K. Yanai

1.1k total citations
30 papers, 766 citations indexed

About

K. Yanai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Yanai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 766 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in K. Yanai's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (7 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (6 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers). K. Yanai is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (7 papers), Enzyme Production and Characterization (6 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers). K. Yanai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. K. Yanai's co-authors include Takeshi Murakami, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Mervyn J. Bibb, Masamichi Takagi, Naoki Takaya, Akinori Ohta, M. Takagi, Keiji Yano, Nobuhiko Kojima and Nobuko Kojima and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied Physics Letters and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

K. Yanai

29 papers receiving 733 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Yanai Japan 15 557 269 206 175 87 30 766
A R Hawkins United Kingdom 19 643 1.2× 174 0.6× 119 0.6× 67 0.4× 67 0.8× 34 886
Robyn M. Perrin United States 12 584 1.0× 803 3.0× 207 1.0× 70 0.4× 136 1.6× 17 1.1k
Marie Nishimura Japan 15 653 1.2× 654 2.4× 265 1.3× 94 0.5× 82 0.9× 23 1.0k
J. A. Pérez-González Spain 11 352 0.6× 148 0.6× 92 0.4× 224 1.3× 262 3.0× 17 537
Sandra Garrigues Spain 18 555 1.0× 300 1.1× 107 0.5× 167 1.0× 125 1.4× 43 841
Carlos Hardisson Spain 16 411 0.7× 159 0.6× 228 1.1× 118 0.7× 34 0.4× 42 646
Kim Langfelder Germany 11 439 0.8× 455 1.7× 348 1.7× 123 0.7× 42 0.5× 12 1.2k
Julie P. M. Viala France 13 389 0.7× 131 0.5× 106 0.5× 71 0.4× 34 0.4× 21 794
Gilberto Hintermann Switzerland 15 513 0.9× 204 0.8× 248 1.2× 73 0.4× 17 0.2× 20 783
Alberto Muñoz United Kingdom 15 548 1.0× 211 0.8× 84 0.4× 85 0.5× 17 0.2× 23 792

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Yanai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Yanai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Yanai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. Yanai 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 K. Yanai. K. Yanai 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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Murakami, Takeshi, Ján Burian, K. Yanai, Mervyn J. Bibb, & Charles J. Thompson. (2011). A system for the targeted amplification of bacterial gene clusters multiplies antibiotic yield in Streptomyces coelicolor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(38). 16020–16025. 59 indexed citations
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Murakami, Takeshi, et al.. (2011). ZouA, a Putative Relaxase, Is Essential for DNA Amplification in Streptomyces kanamyceticus. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(8). 1815–1822. 15 indexed citations
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Yanai, K., Takeshi Murakami, & Mervyn J. Bibb. (2006). Amplification of the entire kanamycin biosynthetic gene cluster during empirical strain improvement of Streptomyces kanamyceticus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(25). 9661–9666. 83 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Manabu, et al.. (2005). Cloning and Characterization of Saponin Hydrolases fromAspergillus oryzaeandEupenicillium brefeldianum. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 69(11). 2178–2185. 4 indexed citations
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Yanai, K. & Takeshi Murakami. (2004). The Kanamycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces kanamyceticus. The Journal of Antibiotics. 57(5). 351–354. 34 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Manabu, et al.. (2004). A Novel Saponin Hydrolase from Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. vasinfecta. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(2). 865–872. 16 indexed citations
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Murashima, Koichiro, et al.. (2003). Molecular Cloning of Endo-β- d -1,4-Glucanase Genes, rce1 , rce2 , and rce3 , from Rhizopus oryzae. Journal of Bacteriology. 185(5). 1749–1756. 25 indexed citations
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Yanai, K., et al.. (2001). Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Fructooligosaccharide-Producing β-Fructofuranosidase Gene from Aspergillus niger ATCC 20611. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 65(4). 766–773. 43 indexed citations
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Takaya, Naoki, K. Yanai, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Akinori Ohta, & Masamichi Takagi. (1996). Cloning and Characterization of theRhizopus niveus leulGene and Its Use for Homologous Transformation. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 60(3). 448–452. 10 indexed citations
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Takaya, Naoki, K. Yanai, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Akinori Ohta, & Masamichi Takagi. (1995). Analysis of the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase 2 promoter in Rhizopus niveus. Gene. 152(1). 121–125. 10 indexed citations
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Horiuchi, Hiroyuki, Naoki Takaya, K. Yanai, et al.. (1995). Cloning of the Rhizopus niveus pyr4 gene and its use for the transformation of Rhizopus delemar. Current Genetics. 27(5). 472–478. 13 indexed citations
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Yanai, K., et al.. (1995). Two-Phase Flow in Horizontal Wells. SPE Production & Facilities. 10(4). 249–256. 11 indexed citations
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Takaya, Naoki, K. Yanai, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Akinori Ohta, & Masamichi Takagi. (1994). Cloning and characterization of two 3-phosphoglycerate kinase genes of Rhizopus niveus and heterologous gene expression using their promoters. Current Genetics. 25(6). 524–530. 16 indexed citations
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Yanai, K., Nobuko Kojima, Naoki Takaya, et al.. (1994). Isolation and Characterization of Two Chitin Synthase Genes fromAspergillus nidulans. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 58(10). 1828–1835. 82 indexed citations
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Yanai, K., et al.. (1993). Noncrossing TFT matrix with reduced dc level shift and crosstalk. Journal of the Society for Information Display. 1(1). 75–79.
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Yanai, K., et al.. (1992). Transformation of a Leu−Mutant ofRhizopus niveuswith theleuAGene ofMucor circinelloides. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 56(9). 1503–1504. 10 indexed citations
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Yanai, K., Hiroyuki Horiuchi, Masamichi Takagi, & Keiji Yano. (1990). Preparation of protoplasts of Rhizopus niveus and their transformation with plasmid DNA.. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 54(10). 2689–2696. 25 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Takuji, Y. Mishima, K. Yanai, & Kasumi Oki. (1989). Threshold voltage shift of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors by step doping. Applied Physics Letters. 54(7). 606–607. 2 indexed citations
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Horiuchi, Hiroyuki, K. Yanai, Masamichi Takagi, et al.. (1988). Primary Structure of a Base Non-Specific Ribonuclease from Rhizopus niveus. The Journal of Biochemistry. 103(3). 408–418. 94 indexed citations

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