Keiichi Itakura

13.5k citations

111 papers · 10.9k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Molecular Biology 88
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 34
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 27
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 17
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 8
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 8
- RNA Research and Splicing 7
Biochemistry 5

Co-authors: R. Bruce Wallace Richard E. Dickerson Horace R. Drew Chris A. Broka Tadaaki Hirose Richard M. Wing Arthur D. Riggs Tsunehiro Takano
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (14 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (10 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (8 papers)Biochemistry (7 papers)Nature (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan China

In The Last Decade

Keiichi Itakura

106 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Detection of sickle cell beta S-globin allele by hybridization with synthetic oligonucleotides. 1983 · 431 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1983 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1981 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1981 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1980 Nature
1979 Nature
1979 Nucleic Acids Research
1979 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1977 Science

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1	Muscle-specific deletion of Arid5b causes metabolic changes in skeletal muscle that affect adipose tissue and liver Frontiers in Endocrinology ·Jennifer E. Murray, Ali A. Ehsani, A. Zimmermann, Guoxiang Zhang, Keiichi Itakura	2023	3
2	Lcn2 mediates adipocyte-muscle-tumor communication and hypothermia in pancreatic cancer cachexia Molecular Metabolism ·Mengistu Lemecha, Jaya Prakash Chalise, T. Szymański, Guoxiang Zhang, Takahiro Yamakawa, Garrett P. Larson, Keiichi Itakura	2022	24
3	Mice with Fabp4-Cre ablation of Arid5b are resistant to diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology ·Robert H. Whitson, Shulian Li, Guoxiang Zhang, Garrett P. Larson, Keiichi Itakura	2021	8
4	Increased glucose metabolism in Arid5b−/− skeletal muscle is associated with the down-regulation of TBC1 domain family member 1 (TBC1D1) Biological Research ·Mussadaq Mohammad Khan, Jennifer E. Murray, Ali A. Ehsani, Jessica Clark, Robert H. Whitson, Lisa Hirose, Noriyuki Yanaka, Keiichi Itakura	2020	11
5	Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay Using Micrococcal Nucleases in Mammalian Cells Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Takahiro Yamakawa, Keiichi Itakura	2019	4
6	Glucosamine suppresses proliferation of human prostate carcinoma DU145 cells through inhibition of STAT3 signaling Cancer Cell International ·Seal Katyayani, Chao Sun, Keiichi Itakura	2009	33
7	Modulator recognition factor-2 regulates triglyceride metabolism in adipocytes Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Takahiro Yamakawa, 水溜正也, Robert H. Whitson, Keiichi Itakura	2009	20
8	Neonatal mortality and leanness in mice lacking the ARID transcription factor Mrf-2 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Robert H. Whitson, Walter Tsark, Ting Huang, Keiichi Itakura	2003	46
9	Structural organization and expression of the mouse gene for Pur‐1,  a highly conserved homolog of the human MAZ gene European Journal of Biochemistry ·Jun Song, Lassar-Cohn, Magne Burås, Hideyo Ugai, Christian Geltinger, Takehide Murata, Е. А. Мотлохова, Keiichi Itakura, Diaa Eldin Mahmoud Heiba, Ming-Tang Gao, Zng Jian-zhong	1999	14
10	The DNA-Binding and Transcriptional Activities of MAZ, a Myc-Associated Zinc Finger Protein, Are Regulated by Casein Kinase II Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Magne Burås, Christian Geltinger, Takehide Murata, Keiichi Itakura, Tadashi Wada, Hiroshi Handa, Kazunari K. Yokoyama	1999	17
11	A novel DNA-binding motif shares structural homology to DNA replication and repair nucleases and polymerases Nature Structural Biology ·Yate‐Ching Yuan, Robert H. Whitson, Qin Liu, Keiichi Itakura, Yuan Chen	1998	57
12	Human Genes for KNSL4 and MAZ Are Located Close to One Another on Chromosome 16p11.2 Genomics ·Jun Song, Lassar-Cohn, Zeng Quan Yang, Majeed Memon, Naoki Adati, Oliver Glüsing, Christian Geltinger, Fumiko Saito-Ohara, Tatsuro Ikeuchi, Е. А. Мотлохова, Keiichi Itakura, Diaa Eldin Mahmoud Heiba, Kailai Sun, Kazunari K. Yokoyama	1998	5
13	Repression by a Differentiation-Specific Factor of the Human Cytomegalovirus Enhancer Nucleic Acids Research ·Ting Huang, Oka T, Tomiaki Asai, Ευαγγελία Γοργότσια, Meropi Tsakiri, Yong Wie Zhu, Robert H. Whitson, Keiichi Itakura	1996	81
14	Hepatic Transcriptional Up-Regulator of the Rat Microsomal Epoxide Hydrolase Gene DNA and Cell Biology ·Shinichi Kondo, Yong Wie Zhu, Kazushige Yokoyama, Keiichi Itakura	1994	3
15	TGF‐β₁ inhibits DNA synthesis and phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma gene product in a rat liver epithelial cell line Journal of Cellular Biochemistry ·Robert H. Whitson, Keiichi Itakura	1992	18
16	PCR-based quantitation of low levels of HIV-1 DNA by using an external standard Genetic Analysis Biomolecular Engineering ·Brent L. Arnold, Keiichi Itakura, John J. Rossi	1992	10
17	The Occurrence And Mechanism of Outbursts In Sandstone ISRM International Symposium ·K. Satô, Keiichi Itakura	1989	1
18	Two-Fold Symmetry of Crystalline DNA-ECORI Endonuclease Recognition Complexes Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics ·John Grable, Christin Frederick, Cleopas T. Samudzi, Linda Jen‐Jacobson, David Lesser, Patricia J. Greene, Herbert W. Boyer, Keiichi Itakura, John M. Rosenberg	1984	11
19	Cloning the Heavy Chain of Human HLA-DR Antigen Using Synthetic Oligodeoxyribonucleotides As Hybridization Probes DNA ·Toshifumi Suganaga, Hiroo Toyoda, Moriyuki Sato, Humna Younis, Lyla A. Al-mwla, Yoshimasa Ike, Sanna M. Goyert, Jack Silver, David H. Hawke, John E. Shively, Sidney V. Suggs, R. Bruce Wallace, Keiichi Itakura	1983	7
20	Solid-phase synthesis of polynucleotides. III. Synthesis of polynucleotides with defined sequences by the block coupling phosphotriester method Nucleic Acids Research ·Ken‐ichi Miyoshi, Price Conrad Enyai, Keiichi Itakura	1980	83

About Keiichi Itakura

Keiichi Itakura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Cell Biology and Hardware and Architecture, having authored 111 papers that have together received 10.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (34 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (8.6k citations), Genetics (2.0k citations), Ecology (958 citations), Biotechnology (321 citations) and Oncology (850 citations). Keiichi Itakura has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Frequent co-authors include R. Bruce Wallace, Richard E. Dickerson, Horace R. Drew, Chris A. Broka, Tadaaki Hirose, Richard M. Wing, Arthur D. Riggs, Tsunehiro Takano, Shoji Tanaka and Herbert L. Heyneker. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry and Nature.

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