Shoji Tajima

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Shoji Tajima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Shoji Tajima has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Shoji Tajima's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (59 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (27 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers). Shoji Tajima is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (59 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (27 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers). Shoji Tajima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Shoji Tajima's co-authors include Isao Suetake, Akira Yamamoto, Hideyuki Takeshima, Haruhiko Koseki, Jafar Sharif, Takaho A. Endo, Masaki Okano, Masahiro Muto, Tetsuro Toyoda and Yoko Mizutani-Koseki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Shoji Tajima

102 papers receiving 5.0k 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 SRA protein Np95 mediates epigenetic inheritance by recruiting Dnmt1 to methylated DNA

2007 945 citations Jafar Sharif, Isao Suetake et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shoji Tajima Japan	36	4.3k	1.3k	472	442	409	104	5.1k
Steen Kølvraa Denmark	39	2.6k 0.6×	752 0.6×	329 0.7×	625 1.4×	226 0.6×	154	4.8k
Chih‐Lin Hsieh United States	33	3.6k 0.8×	988 0.8×	299 0.6×	180 0.4×	169 0.4×	77	4.2k
Daiya Takai Japan	28	4.2k 1.0×	909 0.7×	824 1.7×	313 0.7×	253 0.6×	71	5.2k
Fa‐Ten Kao United States	39	3.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	470 1.0×	187 0.4×	200 0.5×	77	4.2k
Robert J. Mattaliano United States	31	3.4k 0.8×	865 0.7×	365 0.8×	167 0.4×	210 0.5×	45	5.9k
Dominic J. Smiraglia United States	37	3.1k 0.7×	647 0.5×	737 1.6×	289 0.7×	260 0.6×	75	3.9k
Maxwell P. Lee United States	33	3.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	714 1.5×	513 1.2×	357 0.9×	89	4.9k
Gerald L. Feldman United States	33	1.5k 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	191 0.4×	442 1.0×	337 0.8×	118	3.5k
T. Mohandas United States	34	2.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	194 0.4×	144 0.3×	281 0.7×	65	3.9k
Klaus Hansen Denmark	36	6.0k 1.4×	805 0.6×	805 1.7×	143 0.3×	206 0.5×	56	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shoji Tajima

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Takeshita, Kohei, et al.. (2017). Conserved threonine 1505 in the catalytic domain stabilizes mouse DNA methyltransferase 1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 162(4). 271–278. 6 indexed citations

Krayukhina, Elena, Akihiro Kawamoto, Takayuki Kato, et al.. (2015). The role of phosphorylation of histone H3 at serine 10 in chromatin condensation in vitro. Chromosome science. 18(1). 9–14. 3 indexed citations

Fukuzawa, Seketsu, Kazuo Tachibana, Shoji Tajima, & Isao Suetake. (2015). Selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine with micelle incarcerated oxidants to determine it at single base resolution. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(24). 5667–5671. 2 indexed citations

Suetake, Isao, Kyohei Arita, Kohei Takeshita, et al.. (2013). The DNA Methyltransferase Dnmt1 Directly Interacts with the SET and RING Finger-associated (SRA) Domain of the Multifunctional Protein Uhrf1 to Facilitate Accession of the Catalytic Center to Hemi-methylated DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(1). 379–386. 87 indexed citations

Otani, Junji, Hironobu Kimura, Jafar Sharif, et al.. (2013). Cell Cycle-Dependent Turnover of 5-Hydroxymethyl Cytosine in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82961–e82961. 73 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Yasunori, Naoya Hatano, Noriyuki Sueyoshi, et al.. (2010). The DNA-binding activity of mouse DNA methyltransferase 1 is regulated by phosphorylation with casein kinase 1δ/ε. Biochemical Journal. 427(3). 489–497. 52 indexed citations

Obata, Yosuke, Shoji Tajima, & Shinji Takeoka. (2009). Evaluation of pH-responsive liposomes containing amino acid-based zwitterionic lipids for improving intracellular drug delivery in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Controlled Release. 142(2). 267–276. 110 indexed citations

Takashima, Seiji, Masanori Takehashi, Jiyoung Lee, et al.. (2009). Abnormal DNA Methyltransferase Expression in Mouse Germline Stem Cells Results in Spermatogenic Defects1. Biology of Reproduction. 81(1). 155–164. 65 indexed citations

Takeda, Masatoshi, Isao Suetake, Koichi Kawakami, et al.. (2007). Recombinant Tol2 transposase with activity in Xenopus embryos. FEBS Letters. 581(22). 4333–4336. 18 indexed citations

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Negishi, Masamitsu, Atsunori Saraya, Satoru Miyagi, et al.. (2006). Bmi1 cooperates with Dnmt1-associated protein 1 in gene silencing. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 353(4). 992–998. 53 indexed citations

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Suetake, Isao, et al.. (2006). Stimulation Effect of Dnmt3L on the DNA Methylation Activity of Dnmt3a2. The Journal of Biochemistry. 140(4). 553–559. 21 indexed citations

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Uno, Tomohide, et al.. (2005). Expression, purification, and characterization of methyl DNA binding protein from Bombyx mori. Journal of Insect Science. 5(1). 8–8. 14 indexed citations

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Datta, Jharna, Kalpana Ghoshal, Sudarshana M. Sharma, Shoji Tajima, & Samson T. Jacob. (2003). Biochemical fractionation reveals association of DNA methyltransferase (Dnmt) 3b with Dnmt1 and that of Dnmt 3a with a histone H3 methyltransferase and Hdac1. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 88(5). 855–864. 51 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Daisuke, Isao Suetake, Takashi Tada, & Shoji Tajima. (2002). Stage- and cell-specific expression of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b during embryogenesis. Mechanisms of Development. 118(1-2). 187–190. 173 indexed citations

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Takagi, Hidekazu, Shoji Tajima, & Akira Asano. (1995). Overexpression of DNA Methyltransferase in Myoblast Cells Accelerates Myotube Formation. European Journal of Biochemistry. 231(2). 282–291. 36 indexed citations

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Suetake, Isao, Shoji Tajima, & Akira Asano. (1993). Identification of two novel mouse nuclear proteins that bind selectively to a methylated c-Myc recognizing sequence. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(9). 2125–2130. 9 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Akira, Taku Yamamura, & Shoji Tajima. (1990). Risk Factors for Atherosclerotic Vascular Diseases with Special Reference to the Relationship between Apolipoprotein E Mutations and Hyperlipidemia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 598(1). 58–65. 4 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Taku, Shoji Tajima, Yasuko Miyake, et al.. (1990). Hyperlipoproteinemia as a risk factor for ischemic heart disease.. Japanese Circulation Journal. 54(4). 448–456. 18 indexed citations

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Horiuchi, Kenji, et al.. (1989). Structure and Expression of Mouse Apolipoprotein E Grene1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 106(1). 98–103. 37 indexed citations

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Hara, Hitoshi, et al.. (1987). Induction of acetylated low density lipoprotein receptor and suppression of low density lipoprotein receptor on the cells of human monocytic leukemia cell line (THP-1 cell). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 146(2). 802–808. 81 indexed citations

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