Masataka Obika

992 total citations
48 papers, 832 citations indexed

About

Masataka Obika is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Masataka Obika has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 832 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cell Biology, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Masataka Obika's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (17 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (7 papers). Masataka Obika is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (17 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (10 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (7 papers). Masataka Obika collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and New Zealand. Masataka Obika's co-authors include Jiro Matsumoto, Joseph T. Bagnara, Tadao Hama, T.T. Tchen, John D. Taylor, David G. Menter, Victor Benno Meyer‐Rochow, Yuko Wakamatsu, Kenjiro Ozato and S J Lo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Masataka Obika

48 papers receiving 787 citations

Peers

Masataka Obika
Ronald R. Novales United States
Guillermo Selman United Kingdom
Masazumi Sugimoto Japan
Sally K. Frost United States
Sara Aspengren Sweden
Tadao Hama Japan
Maria Aparecida Visconti Brazil
Robyn L. Overall Australia
Andrew Singson United States
J.W. Resink Netherlands
Ronald R. Novales United States
Masataka Obika
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masataka Obika

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All Works

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Obika, Masataka, et al.. (1993). Cytoskeletal Architecture of Dermal Chromatophores of the Freshwater Teleost Oryzias latipes. Pigment Cell Research. 6(6). 417–422. 6 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka. (1990). CYTOSKELETON OF MELANOPHORES OF ORYZIAS LATIPES : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MOBILE AND IMMOBILE MELANOPHORES : Physiology. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 7(6). 1021. 1 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Yayoi, et al.. (1987). Video and electron microscopic studies on pigment transport in Gambusia melanophores. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 34(3). 351–360. 2 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka. (1986). Intracellular Transport of Pigment Granules in Fish Chromatophores. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 3(1). 1–11. 39 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka, et al.. (1985). The Effects of Dynein ATPase Inhibitors on Melanosome Translocation within Melanophores of the Medaka, Oryzias latipes(Cell Biology). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2(4). 469–475. 12 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka, et al.. (1984). CB26 DYNEIN LOCALIZATION AND EFFECT OF DYNEIN ATPASE INHIBITORS ON BRIJ PERMEABILIZED MELANOMA CELLS.(Cell Biology)(Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 1(6). 891. 2 indexed citations
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Wakamatsu, Yuko, Atsushi Oikawa, Masataka Obika, Tomohisa Hirobe, & Kenjiro Ozato. (1984). Fish Hereditary Melanoma Cell Lines of Different Degrees of Cell Differentiation. Development Growth & Differentiation. 26(5). 503–513. 21 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka, et al.. (1982). Subcellular Localization of Calcium in Teleost Melanophores. 日本動物学彙報. 55(4). 210–223. 3 indexed citations
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Menter, David G., Masataka Obika, T.T. Tchen, & John D. Taylor. (1979). Leucophores and iridophores of Fundulus heteroclitus: Biophysical and ultrastructural properties. Journal of Morphology. 160(1). 103–119. 37 indexed citations
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Butman, Bryan T., Masataka Obika, T.T. Tchen, & John D. Taylor. (1979). Hormone‐induced pigment translocations in amphibian dermal iridophores, in vitro: Changes in cell shape. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 208(1). 17–33. 17 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka. (1976). Pigment migration in isolated fish melanophores. 49(3). 157–163. 19 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka, et al.. (1972). Melanosome of toad: A storehouse of riboflavin. Experimental Cell Research. 70(2). 293–300. 10 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Jiro & Masataka Obika. (1968). MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLDFISH ERYTHROPHORES AND THEIR PTERINOSOMES. The Journal of Cell Biology. 39(2). 233–250. 68 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka & Joseph T. Bagnara. (1964). Pteridines as Pigments in Amphibians. Science. 143(3605). 485–487. 49 indexed citations
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Obika, Masataka. (1963). Association of pteridines with amphibian larval pigmentation and their biosynthesis in developing chromatophores. Developmental Biology. 6(1). 99–112. 41 indexed citations
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Hama, Tadao, Jiro Matsumoto, & Masataka Obika. (1960). Localization of Pterins in the Goldfish-Skin Melanophores and Erythrophores. Proceedings of the Japan Academy. 36(4). 217–222. 10 indexed citations
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Hama, Tadao & Masataka Obika. (1958). On the nature of some fluorescent substances of pterin type in the adult skin of toad,Bufo vulgaris formosus. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 14(5). 182–184. 25 indexed citations

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