Kenji Kai

1.8k total citations
80 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kenji Kai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Kai has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Plant Science, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Kai's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (32 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (28 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (21 papers). Kenji Kai is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (32 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (28 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (21 papers). Kenji Kai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Kenji Kai's co-authors include Yasufumi Hikichi, Kouhei Ohnishi, Hideo Hayashi, Akinori Kiba, Kohki Akiyama, Mitsugu Akagawa, Yuka Mori, Hisashi Miyagawa, K. Wakasa and Shiho Ishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Kai

79 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenji Kai Japan 24 696 553 266 148 114 80 1.4k
Rita Pagiotti Italy 21 413 0.6× 493 0.9× 196 0.7× 101 0.7× 56 0.5× 52 1.3k
Syarul Nataqain Baharum Malaysia 22 511 0.7× 778 1.4× 171 0.6× 51 0.3× 127 1.1× 95 1.6k
Anne Poutaraud France 20 829 1.2× 728 1.3× 95 0.4× 58 0.4× 130 1.1× 28 1.5k
Frank Petereit Germany 27 862 1.2× 556 1.0× 205 0.8× 93 0.6× 32 0.3× 64 1.8k
Miriam Anders Apel Brazil 25 796 1.1× 437 0.8× 115 0.4× 126 0.9× 32 0.3× 114 1.6k
José Paz Parente Brazil 24 629 0.9× 974 1.8× 160 0.6× 281 1.9× 104 0.9× 78 1.8k
Norbert Arnold Germany 22 494 0.7× 451 0.8× 472 1.8× 361 2.4× 102 0.9× 97 1.4k
Barbara Thiem Poland 22 692 1.0× 714 1.3× 94 0.4× 37 0.3× 107 0.9× 69 1.3k
Shao‐Hua Wu China 24 476 0.7× 739 1.3× 651 2.4× 141 1.0× 241 2.1× 96 1.7k
Russell R. King Canada 23 1.3k 1.8× 473 0.9× 195 0.7× 296 2.0× 93 0.8× 73 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenji Kai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Kai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenji Kai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenji Kai 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 Kenji Kai. Kenji Kai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tsuzuki, M, Kanako Inoue, Akinori Kiba, et al.. (2023). β‐1,4‐Cellobiohydrolase is involved in full expression of phcA , contributing to the feedback loop in quorum sensing of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1‐1. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(6). 549–559. 6 indexed citations
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Tsuzuki, M, Kanako Inoue, Masanao Sato, et al.. (2023). The transcription regulator ChpA affects the global transcriptome including quorum sensing‐dependent genes in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1 ‐1. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(11). 1370–1384. 3 indexed citations
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Tsuzuki, M, Kanako Inoue, Akinori Kiba, et al.. (2023). Infection route in tomato roots and quorum sensing of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 125. 101995–101995. 5 indexed citations
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Inoue, Kanako, Hidefumi Maeda, Kenji Kai, et al.. (2022). The behavior of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1 and morphological changes of cells in tomato roots. Journal of Plant Research. 136(1). 19–31. 9 indexed citations
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Ihara, Makoto, Keiji Tanaka, Kenji Kai, Hideo Hayashi, & Kazuhiko Matsuda. (2022). Competitive chrodrimanin B interactions with rat brain GABAA receptors revealed by radioligand binding assays. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 183. 105074–105074. 2 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Yasuyuki, Natsumi Watanabe, Tomoya Kitakaze, et al.. (2020). Oleamide rescues tibialis anterior muscle atrophy of mice housed in small cages. British Journal Of Nutrition. 126(4). 481–491. 9 indexed citations
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Tani, Shuji, Kenji Kai, Daisuke Hagiwara, et al.. (2020). Chemical genetic approach using β-rubromycin reveals that a RIO kinase-like protein is involved in morphological development in Phytophthora infestans. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 22326–22326. 4 indexed citations
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Ihara, Hideshi, Kenji Kai, Takahiro Shibata, et al.. (2018). 2-Oxo-histidine–containing dipeptides are functional oxidation products. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(4). 1279–1289. 44 indexed citations
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Hikichi, Yasufumi, Yuka Mori, Shiho Ishikawa, et al.. (2017). Regulation Involved in Colonization of Intercellular Spaces of Host Plants in Ralstonia solanacearum. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 967–967. 59 indexed citations
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Mori, Yuka, Shiho Ishikawa, Kouhei Ohnishi, et al.. (2017). Involvement of ralfuranones in the quorum sensing signalling pathway and virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum strain OE1‐1. Molecular Plant Pathology. 19(2). 454–463. 43 indexed citations
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Mori, Yuka, Shiho Ishikawa, Kanako Inoue, et al.. (2017). Ralfuranones contribute to mushroom‐type biofilm formation by Ralstonia solanacearum strain OE1‐1. Molecular Plant Pathology. 19(4). 975–985. 22 indexed citations
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Furutani, Shogo, Makoto Ihara, Kenji Kai, et al.. (2016). Okaramine insecticidal alkaloids show similar activity on both exon 3c and exon 3b variants of glutamate-gated chloride channels of the larval silkworm, Bombyx mori. NeuroToxicology. 60. 240–244. 19 indexed citations
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Xü, Yan, Shogo Furutani, Makoto Ihara, et al.. (2015). Meroterpenoid Chrodrimanins Are Selective and Potent Blockers of Insect GABA-Gated Chloride Channels. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122629–e0122629. 23 indexed citations
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Kai, Kenji, et al.. (2014). Involvement of Ralfuranone Production in the Virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum OE1‐1. ChemBioChem. 15(17). 2590–2597. 35 indexed citations
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Furutani, Shogo, et al.. (2014). GluCl a target of indole alkaloid okaramines: a 25 year enigma solved. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6190–6190. 33 indexed citations
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Kai, Kenji, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of highly water-soluble feruloyl diglycerols by esterification of an Aspergillus niger feruloyl esterase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 95(3). 615–622. 21 indexed citations
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Kai, Kenji, K. Wakasa, & Hisashi Miyagawa. (2007). Metabolism of indole-3-acetic acid in rice: Identification and characterization of N-β-d-glucopyranosyl indole-3-acetic acid and its conjugates. Phytochemistry. 68(20). 2512–2522. 18 indexed citations
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Kai, Kenji, Shunsuke Nakamura, K. Wakasa, & Hisashi Miyagawa. (2007). Facile Preparation of Deuterium-Labeled Standards of Indole-3-Acetic Acid (IAA) and Its Metabolites to Quantitatively Analyze the Disposition of Exogenous IAA inArabidopsis thaliana. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 71(8). 1946–1954. 14 indexed citations
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Kai, Kenji, et al.. (1993). Proto-Oncogene of Genomic DNA, Related to the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Gene, from Clinically Normal Domestic Animals.. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 55(2). 319–321. 1 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Takamasa, et al.. (1988). Effects of leukocidin from fusobacterium necrophorum on bovine peripheral leukocytes in vitro. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Series A Medical Microbiology Infectious Diseases Virology Parasitology. 268(4). 463–469. 1 indexed citations

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