Michael J. Kuranda

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 990 citations indexed

About

Michael J. Kuranda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Kuranda has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 990 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Kuranda's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (3 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (3 papers). Michael J. Kuranda is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (7 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (3 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (3 papers). Michael J. Kuranda collaborates with scholars based in United States. Michael J. Kuranda's co-authors include Phillips W. Robbins, Nathan N. Aronson, Charles F. Albright, Peter Orlean, Héctor A. Lucero, Dorota A. Bulik, Kevin H. Mayo, Jill A. Myers, Theodore E. Maione and Jennifer S. Carew and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Kuranda

12 papers receiving 959 citations

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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.

Chitinase is required for cell separation during growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1991 514 citations Michael J. Kuranda, Phillips W. Robbins Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Kuranda United States	11	814	276	172	160	139	12	990
Yoh‐ichi Shimma Japan	13	716 0.9×	205 0.7×	122 0.7×	133 0.8×	187 1.3×	18	847
Sabine Strahl‐Bolsinger Germany	14	2.4k 2.9×	582 2.1×	71 0.4×	165 1.0×	267 1.9×	16	2.7k
Todd A. Naumann United States	21	721 0.9×	408 1.5×	103 0.6×	60 0.4×	120 0.9×	47	1.0k
Ryo Misaki Japan	23	943 1.2×	134 0.5×	379 2.2×	94 0.6×	227 1.6×	76	1.3k
Marja Makarow Finland	23	1.6k 1.9×	285 1.0×	163 0.9×	37 0.2×	784 5.6×	51	2.0k
Erika Staudacher Austria	21	1.4k 1.7×	256 0.9×	484 2.8×	458 2.9×	83 0.6×	41	1.8k
Patricia Berninsone United States	19	720 0.9×	170 0.6×	33 0.2×	119 0.7×	251 1.8×	30	1.1k
Ryuichi Moriyama Japan	20	561 0.7×	117 0.4×	142 0.8×	23 0.1×	72 0.5×	43	1.1k
Eric Weber United States	13	806 1.0×	155 0.6×	69 0.4×	44 0.3×	49 0.4×	19	1.1k
R. Couso Argentina	13	246 0.3×	244 0.9×	89 0.5×	119 0.7×	60 0.4×	20	677

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Smith, Peter G., Tary Traore, Usha Narayanan, et al.. (2011). Azacitidine/Decitabine Synergism with the NEDD8-Activating Enzyme Inhibitor MLN4924 in Pre-Clinical AML Models. Blood. 118(21). 578–578. 23 indexed citations

Lucero, Héctor A., Michael J. Kuranda, & Dorota A. Bulik. (2002). A Nonradioactive, High Throughput Assay for Chitin Synthase Activity. Analytical Biochemistry. 305(1). 97–105. 50 indexed citations

Mayo, Kevin H., et al.. (1992). Molten globule monomer to condensed dimer: role of disulfide bonds in platelet factor-4 folding and subunit association. Biochemistry. 31(48). 12255–12265. 30 indexed citations

Orlean, Peter, Michael J. Kuranda, & Charles F. Albright. (1991). [47] Analysis of glycoproteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 194. 682–697. 56 indexed citations

Kuranda, Michael J. & Phillips W. Robbins. (1991). Chitinase is required for cell separation during growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266(29). 19758–19767. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

Aronson, Nathan N., et al.. (1989). Rat liver chitobiase: Purification, properties, and role in the lysosomal degradation of Asn-linked glycoproteins. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 272(2). 290–300. 27 indexed citations

Aronson, Nathan N. & Michael J. Kuranda. (1989). Lysosomal degradation of Asn‐linked glycoproteins. The FASEB Journal. 3(14). 2615–2622. 110 indexed citations

Kuranda, Michael J. & Phillips W. Robbins. (1987). Cloning and heterologous expression of glycosidase genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(9). 2585–2589. 88 indexed citations

Kuranda, Michael J., et al.. (1986). Effect of alpha-D-mannopyranosylmethyl-p-nitrophenyltriazene on hepatic degradation and processing of the N-linked oligosaccharide chains of alpha 1-acid glycoprotein.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(7). 3457–3463. 9 indexed citations

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Kuranda, Michael J. & Nathan N. Aronson. (1986). A di-N-acetylchitobiase activity is involved in the lysosomal catabolism of asparagine-linked glycoproteins in rat liver.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(13). 5803–5809. 53 indexed citations

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Kuranda, Michael J. & Nathan N. Aronson. (1985). Use of active site-directed inhibitors to study in situ degradation of glycoproteins by the perfused rat liver.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(3). 1858–1866. 20 indexed citations

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Kuranda, Michael J. & Nathan N. Aronson. (1983). Tissue locations for the turnover of radioactively labeled rat orosomucoid in vivo. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 224(2). 526–533. 10 indexed citations

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