Norio Murata

30.8k citations

247 papers · 23.1k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 84

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.2%
- Algal biology and biofuel production
Biochemistry top 0.05%
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Papers in

Biochemistry 49
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis 49
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 83
- Algal biology and biofuel production 81

Co-authors: Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Yoshitaka Nishiyama Shunichi Takahashi Mitsue Miyao Chien‐Jen Chen Dmitry A. Los Iwane Suzuki Tomohiko Kuwabara
Journals: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics (47 papers)Plant and Cell Physiology (36 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (19 papers)FEBS Letters (13 papers)Photosynthesis Research (10 papers)
Partner nations: Japan Russia United States

In The Last Decade

Norio Murata

244 papers receiving 22.3k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Glycinebetaine protects plants against abiotic stress: mechanisms and biotechnological applications 2010 · 503 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Plant Cell & Environment
2008 Trends in Plant Science
2006 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
2006 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
2004 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
2002 Current Opinion in Plant Biology
1982 Plant and Cell Physiology
1969 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Norio Murata, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Adhesive for Optical Components Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering ·Markus-C. Amann, Norio Murata	2013	1
2	Protection by α-tocopherol of the repair of photosystem II during photoinhibition in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Sohail E. Ejaz, Stephen Maher, Abi Spence, Hidenori Hayashi, Jens Appel, Esa Tyystjärvi, Norio Murata, Yoshitaka Nishiyama	2010	53
3	DNA supercoiling regulates the stress-inducible expression of genes in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis Molecular BioSystems ·Jogadhenu S. S. Prakash, Maria A. Sinetova, Anna Zorina, Elena V. Kupriyanova, Iwane Suzuki, Norio Murata, Dmitry A. Los	2009	51
4	Glycinebetaine‐induced water‐stress tolerance in codA‐expressing transgenic indica rice is associated with up‐regulation of several stress responsive genes Plant Biotechnology Journal ·〔郵政省電波研究所〕機器課, Jitender Giri, Karaba N. Nataraja, Norio Murata, Makarla Udayakumar, Akhilesh K. Tyagi	2009	87
5	Functional expression of a humanized gene for an ω-3 fatty acid desaturase from scarlet flax in transfected bovine adipocytes and bovine embryos cloned from the cells Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids ·Elwood Roberts, Tameyoshi Kagaya, Yuki Abe, Iwane Suzuki, Kazuya Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Hosoi, Mikio Kinoshita, Koji Mikami, Norio Murata, A. Iritani	2009	10
6	How do environmental stresses accelerate photoinhibition? Trends in Plant Science ·Shunichi Takahashi, Norio Murata Hit paper breakdown →	2008	868
7	Acclimation of photosystem II to high temperature in a suspension culture of soybean (Glycine max) cells requires proteins that are associated with the thylakoid membrane Photosynthesis Research ·Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Seizo Akiyama, Yohei Nanjo, Norio Murata, Hidenori Hayashi	2007	6
8	Low-temperature-induced desaturation of fatty acids and expression of desaturase genes in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Toshio Sakamoto, Shoichi Higashi, Hajime Wada, Norio Murata, Donald A. Bryant	2006	47
9	Photoinhibition of photosystem II under environmental stress Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Norio Murata, Shunichi Takahashi, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1210
10	Very strong UV-A light temporally separates the photoinhibition of photosystem II into light-induced inactivation and repair Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Ottó Zsíros, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Shoichi Higashi, Masakatsu Watanabe, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Norio Murata	2006	46
11	Interruption of the Calvin cycle inhibits the repair of Photosystem II from photodamage Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Shunichi Takahashi, Norio Murata	2005	137
12	Histidine Kinases, Hik2, Hik16 and Hik33, in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 are Involved in the Torelance of Photosystem II to Environmental Stress Koji Mikami, Sándor Dulai, Ronan Sulpice, Hui Hong-wei, Ali Ferjani, Iwane Suzuki, Norio Murata	2003	3
13	1. Genetic Engineering of Cold-Tolerant Tomato via Glycinebetaine Biosynthesis Eung‐Jun Park, Zoran Jeknić, Atsushi Sakamoto, Jeanine DeNoma, Norio Murata, Chien‐Jen Chen	2003	5
14	Glycinebetaine protects the D1/D2/Cytb559 complex of photosystem II against photo-induced and heat-induced inactivation Journal of Plant Physiology ·Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Hidenori Hayashi, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Alexander G. Ivanov, J.L Chávez, Vyacheslav V. Klimov, Norio Murata, Robert Carpentier	2003	103
15	Thylakoid membrane fluidity and its crucial importance in photoinhibition Science Access ·Mary Sarcina, Sanjith Ravin, Norio Murata	2001	2
16	EFFECTS OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ON THE PHOTOINHIBITION OF PHOTOSYSTEM II IN Synechocystis SP. PCC 6803 Plant and Cell Physiology ·Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Akiho Yokota, Norio Murata	2000	2
17	UNSATURATION OF MEMBRANE LIPIDS PROTECTED THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC MACHINERY AGAINST PHOTOINHIBITION : ANALYSIS OF ITS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS Plant and Cell Physiology ·Katja Sippola, Eira Kanervo, Eva–Mari Aro, Zoltán Gombos, Norio Murata	1998	1
18	GENETIC ENGINEERING OF SALT TOLERANCE IN RICE Plant and Cell Physiology ·Atsushi Sakamoto, Alia Alia, Benchaa Lakehal, Hidenori Hayashi, Norio Murata	1996	1
19	Enhancement of chilling tolerance of a cyanobacterium by genetic manipulation of fatty acid desaturation Nature ·Hajime Wada, Linxiao Li, Norio Murata	1990	316
20	A simple and practical method for separation and determination of chlorophyll a and its derivatives in dried laver, "Nori", Porphyra yezoensis. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI ·Shigeru Araki, Hiroo Ogawa, Janiel de Jesús, Mitsu Kayama, Norio Murata	1984	3

About Norio Murata

Norio Murata is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 247 papers that have together received 23.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (166 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (81 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (49 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (38 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (38 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (29 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (29 papers) and Light effects on plants (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (5.2k citations), Biochemistry (2.2k citations), Plant Science (10.4k citations), Molecular Biology (16.1k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.6k citations). Norio Murata has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Russia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Yoshitaka Nishiyama, Shunichi Takahashi, Mitsue Miyao, Chien‐Jen Chen, Dmitry A. Los, Iwane Suzuki, Tomohiko Kuwabara, Atsushi Sakamoto and Hajime Wada. Their work appears in journals such as Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, Plant and Cell Physiology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, FEBS Letters and Photosynthesis Research.

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