Shô Asakura

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Shô Asakura is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shô Asakura has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cell Biology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Shô Asakura's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (15 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (10 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers). Shô Asakura is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (15 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (10 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers). Shô Asakura collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Shô Asakura's co-authors include Fumio Oosawa, Ritsu Kamiya, Tetsuo Iino, Goro Eguchi, Michiki Kasai, Hajime Nagashima, Hirokazu Hotani, Nobuhisa Imai, Hajime Honda and M. Taniguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Shô Asakura

48 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

On Interaction between Two Bodies Immersed in a Solution ... 1954 2026 1978 2002 1954 1958 1975 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. On Interaction between Two Bodies Immersed in a Solution of Macromolecules
    1954 2.3k citations Shô Asakura, Fumio Oosawa The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  2. Interaction between particles suspended in solutions of macromolecules
    1958 1.6k citations Shô Asakura, Fumio Oosawa Journal of Polymer Science profile →
  3. Thermodynamics of the polymerization of protein
    1975 485 citations Fumio Oosawa, Shô Asakura profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shô Asakura Japan 31 3.1k 1.9k 1.8k 1.2k 1.1k 49 6.8k
Fumio Oosawa Japan 40 3.4k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 2.3k 1.3× 2.0k 1.7× 1.3k 1.2× 110 9.7k
Avinoam Ben‐Shaul Israel 50 1.3k 0.4× 4.2k 2.2× 1.0k 0.6× 818 0.7× 2.2k 2.1× 137 8.2k
Ben O’Shaughnessy United States 34 790 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 694 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 514 0.5× 115 4.3k
Kuniaki Nagayama Japan 60 4.8k 1.6× 4.0k 2.1× 3.0k 1.6× 456 0.4× 1.7k 1.6× 264 14.2k
Zvonimir Dogic United States 40 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 671 0.6× 84 6.8k
Cyrus R. Safinya United States 63 2.2k 0.7× 8.1k 4.1× 1.7k 0.9× 919 0.8× 2.6k 2.4× 222 14.5k
Evan Evans United States 49 607 0.2× 5.8k 3.0× 2.7k 1.5× 2.4k 2.0× 783 0.7× 85 11.6k
Jay X. Tang United States 40 645 0.2× 2.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 260 0.2× 105 5.6k
Joachim O. Rädler Germany 57 2.3k 0.7× 6.8k 3.5× 3.4k 1.9× 937 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 192 12.2k
R.P. Rand Canada 53 832 0.3× 8.7k 4.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.6× 94 12.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shô Asakura

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Honda, H. & Shô Asakura. (1989). Calcium-triggered movement of regulated actin in vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 205(4). 677–683. 31 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Takeshi, Shô Asakura, & Ritsu Kamiya. (1989). Total reconstitution of Salmonella flagellar filaments from hook and purified flagellin and hook-associated proteins in vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 209(1). 109–114. 22 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Etsuko, Hiroshi Hayashi, Shô Asakura, & Ritsu Kamiya. (1987). Stimulation of in vitro motility of Chlamydomonas axonemes by inhibition of cAMP‐dependent phosphorylation. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 8(4). 302–311. 73 indexed citations
4.
Kato, Satoru, Mitsumasa Okamoto, & Shô Asakura. (1984). Polymorphic transition of the flagellar polyhook from Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Molecular Biology. 173(4). 463–476. 26 indexed citations
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Kamiya, Ritsu, Shô Asakura, & Shigeru Yamaguchi. (1980). Formation of helical filaments by copolymerization of two types of ‘straight’ flagellins. Nature. 286(5773). 628–630. 46 indexed citations
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Nagashima, Hajime & Shô Asakura. (1980). Dark-field light microscopic study of the flexibility of F-actin complexes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 136(2). 169–182. 72 indexed citations
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Kamiya, Ritsu & Shô Asakura. (1974). Formation of a flagella-like but straight polymer of Salmonella flagellin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 87(1). 55–62. 9 indexed citations
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Kagawa, Hiroaki, Shô Asakura, & Tetsuo Iino. (1973). Serological Study of Bacterial Flagellar Hooks. Journal of Bacteriology. 113(3). 1474–1481. 24 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô. (1973). Serological StudyofBacterial Flagellar Hooks. 1 indexed citations
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Hotani, Hirokazu, et al.. (1970). Biochemical evidence for identical primary structure of P-filament and flagellin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 214(1). 207–215. 16 indexed citations
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Hotani, Hirokazu, Shô Asakura, & Tetsuo Iino. (1969). Extraordinary polymerization of salmonella flagellin in vitro. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 194(2). 572–583. 11 indexed citations
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Wakabayashi, Katsuzo, Hirokazu Hotani, & Shô Asakura. (1969). Polymerization of salmonella flagellin in the presence of high concentrations of salts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 175(1). 195–203. 62 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô. (1968). A kinetic study of in vitro polymerization of flagellin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 35(1). 237–239. 52 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô, Goro Eguchi, & Tetsuo Iino. (1964). Reconstitution of bacterial flagella in vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 10(1). 42–IN9. 177 indexed citations
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Kasai, Michiki, Shô Asakura, & Fumio Oosawa. (1962). The G - F equilibrium in actin solutions under various conditions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 57(1). 13–21. 78 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô, et al.. (1961). Physical chemistry of muscle protein "actin".. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô. (1961). The interaction between G-actin and ATP. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 92(1). 140–149. 125 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô, Michiki Kasai, & Fumio Oosawa. (1960). The effect of temperature on the equilibrium state of actin solutions. Journal of Polymer Science. 44(143). 35–49. 56 indexed citations
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Oosawa, Fumio, Shô Asakura, Ken Hotta, Nobuhisa Imai, & Tatsuo Ooi. (1959). G‐F transformation of actin as a fibrous condensation. Journal of Polymer Science. 37(132). 323–336. 129 indexed citations
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Asakura, Shô & Fumio Oosawa. (1954). On Interaction between Two Bodies Immersed in a Solution of Macromolecules. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 22(7). 1255–1256. 2312 indexed citations breakdown →

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