Ryuichi Masaki

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ryuichi Masaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryuichi Masaki has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ryuichi Masaki's work include Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Ryuichi Masaki is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (4 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers). Ryuichi Masaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Czechia and Germany. Ryuichi Masaki's co-authors include Akitsugu Yamamoto, Yutaka Tashiro, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Yoshinori Moriyama, Yoshihiro Tagawa, Naomi Kitamura, Masayuki Komada, Shigeru Taketani, Hiroshi Matsubara and Keishiro Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Blood and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

Ryuichi Masaki

21 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Bafilomycin A1 Prevents Maturation of Autophagic Vacuoles by Inhibiting Fusion between Autophagosomes and Lysosomes in Rat Hepatoma Cell Line, H-4-II-E Cells.

1998 1.1k citations Akitsugu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Tagawa et al. Cell Structure and Function profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryuichi Masaki Japan	13	881	856	471	197	186	21	1.7k
Hideaki Morishita Japan	18	969 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	455 1.0×	234 1.2×	160 0.9×	37	2.0k
Tomohisa Hatta Japan	19	1.1k 1.2×	626 0.7×	491 1.0×	168 0.9×	158 0.8×	36	1.8k
Idil Orhon France	10	1.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	315 0.7×	211 1.1×	189 1.0×	11	2.3k
Morten Luhr Norway	9	936 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	303 0.6×	190 1.0×	153 0.8×	12	1.9k
Richard B. Gilbertsen United States	18	770 0.9×	323 0.4×	235 0.5×	185 0.9×	130 0.7×	42	1.6k
Yayoi Kimura Japan	25	1.4k 1.6×	982 1.1×	738 1.6×	136 0.7×	178 1.0×	88	2.4k
Bonsu Ku South Korea	21	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	516 1.1×	190 1.0×	114 0.6×	64	2.4k
Carmen Aguado Spain	24	681 0.8×	404 0.5×	278 0.6×	101 0.5×	405 2.2×	48	1.5k
Kay Oliver Schink Norway	24	1.7k 1.9×	764 0.9×	1.2k 2.6×	339 1.7×	335 1.8×	44	2.8k
Cristina Prescianotto‐Baschong Switzerland	21	1.9k 2.2×	500 0.6×	1.1k 2.3×	110 0.6×	227 1.2×	34	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryuichi Masaki

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Yamamoto, Akitsugu & Ryuichi Masaki. (2016). Pre-embedding Nanogold Silver and Gold Intensification. Methods in molecular biology. 1474. 269–278. 6 indexed citations

Kitajima, Sakihito, et al.. (2009). Dual mitochondrial localization and different roles of the reversible reaction of mammalian ferrochelatase. FEBS Journal. 276(19). 5559–5570. 15 indexed citations

Taketani, Shigeru, et al.. (2003). Involvement of ABC7 in the biosynthesis of heme in erythroid cells: interaction of ABC7 with ferrochelatase. Blood. 101(8). 3274–3280. 75 indexed citations

Masaki, Ryuichi. (2003). Post-Translational Targeting of a Tail-Anchored Green Fluorescent Protein to the Endolpasmic Reticulum. The Journal of Biochemistry. 134(3). 415–426. 9 indexed citations

Yoshida, Hiroyuki, Masayuki Yokode, Akitsugu Yamamoto, et al.. (1999). Compensated endocytosis of LDL by hamster cells co-expressing the two distinct mutant LDL receptors defective in endocytosis and ligand binding. Journal of Lipid Research. 40(5). 814–823. 4 indexed citations

Tagawa, Yoshihiro, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Tamotsu Yoshimori, et al.. (1999). A 60 kDa Plasma Membrane Protein Changes its Localization to Autophagosome and Autolysosome Membranes during Induction of Autophagy in Rat Hepatoma Cell Line, H-4-II-E Cells.. Cell Structure and Function. 24(2). 59–70. 5 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Akitsugu, Ryuichi Masaki, Peter Guttmann, Günter Schmahl, & Hiroshi Kihara. (1998). Studies on intracellular structures of COS cells by X-ray microscopy. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 5(3). 1105–1107. 4 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Akitsugu, Yoshihiro Tagawa, Tamotsu Yoshimori, et al.. (1998). Bafilomycin A1 Prevents Maturation of Autophagic Vacuoles by Inhibiting Fusion between Autophagosomes and Lysosomes in Rat Hepatoma Cell Line, H-4-II-E Cells.. Cell Structure and Function. 23(1). 33–42. 1097 indexed citations breakdown →

Komada, Masayuki, Ryuichi Masaki, Akitsugu Yamamoto, & Naomi Kitamura. (1997). Hrs, a Tyrosine Kinase Substrate with a Conserved Double Zinc Finger Domain, Is Localized to the Cytoplasmic Surface of Early Endosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(33). 20538–20544. 149 indexed citations

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Masaki, Ryuichi, et al.. (1997). A newly identified membrane protein localized exclusively in intracellular organelles of neurons. Molecular Brain Research. 46(1-2). 265–273. 15 indexed citations

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Masaki, Ryuichi, Akitsugu Yamamoto, & Yutaka Tashiro. (1996). Membrane Topology and Retention of Microsomal Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(28). 16939–16944. 25 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Reika, Taroh Kinoshita, Ryuichi Masaki, et al.. (1996). PIG-A and PIG-H, Which Participate in Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Biosynthesis, Form a Protein Complex in the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(43). 26868–26875. 64 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Akitsugu, Ryuichi Masaki, & Yutaka Tashiro. (1996). Formation of crystalloid endoplasmic reticulum in COS cells upon overexpression of microsomal aldehyde dehydrogenase by cDNA transfection. Journal of Cell Science. 109(7). 1727–1738. 69 indexed citations

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Tashiro, Yutaka, et al.. (1993). Cytochrome P-450 in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Biosynthesis, Distribution, Induction, and Degradation. Sub-cellular biochemistry. 21. 287–311. 3 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Akitsugu, et al.. (1993). Microsomal Aldehyde Dehydrogenase or Its Cross-Reacting Protein Exists in Outer Mitochondrial Membranes and Peroxisomal Membranes in Rat Liver.. Cell Structure and Function. 18(6). 427–436. 12 indexed citations

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Lakso, Merja, Ryuichi Masaki, Mitsuhide Noshiro, & Masahiko Negishi. (1991). Structures and characterization of sex‐specific mouse cytochrome P‐450 genes as members within a large family. European Journal of Biochemistry. 195(2). 477–486. 25 indexed citations

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Taketani, Shigeru, et al.. (1986). Association of ferrochelatase with Complex I in bovine heart mitochondria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 883(2). 277–283. 27 indexed citations

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Masaki, Ryuichi, Shinya Yoshikawa, & Hiroshi Matsubara. (1982). Steady-state kinetics of oxidation of reduced ferredoxin with ferredoxin-nadp+ reductase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 700(1). 101–109. 23 indexed citations

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Masaki, Ryuichi, Keishiro Wada, & Hiroshi Matsubara. (1979). Isolation and Characterization of Two Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductases from Spirulina platensis1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 86(4). 951–962. 29 indexed citations

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Matsubara, Hiroshi, Keishiro Wada, & Ryuichi Masaki. (1976). Structure and Function of Chloroplast-Type Ferredoxins. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 74. 1–15. 9 indexed citations

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