Kenji Kontani

3.9k total citations
68 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kenji Kontani is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Kontani has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Kontani's work include Cellular transport and secretion (21 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (12 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (9 papers). Kenji Kontani is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (21 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (12 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (9 papers). Kenji Kontani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Kenji Kontani's co-authors include Toshiaki Katada, Kota Saito, Hiroshi Nishina, Hiroaki Kajiho, Yasuhiro Araki, Hiroshi Kurosu, Motohiro Nishida, Hitoshi Kurose, Taku Nagao and S. Hoshino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Kontani

66 papers receiving 2.8k 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 Kontani Japan 32 1.7k 846 479 437 300 68 2.8k
Yasunori Saheki Singapore 21 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 145 0.3× 204 0.5× 246 0.8× 31 2.9k
Shun-ichiro Iemura Japan 24 3.4k 2.0× 1.2k 1.4× 299 0.6× 410 0.9× 404 1.3× 28 5.3k
Vincenzo A. Gennarino United States 16 2.0k 1.1× 544 0.6× 234 0.5× 429 1.0× 610 2.0× 25 3.3k
Sandy M. Price United States 22 2.4k 1.4× 578 0.7× 220 0.5× 318 0.7× 371 1.2× 28 3.8k
Giuseppe Borsani Italy 37 3.1k 1.8× 624 0.7× 1.2k 2.5× 294 0.7× 431 1.4× 90 4.7k
Thomas M. Wilkie United States 36 4.3k 2.5× 710 0.8× 778 1.6× 111 0.3× 302 1.0× 67 5.6k
Sharon L. Milgram United States 34 2.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 204 0.4× 233 0.5× 345 1.1× 55 3.7k
Mathew P. Daniels United States 40 2.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 182 0.4× 203 0.5× 561 1.9× 75 4.3k
Francesca Donaudy Italy 10 1.1k 0.6× 617 0.7× 95 0.2× 468 1.1× 776 2.6× 11 2.5k
Michael V. Taylor United Kingdom 26 2.1k 1.2× 396 0.5× 260 0.5× 63 0.1× 185 0.6× 44 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenji Kontani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Kontani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenji Kontani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenji Kontani 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 Kontani. Kenji Kontani 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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Kontani, Kenji, et al.. (2021). Caenorhabditis elegans PTR/PTCHD PTR-18 promotes the clearance of extracellular hedgehog-related protein via endocytosis. PLoS Genetics. 17(4). e1009457–e1009457. 11 indexed citations
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Toyama, Yuki, Kenji Kontani, Toshiaki Katada, & Ichio Shimada. (2019). Decreased conformational stability in the oncogenic N92I mutant of Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1. Science Advances. 5(8). eaax1595–eaax1595. 6 indexed citations
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Toyama, Yuki, Kenji Kontani, Toshiaki Katada, & Ichio Shimada. (2019). Conformational landscape alternations promote oncogenic activities of Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 as revealed by NMR. Science Advances. 5(3). eaav8945–eaav8945. 17 indexed citations
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Kontani, Kenji, et al.. (2019). Hedgehog-related genes regulate reactivation of quiescent neural progenitors in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 520(3). 532–537. 10 indexed citations
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Fukuyama, Masamitsu, et al.. (2013). The microRNA miR-235 couples blast-cell quiescence to the nutritional state. Nature. 497(7450). 503–506. 44 indexed citations
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Kajiho, Hiroaki, Shinichi Fukushima, Kenji Kontani, & Toshiaki Katada. (2012). RINL, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Rab5-Subfamily, Is Involved in the EphA8-Degradation Pathway with Odin. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30575–e30575. 10 indexed citations
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Saito, Kota, Yūki Ichikawa, Patrik Erlmann, et al.. (2011). cTAGE5 mediates collagen secretion through interaction with TANGO1 at endoplasmic reticulum exit sites. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(13). 2301–2308. 125 indexed citations
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Fujino, Tomoko, Tetsuo Kobayashi, Masamitsu Fukuyama, et al.. (2010). The Arf-like GTPase Arl8 Mediates Delivery of Endocytosed Macromolecules to Lysosomes inCaenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(14). 2434–2442. 52 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Tetsuo, Yuji Hori, Hiroaki Kajiho, et al.. (2009). Biochemical characterization of missense mutations in the Arf/Arl-family small GTPase Arl6 causing Bardet–Biedl syndrome. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 381(3). 439–442. 22 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Shinya, Yasuhiro Araki, Takeshi Sakuno, et al.. (2008). Upf1 potentially serves as a RING-related E3 ubiquitin ligase via its association with Upf3 in yeast. RNA. 14(9). 1950–1958. 45 indexed citations
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Hori, Yuji, et al.. (2008). Domain architecture of the atypical Arf-family GTPase Arl13b involved in cilia formation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 373(1). 119–124. 50 indexed citations
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Tada, Minoru, Tetsuo Kobayashi, Kenji Kontani, & Toshiaki Katada. (2007). Recent progress in the research on small GTP-binding proteins. Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 130(5). 373–379. 2 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Shin‐Ichiro, Kenji Kontani, Yasuhiro Araki, & Toshiaki Katada. (2007). Caf1 regulates translocation of ribonucleotide reductase by releasing nucleoplasmic Spd1-Suc22 assembly. Nucleic Acids Research. 35(4). 1187–1197. 18 indexed citations
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Tada, Minoru, et al.. (2007). Characterization of Rab45/RASEF containing EF-hand domain and a coiled-coil motif as a self-associating GTPase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 357(3). 661–667. 28 indexed citations
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Kontani, Kenji, Yasunari Kanda, Shinichi Inoue, et al.. (1996). Induction of CD38/NADase and Its Monoclonal Antibody-Induced Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Human Leukemia Cell Lines. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 222(2). 466–471. 14 indexed citations
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Kontani, Kenji, Iwao Kukimoto, Hiroshi Nishina, et al.. (1996). Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the c-cbl Proto-oncogene Product Mediated by Cell Surface Antigen CD38 in HL-60 Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(3). 1534–1537. 59 indexed citations
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Hara‐Yokoyama, Miki, Iwao Kukimoto, Hiroshi Nishina, et al.. (1996). Inhibition of NAD+ Glycohydrolase and ADP-ribosyl Cyclase Activities of Leukocyte Cell Surface Antigen CD38 by Gangliosides. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(22). 12951–12955. 24 indexed citations
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Yamada, Mitsuhiko, Yee-Kin Ho, Kenji Kontani, et al.. (1994). Muscarinic K+ Channels Are Activated by βγ Subunits and Inhibited by the GDP-Bound Form of α Subunit of Transducin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 200(3). 1484–1490. 33 indexed citations
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Kontani, Kenji, Hiroshi Nishina, Y. Ohoka, K. Takahashi, & Toshiaki Katada. (1993). NAD glycohydrolase specifically induced by retinoic acid in human leukemic HL-60 cells. Identification of the NAD glycohydrolase as leukocyte cell surface antigen CD38. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(23). 16895–16898. 119 indexed citations
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Kontani, Kenji, Katsunobu Takahashi, Atsushi Inanobe, Michio Ui, & Toshiaki Katada. (1992). Molecular heterogeneity of the βγ-subunits of GTP-binding proteins in bovine brain membranes. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 294(2). 527–533. 9 indexed citations

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