Shigeru Muta

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 722 citations indexed

About

Shigeru Muta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeru Muta has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 722 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Shigeru Muta's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (2 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (2 papers). Shigeru Muta is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (2 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (2 papers). Shigeru Muta collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Shigeru Muta's co-authors include Satoru Kuhara, Kosuke Tashiro, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Takashi Ito, Mayumi Nishizawa, Tomoko Chiba, Hideki Hirakawa, Hidehiro Toh and Nobuhiro Kamikawaji and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Bioinformatics and Biopolymers.

In The Last Decade

Shigeru Muta

14 papers receiving 681 citations

Hit Papers

Toward a protein–protein interaction map of the budding y... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Toward a protein–protein interaction map of the budding yeast: A comprehensive system to examine two-hybrid interactions in all possible combinations between the yeast proteins
    2000 598 citations Takashi Ito, Kosuke Tashiro et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shigeru Muta Japan 7 638 85 78 46 38 14 722
Marc Vidal United States 8 656 1.0× 66 0.8× 77 1.0× 60 1.3× 57 1.5× 10 743
Matija Dreze United States 8 671 1.1× 97 1.1× 124 1.6× 66 1.4× 59 1.6× 11 772
Mayumi Nishizawa Japan 5 804 1.3× 188 2.2× 75 1.0× 41 0.9× 53 1.4× 5 899
James Vlasblom Canada 13 661 1.0× 53 0.6× 138 1.8× 46 1.0× 85 2.2× 15 769
Roland A. Pache Spain 12 580 0.9× 73 0.9× 80 1.0× 34 0.7× 39 1.0× 19 703
Vincent Messier Canada 7 684 1.1× 156 1.8× 73 0.9× 48 1.0× 56 1.5× 8 750
Jeffrey R. Sharom Canada 6 1.0k 1.6× 226 2.7× 46 0.6× 87 1.9× 52 1.4× 7 1.2k
Ulrik de Lichtenberg Denmark 9 777 1.2× 65 0.8× 68 0.9× 66 1.4× 43 1.1× 11 851
Gordana Apic Germany 11 699 1.1× 32 0.4× 84 1.1× 34 0.7× 81 2.1× 14 797
Hammad Naveed United States 15 499 0.8× 87 1.0× 94 1.2× 20 0.4× 61 1.6× 51 687

Countries citing papers authored by Shigeru Muta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shigeru Muta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shigeru Muta. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shigeru Muta. The network helps show where Shigeru Muta may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shigeru Muta

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shigeru Muta. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shigeru Muta based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Shigeru Muta. Shigeru Muta is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Baba, Akira, et al.. (2022). Prdm12 regulates inhibitory neuron differentiation in mouse embryonal carcinoma cells. Cytotechnology. 74(2). 329–339. 1 indexed citations
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Mekuchi, Miyuki, Kazuki Mori, Shigeru Muta, et al.. (2016). Transcriptomic features associated with energy production in the muscles of Pacific bluefin tuna and Pacific cod. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 80(6). 1114–1124. 5 indexed citations
3.
Araki, Hiromitsu, Nobukazu Komatsu, Mikiko Soejima, et al.. (2015). Haptoglobin promoter polymorphism rs5472 as a prognostic biomarker for peptide vaccine efficacy in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 64(12). 1565–1573. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Sangwan, Hideki Hirakawa, Shigeru Muta, & Satoru Kuhara. (2010). Identification and Classification of a Two-Component System Based on Domain Structures in Bacteria and Differences in Domain Structure between Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 74(4). 716–720. 3 indexed citations
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Hirasaki, Masataka, Fumika Nakamura, Yukiko Shimada, et al.. (2009). Deciphering cellular functions of protein phosphatases by comparison of gene expression profiles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 109(5). 433–441. 9 indexed citations
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OBA, Takahiro, Hikaru Suenaga, Shigeru Muta, Kosuke Tashiro, & Satoru Kuhara. (2007). Properties of a sucrose-tolerant Mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 24(7). 1233–1238. 1 indexed citations
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Hirakawa, Hideki, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Shigeru Muta, et al.. (2006). Construction of Enzyme-Substrate Complexes between Hen Egg-White Lysozyme and N-Acetyl-d-Glucosamine Hexamer by Systematic Conformational Search and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. The Journal of Biochemistry. 140(2). 221–227. 3 indexed citations
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OBA, Takahiro, Yoshitsugu Yamamoto, Hikaru Suenaga, et al.. (2006). Properties of a Trifluoroleucine-Resistant Mutant ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 70(7). 1776–1779. 12 indexed citations
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Toh, Hidehiro, Nobuhiro Kamikawaji, Takeshi Tana, et al.. (2000). Magnitude of structural changes of the T-cell receptor binding regions determine the strength of T-cell antagonism: molecular dynamics simulations of HLA-DR4 (DRB1*0405) complexed with analogue peptide. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 13(6). 423–429. 15 indexed citations
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Toh, Hidehiro, Christopher J. Savoie, Nobuhiro Kamikawaji, et al.. (2000). Changes at the floor of the peptide-binding groove induce a strong preference for Proline at position 3 of the bound peptide: Molecular dynamics simulations of HLA-A*0217. Biopolymers. 54(5). 318–327. 15 indexed citations
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Ito, Takashi, Kosuke Tashiro, Shigeru Muta, et al.. (2000). Toward a protein–protein interaction map of the budding yeast: A comprehensive system to examine two-hybrid interactions in all possible combinations between the yeast proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(3). 1143–1147. 598 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hirakawa, Hideki, Shigeru Muta, & Satoru Kuhara. (1999). The hydrophobic cores of proteins predicted by wavelet analysis.. Bioinformatics. 15(2). 141–148. 48 indexed citations
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Muta, Shigeru, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Satoshi Ezaki, et al.. (1992). Streptomyces ATP nucleotide 3'-pyrophosphokinase and its gene.. PubMed. 165–6. 4 indexed citations
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Muta, Shigeru, et al.. (1989). Streptomyces nucleotide 3′‐pyrophosphokinase are insensitive to stringent control. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 29(10). 671–674. 1 indexed citations

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