Mitsuru Akita

1.6k total citations
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mitsuru Akita is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitsuru Akita has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mitsuru Akita's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers). Mitsuru Akita is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers). Mitsuru Akita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Mitsuru Akita's co-authors include Kenneth Keegstra, San-ichiro Mizushima, Erik Nielsen, Shin Sasaki, S. Matsuyama, Shôji Mizushima, Takashi Hashimoto, Akira Katoh, Eiichiro Kimura and S Matsuyama 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

Mitsuru Akita

25 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mitsuru Akita Japan 14 1.1k 402 317 172 94 26 1.3k
Alexandra Mant United Kingdom 24 1.2k 1.1× 203 0.5× 472 1.5× 129 0.8× 176 1.9× 36 1.6k
Larisa E. Cybulski Argentina 12 642 0.6× 308 0.8× 100 0.3× 183 1.1× 16 0.2× 22 861
Jürgen U. Linder Germany 20 1.0k 0.9× 328 0.8× 82 0.3× 92 0.5× 22 0.2× 27 1.4k
Eva Schäfer Germany 9 873 0.8× 276 0.7× 59 0.2× 122 0.7× 48 0.5× 9 1.2k
Christopher T. Walsh United States 10 822 0.7× 199 0.5× 127 0.4× 94 0.5× 17 0.2× 10 1.2k
J.H. Weil France 27 1.9k 1.7× 111 0.3× 431 1.4× 182 1.1× 115 1.2× 74 2.1k
Ralf Bernd Klösgen Germany 30 2.3k 2.1× 453 1.1× 1.0k 3.2× 376 2.2× 280 3.0× 69 2.7k
Jan‐Willem L. de Gier Sweden 20 1.8k 1.6× 1.1k 2.7× 97 0.3× 437 2.5× 49 0.5× 22 2.0k
Alap R. Subramanian Germany 23 1.8k 1.7× 416 1.0× 196 0.6× 225 1.3× 47 0.5× 48 1.9k
Rainer M. Maier Germany 18 2.0k 1.8× 174 0.4× 644 2.0× 77 0.4× 87 0.9× 28 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mitsuru Akita

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitsuru Akita

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All Works

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Inoue, Hitoshi, et al.. (2011). In VitroFluorescent Analysis of Preprotein Import into Chloroplasts. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 75(10). 2001–2007. 1 indexed citations
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Nozawa, Akira, et al.. (2011). In VitroProtein Import of a Putative Amino Acid Transporter fromArabidopsis thalianainto Chloroplasts and Its Suborganellar Localization. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 75(11). 2200–2206. 3 indexed citations
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Nomura, Yuhta, Hiroshi Kuroda, Yasushi Yukawa, et al.. (2011). ppGpp inhibits peptide elongation cycle of chloroplast translation system in vitro. Plant Molecular Biology. 78(1-2). 185–196. 17 indexed citations
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Inoue, Hitoshi, et al.. (2008). Development and optimization of an in vitro chloroplastic protein import assay using recombinant proteins. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 46(5-6). 541–549. 4 indexed citations
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Inoue, Hitoshi & Mitsuru Akita. (2008). Three Sets of Translocation Intermediates Are Formed during the Early Stage of Protein Import into Chloroplasts. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(12). 7491–7502. 30 indexed citations
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Inoue, Hitoshi & Mitsuru Akita. (2008). The transition of early translocation intermediates in chloroplasts is accompanied by the movement of the targeting signal on the precursor protein. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 477(2). 232–238. 4 indexed citations
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Inoue, Hitoshi, et al.. (2008). Alternative Processing of Arabidopsis Hsp70 Precursors during Protein Import into Chloroplasts. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 72(11). 2926–2935. 26 indexed citations
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Sugawara, Makoto, Daisuke Ito, Mitsuru Akita, Suguru Oguri, & Yoshie S. Momonoki. (2007). Kunitz Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor is Modified at its C-terminus by Novel Soybean Thiol Protease (Protease T1). Plant Production Science. 10(3). 314–321. 9 indexed citations
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Katoh, Akira, et al.. (2006). Early Steps in the Biosynthesis of NAD in Arabidopsis Start with Aspartate and Occur in the Plastid. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 141(3). 851–857. 160 indexed citations
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Chou, Ming‐Lun, Chiung‐Chih Chu, Lih‐Jen Chen, Mitsuru Akita, & Hsou‐min Li. (2006). Stimulation of transit-peptide release and ATP hydrolysis by a cochaperone during protein import into chloroplasts. The Journal of Cell Biology. 175(6). 893–900. 96 indexed citations
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Wada, Hiroshi, Mari Iwaya‐Inoue, Mitsuru Akita, & Hiroshi Nonami. (2004). Direct Measurements of Cell Turgor and Hydraulic Conductance in Expanding Tulip Tepals. Seibutsu kankyō chōsetsu. 42(3). 205–215. 3 indexed citations
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Akita, Mitsuru, et al.. (2001). Molecular chaperones involved in chloroplast protein import. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1541(1-2). 102–113. 80 indexed citations
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Akita, Mitsuru, Erik Nielsen, & Kenneth Keegstra. (1997). Identification of Protein Transport Complexes in the Chloroplastic Envelope Membranes via Chemical Cross-Linking. The Journal of Cell Biology. 136(5). 983–994. 155 indexed citations
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Lübeck, Jens, J. Soll, Mitsuru Akita, Erik Nielsen, & Kenneth Keegstra. (1996). Topology of IEP110, a component of the chloroplastic protein import machinery present in the inner envelope membrane.. The EMBO Journal. 15(16). 4230–4238. 124 indexed citations
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Akita, Mitsuru, et al.. (1991). SecA, an essential component of the secretory machinery of Escherichiacoli, exists as homodimer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 174(1). 211–216. 96 indexed citations
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Kimura, Eiichiro, Mitsuru Akita, S Matsuyama, & San-ichiro Mizushima. (1991). Determination of a region in SecA that interacts with presecretory proteins in Escherichia coli.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266(10). 6600–6606. 120 indexed citations
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Shinkai, Akeo, et al.. (1990). Quantitative renaturation from a guanidine-denatured state of the SecA dimer, a 200 KDa protein involved in protein secretion in Escherichiacoli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 172(3). 1217–1223. 15 indexed citations
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Kawasaki, Hisashi, et al.. (1989). SecA protein is directly involved in protein secretion in Escherichia coli. FEBS Letters. 242(2). 431–434. 64 indexed citations

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