Masami Nagahama

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Masami Nagahama is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masami Nagahama has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cell Biology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Masami Nagahama's work include Cellular transport and secretion (22 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers). Masami Nagahama is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (22 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers). Masami Nagahama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Masami Nagahama's co-authors include Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa, Mitsuo Tagaya, Kazuhisa Nakayama, K Murakami, Katsuko Tani, Masahiro Hosaka, Toshio Watanabe, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Hidenori Hirose and Kohei Arasaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Masami Nagahama

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg motif as a signal for precursor cleavag... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg motif as a signal for precursor cleavage catalyzed by furin within the constitutive secretory pathway
    1991 540 citations Masami Nagahama, Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masami Nagahama Japan 17 980 784 195 170 156 26 1.6k
Andrew E. Wurmser United States 11 1.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 304 1.6× 153 0.9× 199 1.3× 12 2.3k
Florence Jollivet France 16 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 111 0.6× 124 0.7× 138 0.9× 21 2.0k
E Rodriguez-Boulan United States 22 1.5k 1.5× 971 1.2× 207 1.1× 117 0.7× 182 1.2× 25 2.2k
Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz United States 8 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 139 0.7× 140 0.8× 199 1.3× 9 2.0k
Alex H. Hutagalung United States 12 1.4k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 177 0.9× 179 1.1× 109 0.7× 13 2.0k
Geri Kreitzer United States 20 1.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.7× 111 0.6× 165 1.0× 140 0.9× 36 2.4k
Sandrine Uttenweiler‐Joseph France 21 1.7k 1.7× 991 1.3× 219 1.1× 194 1.1× 153 1.0× 37 2.5k
Kota Saito Japan 20 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 211 1.1× 77 0.5× 144 0.9× 34 1.8k
Marie Johansson Finland 12 857 0.9× 602 0.8× 102 0.5× 80 0.5× 303 1.9× 14 1.3k
Jack Rohrer Switzerland 26 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.5× 197 1.0× 152 0.9× 80 0.5× 45 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masami Nagahama

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All Works

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Ballar, Petek, Yongwang Zhong, Masami Nagahama, et al.. (2007). Identification of SVIP as an Endogenous Inhibitor of Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(47). 33908–33914. 69 indexed citations
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Wakana, Yuichi, Satoshi Koyama, Kenichi Nakajima, et al.. (2005). Reticulon 3 is involved in membrane trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 334(4). 1198–1205. 68 indexed citations
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Aridor, Meir, et al.. (2004). p125 Is Localized in Endoplasmic Reticulum Exit Sites and Involved in Their Organization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(11). 10141–10148. 79 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Kenichi, Hidenori Hirose, Kohei Arasaki, et al.. (2004). Involvement of BNIP1 in apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum membrane fusion. The EMBO Journal. 23(16). 3216–3226. 104 indexed citations
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Hirose, Hidenori, Kohei Arasaki, Naoshi Dohmae, et al.. (2004). Implication of ZW10 in membrane trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. The EMBO Journal. 23(6). 1267–1278. 152 indexed citations
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Tani, Katsuko, et al.. (2003). Mapping of Functional Domains of γ-SNAP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(15). 13531–13538. 19 indexed citations
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Nagahama, Masami, Mie Suzuki, Yuko Hamada, et al.. (2003). SVIP Is a Novel VCP/p97-interacting Protein Whose Expression Causes Cell Vacuolation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(1). 262–273. 76 indexed citations
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Hatsuzawa, Kiyotaka, et al.. (2003). Gaf-1b is an alternative splice variant of Gaf-1/Rip11. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 303(4). 1042–1046. 4 indexed citations
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Mizoguchi, Toshihide, Masami Nagahama, Mitsuo Tagaya, et al.. (2002). A Novel Phospholipase A1 with Sequence Homology to a Mammalian Sec23p-interacting Protein, p125. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(13). 11329–11335. 78 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, Takazumi, Kensuke Sakurai, Masami Nagahama, et al.. (2002). A Critical Role for the Carboxy Terminal Region of the Proprotein Convertase, PACE4A, in the Regulation of Its Autocatalytic Activation Coupled with Secretion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 290(2). 878–884. 7 indexed citations
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Nagahama, Masami, et al.. (2002). Inactivation of Gαz causes disassembly of the Golgi apparatus. Journal of Cell Science. 115(23). 4483–4493. 15 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Tomohiro, Masami Nagahama, Hiroshi Itoh, et al.. (2000). Regulation of the Golgi structure by the α subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins. FEBS Letters. 470(1). 25–28. 15 indexed citations
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Mizoguchi, Toshihide, Kenichi Nakajima, Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa, et al.. (2000). Determination of Functional Regions of p125, a Novel Mammalian Sec23p-Interacting Protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279(1). 144–149. 27 indexed citations
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Mashima, Jun, Masami Nagahama, Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa, et al.. (2000). N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Is Associated with the Nuclear Envelope. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 274(2). 559–564. 3 indexed citations
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Nagahama, Masami, et al.. (1998). Biosynthetic processing and quaternary interactions of proprotein convertase SPC4 (PACE4). FEBS Letters. 434(1-2). 155–159. 27 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Toshio, et al.. (1992). Sequence requirements for precursor cleavage within the constitutive secretory pathway.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(12). 8270–8274. 99 indexed citations
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Nagahama, Masami, et al.. (1991). Evidence That Differentiates between Precursor Cleavages at Dibasic and Arg-X-Lys/Arg-Arg Sites1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 110(5). 806–811. 18 indexed citations
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Yamauchi, Takeshi, et al.. (1988). Functional characterization of Asp‐317 mutant of human renin expressed in COS cells. FEBS Letters. 230(1-2). 205–208. 30 indexed citations

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