Michiki Kasai

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Michiki Kasai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michiki Kasai has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michiki Kasai's work include Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers). Michiki Kasai is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (24 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers). Michiki Kasai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Taiwan. Michiki Kasai's co-authors include Fumio Oosawa, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, Chen-Yuan Lee, Kazuo Nagasaki, Shô Asakura, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Takahisa Taguchi, Eizo Nakano and Naohiro Yamaguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Michiki Kasai

100 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

A theory of linear and helical aggregations of macromolecules

1962 654 citations Fumio Oosawa, Michiki Kasai profile →
Use of a Snake Venom Toxin to Characterize the Cholinergic Receptor Protein

1970 449 citations Jean‐Pierre Changeux, Michiki Kasai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michiki Kasai Japan	30	2.4k	943	823	644	306	100	3.6k
A. Martonosi United States	42	4.4k 1.8×	937 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 2.0×	699 2.3×	82	6.0k
Vladislav S. Markin United States	36	2.4k 1.0×	936 1.0×	588 0.7×	269 0.4×	485 1.6×	171	4.9k
J. David Johnson United States	36	2.9k 1.2×	674 0.7×	551 0.7×	1.4k 2.2×	332 1.1×	79	4.2k
J Lacapère France	31	3.1k 1.3×	963 1.0×	637 0.8×	247 0.4×	512 1.7×	117	5.0k
Winfried Haase Germany	42	4.0k 1.7×	941 1.0×	524 0.6×	229 0.4×	502 1.6×	138	5.7k
Kazuhiro Kohama Japan	32	1.7k 0.7×	519 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	711 1.1×	345 1.1×	153	3.3k
Wilhelm Hasselbach Germany	38	3.7k 1.5×	742 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	685 2.2×	185	5.4k
Tsutomu Kouyama Japan	32	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 2.2×	1.1k 1.3×	549 0.9×	124 0.4×	87	4.4k
Anthony G. Lee United Kingdom	34	3.3k 1.4×	611 0.6×	398 0.5×	233 0.4×	493 1.6×	93	4.1k
Yūji Tonomura Japan	36	3.5k 1.5×	387 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	1.6k 2.5×	359 1.2×	203	4.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kasai, Michiki, Takashi Kawasaki, & Naohiro Yamaguchi. (1999). Regulation of the ryanodine receptor calcium release channel: a molecular complex system. Biophysical Chemistry. 82(2-3). 173–181. 9 indexed citations

Kudoh, Suguru N., Kazuyuki Kiyosue, Michiki Kasai, & Takahisa Taguchi. (1999). Synaptic Potentiation Induced by a Protein Factor in Cultured Cerebral Neurons. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 19(5). 575–585. 4 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Naohiro, et al.. (1999). Regulation of Depolarization-Induced Calcium Release from Skeletal Muscle Triads by Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase.. The Japanese Journal of Physiology. 49(1). 81–87. 7 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Naohiro, Takashi Kagari, & Michiki Kasai. (1999). Inhibition of the Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Channel in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skeletal Muscle by an ADP/ATP Translocase Inhibitor, Atractyloside. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 258(2). 247–251. 4 indexed citations

Ishimoto, Tetsuya, et al.. (1998). HSP90 Has Neurite-Promoting Activityin Vitrofor Telencephalic and Spinal Neurons of Chick Embryos. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 253(2). 283–287. 16 indexed citations

Kasai, Michiki & Toru Ide. (1996). Regulation of Calcium Release Channel in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum. PubMed. 4. 303–331. 9 indexed citations

Ding, Jian & Michiki Kasai. (1996). Analysis of Multiple Conductance States Observed in Ca2+ Release Channel of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum.. Cell Structure and Function. 21(1). 7–15. 8 indexed citations

Kagari, Takashi, Naohiro Yamaguchi, & Michiki Kasai. (1996). Biochemical Characterization of Calsequestrin-Binding 30-kDa Protein in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skeletal Muscle. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 227(3). 700–706. 17 indexed citations

Kasai, Michiki, et al.. (1993). Channel Opening Process is Responsible for the Slow Component in the Flux Measurement of Membrane Vesicles. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 161(4). 461–480. 1 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, Takashi, et al.. (1991). Purification of a K+-channel protein of sarcoplasmic reticulum by assaying the channel activity in the planar lipid bilayer system. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1067(2). 213–220. 13 indexed citations

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Sokabe, Masahiro, et al.. (1991). Electrophysiological analysis of structural aspects of voltage-dependent SR K+ channel. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology. 98(1). 23–30. 5 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, Takashi & Michiki Kasai. (1989). Disulfonic Stilbene Derivatives Open the Ca2+ Release Channel of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 106(3). 401–405. 31 indexed citations

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Tanifuji, Manabu, Masahiro Sokabe, & Michiki Kasai. (1987). An anion channel of sarcoplasmic reticulum incorporated into planar lipid bilayers: Single-channel behavior and conductance properties. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 99(2). 103–111. 60 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Nobuyuki & Michiki Kasai. (1980). Donnan Potential in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Vesicles Measured by Using a Fluorescent Cyanine Dye1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 88(5). 1425–1435. 8 indexed citations

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Kasai, Michiki, et al.. (1979). Inhibition of anion permeability of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles by 4-acetoamido-4′-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2′-disulfonate. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 557(1). 243–247. 31 indexed citations

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Kasai, Michiki, et al.. (1978). Ionic permeability of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles measured by light scattering method. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 41(4). 295–308. 109 indexed citations

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Cartaud, Jean, E. L. Benedetti, Michiki Kasai, & Jean‐Pierre Changeux. (1971). In vitro excitation of purified membrane fragments by cholinergic agonists. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 6(1). 81–88. 14 indexed citations

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Kasai, Michiki & Jean‐Pierre Changeux. (1971). In Vitro excitation of purified membrane fragments by cholinergic agonists. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 6(1). 24–57. 42 indexed citations

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Kasai, Michiki, Thomas R. Podleski, & Jean‐Pierre Changeux. (1970). Some structural properties of excitable membranes labelled by fluorescent probes. FEBS Letters. 7(1). 13–19. 28 indexed citations

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Kasai, Michiki & Fumio Oosawa. (1969). Behavior of divalent cations and nucleotides bound to F-actin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 172(2). 300–310. 51 indexed citations

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