Kazuhiro Maeshima

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Kazuhiro Maeshima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuhiro Maeshima has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kazuhiro Maeshima's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (61 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Kazuhiro Maeshima is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (61 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Kazuhiro Maeshima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kazuhiro Maeshima's co-authors include Sachiko Tamura, Mikhail Eltsov, Naoko Imamoto, Tadasu Nozaki, Saera Hihara, Ulrich K. Laemmli, Satoru Ide, Ryosuke Imai, Tetsuya Ishikawa and Fumio Imamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kazuhiro Maeshima

88 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cohesin mediates transcriptional insulation by CCCTC-binding factor

2008 900 citations Naoko Imamoto, Kazuhiro Maeshima et al. profile →
Analysis of cryo-electron microscopy images does not support the existence of 30-nm chromatin fibers in mitotic chromosomes in situ

2008 298 citations Mikhail Eltsov, Kirsty MacLellan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuhiro Maeshima Japan	41	5.3k	1.1k	505	463	345	89	6.1k
Naoko Imamoto Japan	44	6.5k 1.2×	586 0.5×	1.0k 2.0×	641 1.4×	373 1.1×	115	7.8k
Florian Mueller France	40	3.7k 0.7×	227 0.2×	227 0.4×	476 1.0×	365 1.1×	74	4.7k
Frank Alber United States	30	3.9k 0.7×	475 0.4×	341 0.7×	397 0.9×	361 1.0×	72	4.6k
Francisco J. Asturias United States	37	3.6k 0.7×	356 0.3×	284 0.6×	381 0.8×	310 0.9×	68	4.9k
Alexis Rohou United States	18	3.8k 0.7×	233 0.2×	398 0.8×	658 1.4×	743 2.2×	27	5.4k
Sergio Marco France	31	1.9k 0.4×	206 0.2×	408 0.8×	412 0.9×	394 1.1×	85	3.1k
Lori A. Passmore United Kingdom	37	3.4k 0.7×	211 0.2×	564 1.1×	322 0.7×	682 2.0×	68	4.4k
Andreas Hoenger United States	40	3.2k 0.6×	268 0.2×	2.4k 4.7×	361 0.8×	670 1.9×	99	4.9k
Donald E. Olins United States	40	4.9k 0.9×	388 0.4×	414 0.8×	507 1.1×	138 0.4×	115	5.7k
Ada L. Olins United States	33	4.0k 0.8×	341 0.3×	559 1.1×	428 0.9×	146 0.4×	92	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kazuhiro Maeshima

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuhiro Maeshima

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maeshima, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2025). Euchromatin and Heterochromatin: Implications for DNA Accessibility and Transcription. Journal of Molecular Biology. 438(1). 169270–169270.

Hibino, Kayo, Yuji Sakai, Sachiko Tamura, et al.. (2024). Single-nucleosome imaging unveils that condensins and nucleosome–nucleosome interactions differentially constrain chromatin to organize mitotic chromosomes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7152–7152. 8 indexed citations

Iida, Shiori, Sachiko Tamura, Satoru Ide, et al.. (2024). Behaviors of nucleosomes with mutant histone H4s in euchromatic domains of living human cells. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 162(1-2). 23–40. 3 indexed citations

Iida, Shiori, Soya Shinkai, Yuji Itoh, et al.. (2022). Single-nucleosome imaging reveals steady-state motion of interphase chromatin in living human cells. Science Advances. 8(22). eabn5626–eabn5626. 33 indexed citations

Iida, Shiori, et al.. (2022). Chromatin organization and DNA damage. The Enzymes. 51. 29–51. 2 indexed citations

Itoh, Yuji, Shiori Iida, Sachiko Tamura, et al.. (2021). 1,6-hexanediol rapidly immobilizes and condenses chromatin in living human cells. Life Science Alliance. 4(4). e202001005–e202001005. 69 indexed citations

Narlikar, Geeta J., Sua Myong, Daniel R. Larson, et al.. (2021). Is transcriptional regulation just going through a phase?. Molecular Cell. 81(8). 1579–1585. 29 indexed citations

Maeshima, Kazuhiro, Sachiko Tamura, Jeffrey C. Hansen, & Yuji Itoh. (2020). Fluid-like chromatin: Toward understanding the real chromatin organization present in the cell. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 64. 77–89. 71 indexed citations

Ashwin, Sarah, Tadasu Nozaki, Kazuhiro Maeshima, & Masaki Sasai. (2019). Organization of fast and slow chromatin revealed by single-nucleosome dynamics. arXiv (Cornell University). 70 indexed citations

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Hibino, Kayo, Sarah Ashwin, Michael Babokhov, et al.. (2019). Single nucleosome imaging reveals loose genome chromatin networks via active RNA polymerase II. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(5). 1511–1530. 148 indexed citations

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Maeshima, Kazuhiro, Satoru Ide, & Michael Babokhov. (2019). Dynamic chromatin organization without the 30-nm fiber. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 58. 95–104. 88 indexed citations

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Maeshima, Kazuhiro, Tomoki Matsuda, Yutaka Shindo, et al.. (2018). A Transient Rise in Free Mg2+ Ions Released from ATP-Mg Hydrolysis Contributes to Mitotic Chromosome Condensation. Current Biology. 28(3). 444–451.e6. 118 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Hong Hwa Lim, Jian Shi, et al.. (2016). Budding yeast chromatin is dispersed in a crowded nucleoplasm in vivo. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(21). 3357–3368. 57 indexed citations

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Shinkai, Soya, Tadasu Nozaki, Kazuhiro Maeshima, & Yuichi Togashi. (2016). Dynamic Nucleosome Movement Provides Structural Information of Topological Chromatin Domains in Living Human Cells. PLoS Computational Biology. 12(10). e1005136–e1005136. 80 indexed citations

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Liang, Zhangyi, Denise Zickler, Mara Prentiss, et al.. (2015). Chromosomes Progress to Metaphase in Multiple Discrete Steps via Global Compaction/Expansion Cycles. Cell. 161(5). 1124–1137. 88 indexed citations

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Nishino, Yoshinori, Mikhail Eltsov, Yasumasa Joti, et al.. (2012). Human mitotic chromosomes consist predominantly of irregularly folded nucleosome fibres without a 30‐nm chromatin structure. The EMBO Journal. 31(7). 1644–1653. 239 indexed citations

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Hihara, Saera, Chan‐Gi Pack, Kazunari Kaizu, et al.. (2012). Local Nucleosome Dynamics Facilitate Chromatin Accessibility in Living Mammalian Cells. Cell Reports. 2(6). 1645–1656. 147 indexed citations

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Eltsov, Mikhail, Kirsty MacLellan, Kazuhiro Maeshima, Achilleas S. Frangakis, & Jacques Dubochet. (2008). Analysis of cryo-electron microscopy images does not support the existence of 30-nm chromatin fibers in mitotic chromosomes in situ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(50). 19732–19737. 298 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maeshima, Kazuhiro & Ulrich K. Laemmli. (2003). A Two-Step Scaffolding Model for Mitotic Chromosome Assembly. Developmental Cell. 4(4). 467–480. 229 indexed citations

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Miwa, Masanao, Shuji Hanai, Yoh‐ichi Koyama, et al.. (1995). Analysis of biological function of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochimie. 77(6). 466–471. 3 indexed citations

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