaminoglycan interactions. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12289–12289. 20 indexed citations

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Sepuru, Krishna Mohan, Junji Iwahara, & Krishna Rajarathnam. (2017). Direct detection of lysine side chain NH₃⁺ in protein–heparin complexes using NMR spectroscopy. The Analyst. 143(3). 635–638. 11 indexed citations

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Zandarashvili, Levani, Mark A. White, Alexandre Esadze, & Junji Iwahara. (2015). Structural impact of complete CpG methylation within target DNA on specific complex formation of the inducible transcription factor Egr‐1. FEBS Letters. 589(15). 1748–1753. 39 indexed citations

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Esadze, Alexandre & Junji Iwahara. (2013). Stopped-Flow Fluorescence Kinetic Study of Protein Sliding and Intersegment Transfer in the Target DNA Search Process. Journal of Molecular Biology. 426(1). 230–244. 49 indexed citations

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Zandarashvili, Levani, Alexandre Esadze, & Junji Iwahara. (2013). NMR Studies on the Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonds and Ion Pairs Involving Lysine Side Chains of Proteins. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. 93. 37–80. 29 indexed citations

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Iwahara, Junji & Yaakov Levy. (2013). Speed-stability paradox in DNA-scanning by zinc-finger proteins. Transcription. 4(2). 58–61. 23 indexed citations

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Zandarashvili, Levani, Dawei Li, Tianzhi Wang, Rafael Brüschweiler, & Junji Iwahara. (2011). Signature of Mobile Hydrogen Bonding of Lysine Side Chains from Long-Range ¹⁵ N– ¹³ C Scalar J -Couplings and Computation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(24). 9192–9195. 35 indexed citations

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Sahu, Debashish, Priyanka Debnath, Yuki Takayama, & Junji Iwahara. (2008). Redox properties of the A‐domain of the HMGB1 protein. FEBS Letters. 582(29). 3973–3978. 42 indexed citations

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Iwahara, Junji, Young‐Sang Jung, & G. Marius Clore. (2007). Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy for Lysine NH ₃ Groups in Proteins: Unique Effect of Water Exchange on ¹⁵ N Transverse Relaxation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(10). 2971–2980. 90 indexed citations

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Iwahara, Junji, Markus Zweckstetter, & G. Marius Clore. (2006). NMR structural and kinetic characterization of a homeodomain diffusing and hopping on nonspecific DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(41). 15062–15067. 159 indexed citations

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Sam, My D., Kevin M. Connolly, Junji Iwahara, et al.. (2002). Regulation of Directionality in Bacteriophage λ Site-specific Recombination: Structure of the Xis Protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 324(4). 791–805. 44 indexed citations

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Iwahara, Junji. (1999). Solution structure of the DNA binding domain from Dead ringer, a sequence-specific AT-rich interaction domain (ARID). The EMBO Journal. 18(21). 6084–6094. 56 indexed citations

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