Ken Kitano

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ken Kitano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology and Allergy. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Kitano has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Immunology and Allergy. Recurrent topics in Ken Kitano's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (6 papers). Ken Kitano is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (6 papers). Ken Kitano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Czechia. Ken Kitano's co-authors include Toshio Hakoshima, Hideo Hosoda, Tadaaki Shimizu, Makoto Inagaki, Toshimasa Hirama, Shin‐ichi Terawaki, Sun‐Yong Kim, Ryoko Maesaki, Tomoyuki Mori and Hiroto Yamaguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ken Kitano

40 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Kitano Japan	20	1.0k	597	573	241	213	40	2.0k
Marc Duchesne Canada	23	760 0.7×	352 0.6×	381 0.7×	173 0.7×	142 0.7×	63	1.6k
S. Masuda Japan	28	1.2k 1.2×	583 1.0×	126 0.2×	517 2.1×	73 0.3×	81	3.1k
Andrew J. Sutherland‐Smith New Zealand	22	830 0.8×	123 0.2×	68 0.1×	256 1.1×	320 1.5×	67	1.9k
Michael DeLay United States	12	823 0.8×	263 0.4×	109 0.2×	31 0.1×	129 0.6×	16	1.5k
Yoshihiro Morita Japan	23	534 0.5×	134 0.2×	97 0.2×	298 1.2×	51 0.2×	95	1.7k
Rongrong Wu China	28	1.1k 1.0×	235 0.4×	49 0.1×	479 2.0×	132 0.6×	106	2.5k
Marianna M. Long United States	21	624 0.6×	297 0.5×	59 0.1×	142 0.6×	119 0.6×	46	1.4k
Wenxiang Cao United States	32	961 0.9×	213 0.4×	54 0.1×	171 0.7×	1.1k 5.1×	84	2.5k
Atef Asnacios France	25	427 0.4×	764 1.3×	81 0.1×	208 0.9×	1.2k 5.5×	48	2.4k

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Kim, Sun‐Yong, Toshio Hakoshima, & Ken Kitano. (2013). Structure of the RecQ C-terminal Domain of Human Bloom Syndrome Protein. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3294–3294. 17 indexed citations

Satô, Akiko, Masaki Mishima, Sun‐Yong Kim, et al.. (2010). Solution structure of the HRDC domain of human Bloom syndrome protein BLM. The Journal of Biochemistry. 148(4). 517–525. 25 indexed citations

Kitano, Ken, Sun‐Yong Kim, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2010). Structural Basis for DNA Strand Separation by the Unconventional Winged-Helix Domain of RecQ Helicase WRN. Structure. 18(2). 177–187. 101 indexed citations

Mori, Tomoyuki, et al.. (2008). Structural Basis for CD44 Recognition by ERM Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(43). 29602–29612. 107 indexed citations

Terawaki, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2008). Crystallographic characterization of the radixin FERM domain bound to the cytoplasmic tail of membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP). Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 64(10). 911–913. 9 indexed citations

Kitano, Ken, et al.. (2008). Structural Basis of the Cytoplasmic Tail of Adhesion Molecule CD43 and Its Binding to ERM Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(3). 634–644. 28 indexed citations

Mori, Tomoyuki, Ken Kitano, Shin‐ichi Terawaki, Ryoko Maesaki, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2007). Crystallographic characterization of the radixin FERM domain bound to the cytoplasmic tail of adhesion molecule CD44. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(10). 844–847. 10 indexed citations

Sakurai, Shigeru, Ken Kitano, Hiroshi Morioka, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2007). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the catalytic domain of human flap endonuclease 1 in complex with a nicked DNA product: use of a DPCS kit for efficient protein–DNA complex crystallization. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 64(1). 39–43. 3 indexed citations

Nishino, Takeshi, et al.. (2007). Spatial Orientation of Mitochondrial Processing Peptidase and a Preprotein Revealed by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer. The Journal of Biochemistry. 141(6). 889–895. 3 indexed citations

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Terawaki, Shin‐ichi, Ken Kitano, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2007). Structural Basis for Type II Membrane Protein Binding by ERM Proteins Revealed by the Radixin-neutral Endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP) Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(27). 19854–19862. 38 indexed citations

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Kitano, Ken, et al.. (2006). Structure of dimerized radixin FERM domain suggests a novel masking motif in C-terminal residues 295–304. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(4). 340–345. 13 indexed citations

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Kitano, Ken, et al.. (2006). Crystallographic characterization of the radixin FERM domain bound to the cytoplasmic tails of adhesion molecules CD43 and PSGL-1. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(1). 49–51. 7 indexed citations

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Yanuar, Arry, Shigeru Sakurai, Ken Kitano, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2006). Crystal structure of human Rad GTPase of the RGK‐family. Genes to Cells. 11(8). 961–968. 16 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Hiroto, et al.. (2006). Structural Basis for Induced-Fit Binding of Rho-Kinase to the Inhibitor Y-27632. The Journal of Biochemistry. 140(3). 305–311. 50 indexed citations

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Kitano, Ken, Akiko Kita, Toshio Hakoshima, Youichi Niimura, & Kunio Miki. (2005). Crystal structure of decameric peroxiredoxin (AhpC) from Amphibacillus xylanus. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 59(3). 644–647. 17 indexed citations

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Yanuar, Arry, Shigeru Sakurai, Ken Kitano, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2005). Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of human Rad GTPase. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(11). 978–980. 2 indexed citations

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Sakurai, Shigeru, Ken Kitano, Hiroto Yamaguchi, et al.. (2004). Structural basis for recruitment of human flap endonuclease 1 to PCNA. The EMBO Journal. 24(4). 683–693. 207 indexed citations

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Sakurai, Shigeru, Ken Kitano, Kengo Okada, et al.. (2003). Preparation and crystallization of human flap endonuclease FEN-1 in complex with proliferating-cell nuclear antigen, PCNA. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(5). 933–935. 8 indexed citations

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Kitano, Ken, Norihiro Maeda, Toshiaki Fukui, et al.. (2001). Crystal Structure of a Novel-Type Archaeal Rubisco with Pentagonal Symmetry. Structure. 9(6). 473–481. 69 indexed citations

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Kitano, Ken, et al.. (1999). Stimulation of Peroxidase Activity by Decamerization Related to Ionic Strength: AhpC Protein from Amphibacillus xylanus. The Journal of Biochemistry. 126(2). 313–319. 47 indexed citations

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