Minoru S.H. Ko

18.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
160 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Minoru S.H. Ko is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru S.H. Ko has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Minoru S.H. Ko's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (62 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (45 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (24 papers). Minoru S.H. Ko is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (62 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (45 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (24 papers). Minoru S.H. Ko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Minoru S.H. Ko's co-authors include Alexei A. Sharov, Mark G. Carter, Toshio Hamatani, Yulan Piao, Dawood B. Dudekula, Hitoshi Niwa, Ryo Matoba, Geppino Falco, Shinji Masui and Tetsuya S. Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Minoru S.H. Ko

159 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pluripotency governed by Sox2 via regulation of Oct3/4 expression in mouse embryonic stem cells

2007 900 citations Yuhki Nakatake, Ryo Matoba et al. profile →
Dynamics of Global Gene Expression Changes during Mouse Preimplantation Development

2004 712 citations Toshio Hamatani, Mark G. Carter et al. profile →
Maps from two interspecific backcross DNA panels available as a community genetic mapping resource

1994 550 citations Minoru S.H. Ko et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minoru S.H. Ko United States	59	9.6k	2.0k	1.6k	914	872	160	12.3k
Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes Netherlands	48	9.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	787 0.9×	869 1.0×	187	12.3k
Ian Chambers United Kingdom	44	15.2k 1.6×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	876 1.0×	925 1.1×	85	17.3k
Simon Andrews United Kingdom	54	12.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	761 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	109	15.1k
Anna‐Katerina Hadjantonakis United States	68	11.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	829 0.9×	663 0.8×	203	14.4k
Diego H. Castrillón United States	50	7.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	111	12.4k
Paul Robson United States	45	8.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	804 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	89	10.3k
S. Steven Potter United States	60	9.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.5×	494 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	898 1.0×	166	12.4k
Fuchou Tang China	69	12.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	3.8k 4.3×	156	15.8k
Mitinori Saitou Japan	67	15.0k 1.6×	4.1k 2.0×	3.7k 2.3×	841 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	158	19.0k
Thierry Voet Belgium	42	5.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	792 0.5×	755 0.8×	1.5k 1.7×	96	8.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Akiyama, Tomohiko, et al.. (2023). ZSCAN4-binding motif—TGCACAC is conserved and enriched in CA/TG microsatellites in both mouse and human genomes. DNA Research. 31(1). 7 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Hirotaka, Hisanori Kiryu, Chikara Furusawa, et al.. (2017). SCODE: an efficient regulatory network inference algorithm from single-cell RNA-Seq during differentiation. Bioinformatics. 33(15). 2314–2321. 277 indexed citations

Hirayama, Masatoshi, Tetsuya Kawakita, Shigeto Shimmura, Minoru S.H. Ko, & Kazuo Tsubota. (2015). Induction of Lacrimal Gland Epithelial Cell Phenotype from Human ES Cells by Defined Factors. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(7). 3198–3198. 1 indexed citations

Monti, Manuela, et al.. (2012). Developmental Arrest and Mouse Antral Not-Surrounded Nucleolus Oocytes1. Biology of Reproduction. 88(1). 2–2. 62 indexed citations

Kim, Young‐Jo, Alexei A. Sharov, Katie McDole, et al.. (2011). Mouse B-Type Lamins Are Required for Proper Organogenesis But Not by Embryonic Stem Cells. Science. 334(6063). 1706–1710. 197 indexed citations

Correa-Cerro, Lina S., Yulan Piao, Alexei A. Sharov, et al.. (2011). Generation of mouse ES cell lines engineered for the forced induction of transcription factors. Scientific Reports. 1(1). 167–167. 38 indexed citations

Nakatake, Yuhki, Tadayuki Akagi, Hiroki Ura, et al.. (2009). Dax1 Binds to Oct3/4 and Inhibits Its Transcriptional Activity in Embryonic Stem Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 29(16). 4574–4583. 60 indexed citations

Maschi, Darío, Kazuhiro Aiba, Ricardo A. Maronna, et al.. (2009). Changes in global gene expression during in vitro decidualization of rat endometrial stromal cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 222(1). 127–137. 14 indexed citations

Kaneda, Atsushi, Raymond Cheong, Winston Timp, et al.. (2007). Enhanced sensitivity to IGF-II signaling links loss of imprinting of IGF2 to increased cell proliferation and tumor risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(52). 20926–20931. 86 indexed citations

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Ko, Minoru S.H.. (2006). Expression profiling of the mouse early embryo: Reflections and perspectives. Developmental Dynamics. 235(9). 2437–2448. 9 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Tetsuya S., Isabel López de Silanes, Lioudmila V. Sharova, et al.. (2006). Esg1, expressed exclusively in preimplantation embryos, germline, and embryonic stem cells, is a putative RNA‐binding protein with broad RNA targets. Development Growth & Differentiation. 48(6). 381–390. 30 indexed citations

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Park, Jung Min, Matthew J. Kohn, Monique W. Bruinsma, et al.. (2006). The Multifunctional RNA-Binding Protein La Is Required for Mouse Development and for the Establishment of EmbryonicStem Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(4). 1445–1451. 48 indexed citations

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Sharov, Alexei A., Dawood B. Dudekula, & Minoru S.H. Ko. (2005). Genome-wide assembly and analysis of alternative transcripts in mouse. Genome Research. 15(5). 748–754. 47 indexed citations

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Carter, Mark G., Yulan Piao, Dawood B. Dudekula, et al.. (2003). The NIA cDNA Project in mouse stem cells and early embryos. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 326(10-11). 931–940. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Gengxin, et al.. (2002). Evaluation and comparison of clustering algorithms in analyzing es cell gene expression data. Statistica Sinica. 12(1). 241–262. 130 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Tetsuya S., Tilo Kunath, Wendy L. Kimber, et al.. (2002). Gene Expression Profiling of Embryo-Derived Stem Cells Reveals Candidate Genes Associated With Pluripotency and Lineage Specificity. Genome Research. 12(12). 1921–1928. 178 indexed citations

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VanBuren, Vincent, Yulan Piao, Dawood B. Dudekula, et al.. (2002). Assembly, Verification, and Initial Annotation of the NIA Mouse 7.4K cDNA Clone Set. Genome Research. 12(12). 1999–2003. 39 indexed citations

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Piao, Yulan, et al.. (2001). Construction of Long-Transcript Enriched cDNA Libraries from Submicrogram Amounts of Total RNAs by a Universal PCR Amplification Method. Genome Research. 11(9). 1553–1558. 23 indexed citations

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Huber, Reid, Serafino Pantano, Ellson Y. Chen, et al.. (2000). PLAC1, an Xq26 Gene with Placenta-Specific Expression. Genomics. 68(3). 305–312. 97 indexed citations

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Ko, Minoru S.H. & Toshiya Takano. (1989). A Highly Inducible System of Gene Expression by Positive Feedback Production of Glucocorticoid Receptors. DNA. 8(2). 127–133. 11 indexed citations

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