Kozo Ajiro

2.3k total citations
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kozo Ajiro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kozo Ajiro has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kozo Ajiro's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). Kozo Ajiro is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). Kozo Ajiro collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Kozo Ajiro's co-authors include Thaddeus W. Borun, Masaki Inagaki, Leonard Cohen, Alfred Zweidler, Yasuhiro Nishikawa, C. David Allis, Alexander Beeser, William C. Earnshaw, Małgorzata Kloc and Laurence D. Etkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kozo Ajiro

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kozo Ajiro Japan 21 1.6k 442 209 163 163 30 1.9k
Takuji Tanoue Japan 17 2.0k 1.2× 569 1.3× 261 1.2× 107 0.7× 177 1.1× 17 2.3k
Matthew J. Schibler United States 13 1.3k 0.8× 394 0.9× 351 1.7× 165 1.0× 58 0.4× 17 1.6k
Gerald Apell United States 24 1.3k 0.8× 306 0.7× 249 1.2× 126 0.8× 69 0.4× 35 2.2k
J.G. Collard Netherlands 24 1.2k 0.7× 344 0.8× 297 1.4× 140 0.9× 70 0.4× 45 1.7k
J M Westendorf United States 13 1.3k 0.8× 590 1.3× 351 1.7× 166 1.0× 117 0.7× 15 1.8k
Matthias Mann Germany 12 2.5k 1.6× 580 1.3× 386 1.8× 187 1.1× 320 2.0× 19 3.1k
Zahi Damuni United States 23 1.6k 1.0× 376 0.9× 184 0.9× 136 0.8× 36 0.2× 36 2.1k
Claude Gorka France 13 1.1k 0.7× 330 0.7× 481 2.3× 145 0.9× 68 0.4× 24 1.5k
Andrei Khokhlatchev United States 16 2.3k 1.4× 832 1.9× 366 1.8× 121 0.7× 114 0.7× 20 2.7k
Christine Dozier France 24 1.3k 0.8× 394 0.9× 362 1.7× 227 1.4× 113 0.7× 46 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kozo Ajiro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kozo Ajiro

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ajiro, Kozo, et al.. (2010). Reciprocal epigenetic modification of histone H2B occurs in chromatin during apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Cell Death and Differentiation. 17(6). 984–993. 22 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo, John P.H. Th'ng, Jonathan W. Yau, & Yoshimi Nishi. (2004). Isolation and characterization of mammalian cells that are undergoing apoptosis by a bovine serum albumin density gradient. Analytical Biochemistry. 332(2). 226–233. 2 indexed citations
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Cheung, Wang L., Kozo Ajiro, Kumiko Samejima, et al.. (2003). Apoptotic Phosphorylation of Histone H2B Is Mediated by Mammalian Sterile Twenty Kinase. Cell. 113(4). 507–517. 383 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo. (2000). Histone H2B Phosphorylation in Mammalian Apoptotic Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(1). 439–443. 98 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo, Hideyo Yasuda, & Hideo Tsuji. (1996). Vanadate Triggers the Transition from Chromosome Condensation to Decondensation in a Mitotic Mutant (tsTM13). European Journal of Biochemistry. 241(3). 923–930. 30 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo, Kinya Yoda, Kazuhiko R. Utsumi, & Yasuhiro Nishikawa. (1996). Alteration of Cell Cycle-dependent Histone Phosphorylations by Okadaic Acid. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(22). 13197–13201. 123 indexed citations
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Tsuji, Hideo, Kozo Ajiro, Hideyo Yasuda, et al.. (1992). A temperature-sensitive CHO-K1 cell mutant (tsTM13) defective in chromosome decondensation and spindle deconstruction in M phase. Experimental Cell Research. 198(2). 201–213. 5 indexed citations
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Tokui, Toshiya, Masaki Inagaki, Kunihide Nishizawa, et al.. (1991). Inactivation of DNA polymerase beta by in vitro phosphorylation with protein kinase C. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266(17). 10820–10824. 40 indexed citations
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Inagaki, Masaki, et al.. (1990). Mitosis‐specific histone H3 phosphorylation in vitro in nucleosome structures. European Journal of Biochemistry. 192(1). 87–93. 73 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Masamitsu, Yuko Hayashi, Kozo Ajiro, & Akio Matsukage. (1989). Cell‐type‐specific expression of mouse DNA polymerase β‐gene is regulated by silencer elements. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 141(2). 431–436. 13 indexed citations
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Nishimoto, Takeharu, Kozo Ajiro, Masato Hirata, Katsumi Yamashita, & Mutsuo Sekiguchi. (1985). The induction of chromosome condensation in tsBN2, a temperature-sensitive mutant of BHK21, inhibited by the calmodulin antagonist, W-7. Experimental Cell Research. 156(2). 351–358. 13 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo & T. Nishimoto. (1985). Specific site of histone H3 phosphorylation related to the maintenance of premature chromosome condensation. Evidence for catalytically induced interchange of the subunits.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(29). 15379–15381. 52 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Jun‐Ichi, Yusaku Tagashira, Michihiro C. Yoshida, Kozo Ajiro, & Toyozo Sekiguchi. (1983). Two distinct types of mitochondrial DNA segregation in mouse-rat hybrid cells. Experimental Cell Research. 147(1). 51–61. 37 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo, Thaddeus W. Borun, & Leonard Cohen. (1981). Phosphorylation states of different histone 1 subtypes and their relationship to chromatin functions during the HeLa S-3 cell cycle. Biochemistry. 20(6). 1445–1454. 101 indexed citations
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Ajiro, Kozo, Alfred Zweidler, Thaddeus W. Borun, & C M Croce. (1978). Species-specific suppression of histone H1 and H2B production in human/mouse hybrids.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75(11). 5599–5603. 26 indexed citations
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Stephens, R. E., C J Pan, Kozo Ajiro, T W Dolby, & Thaddeus W. Borun. (1977). Studies of human histone messenger RNA. I. Methods for the isolation and partial characterization of RNA fractions containing human histone message from HeLa S3 polyribosomes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(1). 166–172. 18 indexed citations
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Borun, Thaddeus W., Kozo Ajiro, Alfred Zweidler, T W Dolby, & R. E. Stephens. (1977). Studies of human histone messenger RNA. II. The resolution of fractions containing individual human histone messenger RNA species.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(1). 173–180. 45 indexed citations

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