Kenji Okano

2.3k total citations
76 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kenji Okano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Okano has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Okano's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (26 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (21 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers). Kenji Okano is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (26 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (21 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (18 papers). Kenji Okano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Thailand and South Korea. Kenji Okano's co-authors include Kohsuke Honda, Akihiko Kondo, Hideki Fukuda, Tsutomu Tanaka, Hisao Ohtake, Chiaki Ogino, Shogo Yoshida, Junya Narita, Xiaoting Ye and H Taniguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Okano

71 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers

Kenji Okano
Hyohak Song South Korea
Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam India
Jun Feng China
Dong Liu China
Dimitris G. Hatzinikolaou Greece
Lingqia Su China
Ningfeng Wu China
Karl‐Heinz Maurer Germany
Xu Yang China
Hyohak Song South Korea
Kenji Okano
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenji Okano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Okano

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

All Works

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Okano, Kenji, Yuki Soma, Masatomo Takahashi, et al.. (2025). Combination of Two‐Stage Continuous Feeding and Optimized Synthetic Medium Increases Lipid Production in Lipomyces starkeyi. Engineering in Life Sciences. 25(1). e70003–e70003. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yaxuan, Kota Yamamoto, Kenji Okano, et al.. (2023). Cloning of two gene clusters involved in the catabolism of 2,4-dinitrophenol by Paraburkholderia sp. strain KU-46 and characterization of the initial DnpAB enzymes and a two-component monooxygenases DnpC1C2. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 136(3). 223–231. 4 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, et al.. (2022). One‐Step Preparation of Cell‐Free ATP Regeneration Module Based on Non‐Oxidative Glycolysis Using Thermophilic Enzymes. ChemBioChem. 23(16). e202200210–e202200210. 5 indexed citations
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Imura, Makoto, et al.. (2019). In vitro production of cysteine from glucose. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 103(19). 8009–8019. 16 indexed citations
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Honda, Kohsuke, et al.. (2017). Improvement of operational stability of Ogataea minuta carbonyl reductase for chiral alcohol production. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 123(6). 673–678. 17 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, H, Kenji Okano, & Kohsuke Honda. (2017). Modules for in vitro metabolic engineering: Pathway assembly for bio-based production of value-added chemicals. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 2(2). 65–74. 38 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, et al.. (2016). Production of optically pure d-lactic acid from brown rice using metabolically engineered Lactobacillus plantarum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 101(5). 1869–1875. 30 indexed citations
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Honda, Kohsuke, et al.. (2016). In vitro metabolic engineering for the salvage synthesis of NAD. Metabolic Engineering. 35. 114–120. 35 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, et al.. (2016). A mobile pilot-scale plant for in situ demonstration of phosphorus recovery from wastewater using amorphous calcium silicate hydrates. Separation and Purification Technology. 170. 116–121. 16 indexed citations
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Ye, Xiaoting, Kohsuke Honda, Kenji Okano, et al.. (2012). Synthetic metabolic engineering-a novel, simple technology for designing a chimeric metabolic pathway. Microbial Cell Factories. 11(1). 120–120. 65 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Shogo, Kenji Okano, Tsutomu Tanaka, Chiaki Ogino, & Akihiko Kondo. (2011). Homo-d-lactic acid production from mixed sugars using xylose-assimilating operon-integrated Lactobacillus plantarum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 92(1). 67–76. 45 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, Shogo Yoshida, Tsutomu Tanaka, et al.. (2009). Homo- d -Lactic Acid Fermentation from Arabinose by Redirection of the Phosphoketolase Pathway to the Pentose Phosphate Pathway in l -Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene-Deficient Lactobacillus plantarum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(15). 5175–5178. 64 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, Sakurako Kimura, Junya Narita, Hideki Fukuda, & Akihiko Kondo. (2007). Improvement in lactic acid production from starch using α-amylase-secreting Lactococcus lactis cells adapted to maltose or starch. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75(5). 1007–1013. 28 indexed citations
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Narita, Junya, Saori Ishida, Kenji Okano, et al.. (2006). Improvement of protein production in lactic acid bacteria using 5′-untranslated leader sequence of slpA from Lactobacillus acidophilus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 73(2). 366–373. 19 indexed citations
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Narita, Junya, Kenji Okano, Toshihiro Tateno, et al.. (2005). Display of active enzymes on the cell surface of Escherichia coli using PgsA anchor protein and their application to bioconversion. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 70(5). 564–572. 77 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, et al.. (1964). THE FIRST AUTOPSIED CASE OF EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN JAPAN.. PubMed. 7. 107–10. 1 indexed citations

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