Masahiro Kasahara

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Kasahara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Kasahara has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Kasahara's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers), Light effects on plants (15 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers). Masahiro Kasahara is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers), Light effects on plants (15 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers). Masahiro Kasahara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masahiro Kasahara's co-authors include Peter C. Hinkle, Masamitsu Wada, Takatoshi Kagawa, Kazusato Oikawa, Noriyuki Suetsugu, John M. Christie, Winslow R. Briggs, Trevor E. Swartz, Mitsue Miyao and Kiyotaka Okada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Kasahara

60 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Arabidopsis nph1 and npl1: Blue light receptors that mediate both phototropism and chloroplast relocation

2001 568 citations Takatoshi Kagawa, Masahiro Kasahara et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Reconstitution and purification of the D-glucose transporter from human erythrocytes.

1977 503 citations Masahiro Kasahara, Peter C. Hinkle Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiro Kasahara Japan	28	2.8k	2.0k	613	285	218	62	3.9k
Susanna Törnroth‐Horsefield Sweden	23	2.9k 1.1×	670 0.3×	530 0.9×	284 1.0×	236 1.1×	48	4.3k
Tsuyoshi Endo Japan	41	4.9k 1.8×	2.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	854 3.0×	121 0.6×	112	6.5k
Hubert Schaller France	42	4.2k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	505 0.8×	118 0.4×	284 1.3×	127	6.1k
Christer Larsson Sweden	43	4.2k 1.5×	2.3k 1.1×	562 0.9×	176 0.6×	208 1.0×	117	5.9k
Mehdi Mirzaei Australia	31	1.8k 0.7×	989 0.5×	277 0.5×	103 0.4×	373 1.7×	140	3.7k
Clifford L. Slayman United States	42	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	939 1.5×	154 0.5×	85 0.4×	78	4.5k
Akemi Matsuno‐Yagi United States	40	4.4k 1.6×	268 0.1×	1.0k 1.6×	304 1.1×	431 2.0×	86	6.0k
Hiroshi Omote Japan	39	2.6k 0.9×	458 0.2×	608 1.0×	81 0.3×	421 1.9×	82	4.8k
Arthur J. Hilliker Canada	36	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	857 1.4×	44 0.2×	411 1.9×	98	4.8k
Candice C. Askwith United States	37	4.1k 1.5×	810 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	90 0.3×	483 2.2×	56	7.2k

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Yamamoto, Chiaki, Fumio Takahashi, Noriyuki Suetsugu, et al.. (2024). The cAMP signaling module regulates sperm motility in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(16). e2322211121–e2322211121. 2 indexed citations

Furuya, Tomoyuki, Shohei Yamaoka, Naoki Minamino, et al.. (2024). A non-canonical BZR/BES transcription factor regulates the development of haploid reproductive organs in Marchantia polymorpha. Nature Plants. 10(5). 785–797. 2 indexed citations

Satake, Akiko, Ryosuke Imai, Takeshi Fujino, et al.. (2024). Somatic mutation rates scale with time not growth rate in long-lived tropical trees. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations

Takahashi, Yoshiaki, et al.. (2023). AeiA is a novel autophagy‐related protein that promotes peroxisome degradation by pexophagy in Aspergillus oryzae. FEBS Letters. 597(5). 608–617. 1 indexed citations

Takahashi, Fumio, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of maltose transport system in the endosymbiontChlorella variabilisofParamecium bursaria. Phycological Research. 69(4). 219–225. 1 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Chiaki, et al.. (2021). Distribution of adenylyl cyclase/cAMP phosphodiesterase gene, CAPE, in streptophytes reproducing via motile sperm. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10054–10054. 4 indexed citations

Tsukatani, Yusuke, Jiro Harada, Jiro Nomata, et al.. (2013). An unexpectedly branched biosynthetic pathway for bacteriochlorophyll b capable of absorbing near-infrared light. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1217–1217. 54 indexed citations

Fujii, Yusuke, Kazusato Oikawa, Fumio Takahashi, et al.. (2012). CHUP1 mediates actin-based light-induced chloroplast avoidance movement in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Planta. 236(6). 1889–1897. 23 indexed citations

Suetsugu, Noriyuki, Yoshikatsu Sato, Hidenori Tsuboi, et al.. (2012). The KAC Family of Kinesin-Like Proteins is Essential for the Association of Chloroplasts with the Plasma Membrane in Land Plants. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(11). 1854–1865. 41 indexed citations

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Kasahara, Masahiro, et al.. (2010). FMN Binding and Photochemical Properties of Plant Putative Photoreceptors Containing Two LOV Domains, LOV/LOV Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(45). 34765–34772. 17 indexed citations

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Yokokawa, Ryuji, et al.. (2008). DNA molecule manipulation by motor proteins for analysis at the single-molecule level. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 391(8). 2735–2743. 15 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Fumio, Yosuke Fukamatsu, Yasunobu Ogura, et al.. (2007). AUREOCHROME, a photoreceptor required for photomorphogenesis in stramenopiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(49). 19625–19630. 203 indexed citations

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Kasahara, Masahiro, Lucianne Groenink, M. Breuer, Berend Olivier, & Zóltan Sarnyai. (2006). Altered behavioural adaptation in mice with neural corticotrophin‐releasing factor overexpression. Genes Brain & Behavior. 6(7). 598–607. 25 indexed citations

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Tucker, Edward B., Michelle Lee, Masamitsu Wada, et al.. (2005). UV-A Induces Two Calcium Waves in Physcomitrella patens. Plant and Cell Physiology. 46(8). 1226–1236. 25 indexed citations

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Okamoto, Shinobu, et al.. (2004). A Phytochrome-like Protein AphC Triggers the cAMP Signaling Induced by Far-red Light in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC7120¶. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 80(3). 429–429. 25 indexed citations

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Oikawa, Kazusato, Masahiro Kasahara, Tomohiro Kiyosue, et al.. (2003). CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING1 Is Essential for Proper Chloroplast Positioning. The Plant Cell. 15(12). 2805–2815. 201 indexed citations

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Kasahara, Masahiro & Masamitsu Wada. (2003). Blue-Light Receptors and their Signal Transduction Pathways in Higher Plants.. Seibutsu Butsuri. 43(4). 174–179.

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Kasahara, Masahiro, et al.. (2000). Studies on the Cytochrome P450 (CYP)-Mediated Metabolic Properties of Miocamycin: Evaluation of the Possibility of a Metabolic Intermediate Complex Formation with CYP, and Identification of the Human CYP Isoforms. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 28(4). 409–417. 9 indexed citations

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Tsunawaki, Shohko, Den’ichi Mizuno, Kaoru Kakinuma, & Masahiro Kasahara. (1982). An Fc-receptor activity of plasma membranes from guinea-pig peritoneal polymorphonuclear leucocytes. Biochemical Journal. 204(3). 625–634. 1 indexed citations

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Kasahara, Masahiro & Peter C. Hinkle. (1976). Reconstitution of D-glucose transport catalyzed by a protein fraction from human erythrocytes in sonicated liposomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 73(2). 396–400. 131 indexed citations

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