Masako Iwai

3.4k total citations
62 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Masako Iwai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Masako Iwai has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Masako Iwai's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (42 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (29 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers). Masako Iwai is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (42 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (29 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers). Masako Iwai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Masako Iwai's co-authors include Masahiko Ikeuchi, Hiroyuki Ohta, Jian‐Ren Shen, Mie Shimojima, Isao Enami, Takehiro Suzuki, Akinori Okumura, Ryo Nagao, Takashi Shimazu and Keiko Ikeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Masako Iwai

60 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Yuko Kato Japan

Fang Huang China

Alexander Galkin United States

Nadia Gabellini Italy

Wenda Wang China

Jiusheng Yan United States

Pontus Gourdon Denmark

Kathy Pfeiffer Germany

J. Ehrenfeld France

Anna Ghelli Italy

Yuko Kato Japan

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Okazaki, Kumiko, Koichi Hori, Masako Iwai, et al.. (2025). Knockout of an SPX-related gene for polyphosphate synthetase accelerates phosphate starvation responses in the oleaginous microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(12). 3593–3610.

Iwai, Masako, et al.. (2021). Methods of Lipid Analyses for Microalgae: Charophytes, Eustigmatophytes, and Euglenophytes. Methods in molecular biology. 2295. 81–97. 1 indexed citations

Murakami, Hiroki, et al.. (2020). MYB‐like transcription factor NoPSR1 is crucial for membrane lipid remodeling under phosphate starvation in the oleaginous microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica. FEBS Letters. 594(20). 3384–3394. 10 indexed citations

Thöne‐Reineke, Christa, Kristin Lucht, Pawel Namsolleck, et al.. (2011). DIRECT ANGIOTENSIN AT2-RECEPTOR STIMULATION IMPROVES SURVIVAL AND NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME IN EXPERIMENTAL STROKE (MCAO) IN MICE. Journal of Hypertension. 29. e50–e51. 2 indexed citations

Kawakami, Keisuke, Yasufumi Umena, Masako Iwai, et al.. (2010). Roles of PsbI and PsbM in photosystem II dimer formation and stability studied by deletion mutagenesis and X-ray crystallography. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1807(3). 319–325. 32 indexed citations

Nagao, Ryo, Takehiro Suzuki, Akinori Okumura, et al.. (2010). Topological Analysis of the Extrinsic PsbO, PsbP and PsbQ Proteins in a Green Algal PSII Complex by Cross-Linking with a Water-Soluble Carbodiimide. Plant and Cell Physiology. 51(5). 718–727. 33 indexed citations

Iwai, Masako, Hideaki Kanno, Shinji Inaba, et al.. (2010). Nifedipine, a Calcium-Channel Blocker, Attenuated Glucose Intolerance and White Adipose Tissue Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetic KK-Ay Mice. American Journal of Hypertension. 24(2). 169–174. 15 indexed citations

Sander, Julia, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Holger Dau, et al.. (2010). Functional Characterization and Quantification of the Alternative PsbA Copies in Thermosynechococcus elongatus and Their Role in Photoprotection. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(39). 29851–29856. 44 indexed citations

Iwai, Masako, Yasufumi Umena, Keisuke Kawakami, et al.. (2009). Structural and functional studies on Ycf12 (Psb30) and PsbZ-deletion mutants from a thermophilic cyanobacterium. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1797(2). 278–284. 20 indexed citations

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Iwai, Masako, et al.. (2009). Is the Photosystem II Complex a Monomer or a Dimer?. Plant and Cell Physiology. 50(9). 1674–1680. 49 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Nao, Noritaka Yamamoto, Takashi Hiraga, et al.. (2009). Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(9). 1585–1587. 102 indexed citations

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Miyachi, Mariko, Yoshinori Yamanoi, Tetsu Yonezawa, et al.. (2009). Surface Immobilization of PSI Using Vitamin K<SUB>1</SUB>-Like Molecular Wires for Fabrication of a Bio-Photoelectrode. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 9(3). 1722–1726. 17 indexed citations

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Okumura, Akinori, Ryo Nagao, Takehiro Suzuki, et al.. (2008). A novel protein in Photosystem II of a diatom Chaetoceros gracilis is one of the extrinsic proteins located on lumenal side and directly associates with PSII core components. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(12). 1545–1551. 27 indexed citations

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Iwai, Masako, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Yasunori Inoue, & Masahiko Ikeuchi. (2007). Absence of the PsbZ Subunit Prevents Association of PsbK and Ycf12 with the PSII Complex in the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. Plant and Cell Physiology. 48(12). 1758–1763. 14 indexed citations

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Nagao, Ryo, Akiko Ishii, Osamu Tada, et al.. (2007). Isolation and characterization of oxygen-evolving thylakoid membranes and Photosystem II particles from a marine diatom Chaetoceros gracilis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1767(12). 1353–1362. 91 indexed citations

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TSURUMI, YASUHISA, Kouichi Tamura, Yutaka Tanaka, et al.. (2006). Interacting molecule of AT1 receptor, ATRAP, is colocalized with AT1 receptor in the mouse renal tubules. Kidney International. 69(3). 488–494. 52 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Takehiro, Masako Iwai, Akihiko Tohri, et al.. (2001). Reconstitution of the extrinsic 23 and 17 kDa proteins with spinach PSII which had been exchanged for the 33 kDa protein from different plant species. Science Access. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

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Ohta, Hisataka, Akinori Okumura, Satoshi Okuyama, et al.. (1999). Cloning, Expression of the psbU Gene, and Functional Studies of the Recombinant 12-kDa Protein of Photosystem II from a Red Alga Cyanidium caldarium. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 260(1). 245–250. 12 indexed citations

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Iwai, Masako, et al.. (1998). Noradrenaline and ATP decrease the secretion of triglyceride and apoprotein B from perfused rat liver. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 435(3). 368–374. 33 indexed citations

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Iwai, Masako. (1996). Exaggeration of acute liver damage by hepatic sympathetic nerves and circulating catecholamines in perfused liver of rats treated with -galactosamine. Hepatology. 23(3). 524–529. 21 indexed citations

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