N. Murata

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

N. Murata is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Murata has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Biochemistry and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in N. Murata's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (39 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (20 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (17 papers). N. Murata is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (39 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (20 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (17 papers). N. Murata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Russia and Canada. N. Murata's co-authors include Atsushi Sakamoto, Hajime Wada, Ikuo Nishida, Dmitry A. Los, Zoltán Gombos, Hidenori Hayashi, Yasushi Tasaka, Prasanna Mohanty, Yoshitaka Nishiyama and Mitsue Miyao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

N. Murata

64 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants from stress: clues from transgenic plants

2002 627 citations Atsushi Sakamoto, N. Murata Plant Cell & Environment profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
N. Murata	3.2k	2.4k	868	866	365	66	4.9k
Richard C. Leegood	3.6k 1.1×	3.9k 1.6×	617 0.7×	407 0.5×	312 0.9×	89	5.8k
Hajime Wada	5.0k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 2.2×	2.2k 2.6×	457 1.3×	145	6.4k
Kintake Sonoike	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	231 0.3×	290 0.8×	98	4.1k
Akiho Yokota	4.8k 1.5×	3.5k 1.5×	761 0.9×	214 0.2×	412 1.1×	163	6.5k
Autar K. Mattoo	5.2k 1.7×	5.1k 2.1×	825 1.0×	290 0.3×	378 1.0×	201	8.2k
Hermann Bauwe	4.8k 1.5×	3.4k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	655 0.8×	509 1.4×	125	6.2k
Jacques Joyard	6.2k 2.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	2.0k 2.3×	267 0.7×	114	7.3k
Lee McIntosh	6.7k 2.1×	4.2k 1.8×	1.0k 1.2×	311 0.4×	409 1.1×	87	8.6k
Norbert Rolland	4.3k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	894 1.0×	606 0.7×	279 0.8×	81	5.8k
Bernhard Grimm	8.3k 2.6×	7.0k 2.9×	1.2k 1.4×	480 0.6×	326 0.9×	221	11.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Murata

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Ivanov, Alexander G., Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Norman P. A. Hüner, & N. Murata. (2012). Genetic decrease in fatty acid unsaturation of phosphatidylglycerol increased photoinhibition of photosystem I at low temperature in tobacco leaves. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1817(8). 1374–1379. 36 indexed citations

Zorina, Anna, Г. В. Новикова, Maria A. Sinetova, et al.. (2011). Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr Protein Kinases SpkC/F/K Are Involved in Phosphorylation of GroES in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis. DNA Research. 18(3). 137–151. 34 indexed citations

Muguruma, Hitoshi, et al.. (2007). Growth of Endothelial Cells on Surfaces Modified by a Plasma-Polymerized Coating. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. E90-C(9). 1844–1847. 3 indexed citations

Kiran, Madanahally D., Jogadhenu S. S. Prakash, S. N. Dube, et al.. (2004). Psychrophilic Pseudomonas syringae requires trans-monounsaturated fatty acid for growth at higher temperature. Extremophiles. 8(5). 401–410. 38 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Atsushi & N. Murata. (2002). The role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants from stress: clues from transgenic plants. Plant Cell & Environment. 25(2). 163–171. 627 indexed citations breakdown →

Mohanty, Amitabh, Ali Ferjani, Atsushi Sakamoto, et al.. (2002). Transgenics of an elite indica rice variety Pusa Basmati 1 harbouring the codA gene are highly tolerant to salt stress. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 106(1). 51–57. 151 indexed citations

Dilley, Richard A., Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Zoltán Gombos, & N. Murata. (2001). Bioenergetic Responses of Synechocystis 6803 Fatty Acid Desaturase Mutants at Low Temperatures. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 33(2). 135–141. 7 indexed citations

Rafferty, John B., Antoni R. Slabas, J. Kroon, et al.. (2001). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the glycerol-3-phosphate 1-acyltransferase from squash (Cucurbita moschata). Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(3). 451–453. 8 indexed citations

Bissati, Kamal El, et al.. (2000). Photosystem II fluorescence quenching in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803: involvement of two different mechanisms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1457(3). 229–242. 137 indexed citations

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Fukuchi‐Mizutani, Masako, Yasushi Tasaka, Yoshikazu Tanaka, et al.. (1998). Characterization of A9 Acyl-lipid Desaturase Homologues from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology. 39(2). 247–253. 57 indexed citations

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Murata, N. & Dmitry A. Los. (1997). Membrane Fluidity and Temperature Perception. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 115(3). 875–879. 371 indexed citations

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Nishiyama, Yoshitaka, Hidenori Hayashi, Tomoko Watanabe, & N. Murata. (1994). Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution Is Stabilized by Cytochrome c550 against Heat Inactivation in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 105(4). 1313–1319. 56 indexed citations

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Gombos, Zoltán, Hajime Wada, Éva Hideg, & N. Murata. (1994). The Unsaturation of Membrane Lipids Stabilizes Photosynthesis against Heat Stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 104(2). 563–567. 100 indexed citations

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Wada, Hajime, Zoltán Gombos, & N. Murata. (1994). Contribution of membrane lipids to the ability of the photosynthetic machinery to tolerate temperature stress.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(10). 4273–4277. 153 indexed citations

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Malakhov, Michael P., Hajime Wada, Dmitry A. Los, Toshio Sakamoto, & N. Murata. (1993). Structure of a cyanobacterial gene encoding the 50S ribosomal protein L9. Plant Molecular Biology. 21(5). 913–918. 6 indexed citations

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Murata, N., Prasanna Mohanty, Hidenori Hayashi, & George C. Papageorgiou. (1992). Glycinebetaine stabilizes the association of extrinsic proteins with the photosynthetic oxygen‐evolving complex. FEBS Letters. 296(2). 187–189. 147 indexed citations

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Mamedov, Mahir D., Hidenori Hayashi, Hajime Wada, et al.. (1991). Glycinebetaine enhances and stabilizes the evolution of oxygen and the synthesis of ATP by cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes. FEBS Letters. 294(3). 271–274. 53 indexed citations

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Murata, N., Shigeki Araki, Yoshihiko Fujita, et al.. (1986). Stoichiometric determination of pheophytin in photosystem II of oxygenic photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research. 9(1-2). 63–70. 8 indexed citations

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Miyao, Mitsue & N. Murata. (1986). Light-dependent inactivation of photosynthetic oxygen evolution during NaCl treatment of photosystem II particles: The role of the 24-kDa protein. Photosynthesis Research. 10(3). 489–496. 49 indexed citations

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Murata, N., Shigeru Itoh, & Mitsumasa Okada. (1973). Induction of chlorophyll a fluorescence in isolated spinach chloroplasts at liquid nitrogen temperature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 325(3). 463–471. 20 indexed citations

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