Shosaku Numa

34.4k total citations · 20 hit papers
187 papers, 27.9k citations indexed

About

Shosaku Numa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shosaku Numa has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 27.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Shosaku Numa's work include Ion channel regulation and function (52 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (28 papers). Shosaku Numa is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (52 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (28 papers). Shosaku Numa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Shosaku Numa's co-authors include Masaharu Noda, Tadaaki Hirose, Hideo Takahashi, Tsutomu Tanabe, Shigetada Nakanishi, Keiji Imoto, Masayoshi Mishina, Seiichi Inayama, Hiroshi Takeshima and Walter Stühmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Shosaku Numa

185 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for bovine corticotrop... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1987 1984 1989 1989 400 800 1.2k
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  1. Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for bovine corticotropin-β-lipotropin precursor
    1979 1.4k citations Shigetada Nakanishi, Masahiro Nakamura et al. Nature profile →
  2. Primary structure of the receptor for calcium channel blockers from skeletal muscle
    1987 1.1k citations Tsutomu Tanabe, Hiroshi Takeshima et al. Nature profile →
  3. Primary structure of Electrophorus electricus sodium channel deduced from cDNA sequence
    1984 1.0k citations Masaharu Noda, Shin Shimizu et al. Nature profile →
  4. Primary structure and expression from complementary DNA of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor
    1989 968 citations Hiroshi Takeshima, Hiroyuki Ishida et al. Nature profile →
  5. Structural parts involved in activation and inactivation of the sodium channel
    1989 942 citations Walter Stühmer, Franco Conti et al. Nature profile →
  6. Molecular distinction between fetal and adult forms of muscle acetylcholine receptor
    1986 791 citations Masayoshi Mishina, Keiji Imoto et al. Nature profile →
  7. Existence of distinct sodium channel messenger RNAs in rat brain
    1986 782 citations Masaharu Noda, Toshiaki Kayano et al. Nature profile →
  8. Cloning, sequencing and expression of complementary DNA encoding the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
    1986 764 citations Kazuhiko Fukuda, Masayoshi Mishina et al. Nature profile →
  9. Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for bovine adrenal preproenkephalin
    1982 761 citations Masaharu Noda, Yasuji Furutani et al. Nature profile →
  10. Primary structure and functional expression of the cardiac dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channel
    1989 759 citations Keiji Imoto, Yasuo Mori et al. Nature profile →
  11. Primary structure and functional expression from complementary DNA of a brain calcium channel
    1991 729 citations Yasuo Mori, Junichi Nakai et al. Nature profile →
  12. Rings of negatively charged amino acids determine the acetylcholine receptor channel conductance
    1988 643 citations Keiji Imoto, Christopher Büsch et al. Nature profile →
  13. Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for porcine β-neo-endorphin/dynorphin precursor
    1982 634 citations Yasuji Furutani, Masaharu Noda et al. Nature profile →
  14. Structural homology of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor subunits
    1983 621 citations Masaharu Noda, Hideo Takahashi et al. Nature profile →
  15. Calcium channel characteristics conferred on the sodium channel by single mutations
    1992 603 citations Stefan H. Heinemann, Heinrich Terlau et al. Nature profile →
  16. Primary structure of α-subunit precursor of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor deduced from cDNA sequence
    1982 557 citations Masaharu Noda, Hideo Takahashi et al. Nature profile →
  17. Primary structure and functional expression from complementary DNA of the rod photoreceptor cyclic GMP-gated channel
    1989 520 citations Walter Stühmer, Tadaaki Hirose et al. Nature profile →
  18. Regions of the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine receptor critical for excitation–contraction coupling
    1990 512 citations Tsutomu Tanabe, Kurt G. Beam et al. Nature profile →
  19. Patch clamp measurements onXenopus laevis oocytes: currents through endogenous channels and implanted acetylcholine receptor and sodium channels
    1986 470 citations Shosaku Numa, Bert Sakmann et al. profile →
  20. Location of a δ-subunit region determining ion transport through the acetylcholine receptor channel
    1986 261 citations Keiji Imoto, Bert Sakmann et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shosaku Numa Japan 78 22.5k 13.2k 3.9k 2.2k 1.9k 187 27.9k
Shigetada Nakanishi Japan 116 29.5k 1.3× 30.6k 2.3× 2.1k 0.6× 5.0k 2.2× 2.4k 1.3× 344 47.2k
Martin J. Lohse Germany 91 22.2k 1.0× 10.9k 0.8× 5.5k 1.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 355 29.4k
John P. Adelman United States 76 13.3k 0.6× 9.1k 0.7× 4.9k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 681 0.4× 191 18.8k
Martin Poenie United States 30 15.7k 0.7× 8.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 3.6k 1.6× 2.3k 1.3× 43 25.2k
Jeffrey Benovic United States 94 23.8k 1.1× 13.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.4× 2.8k 1.2× 3.2k 1.8× 290 28.8k
Masaharu Noda Japan 68 14.3k 0.6× 8.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 2.8k 1.5× 194 19.3k
Joël Bockaert France 89 17.9k 0.8× 19.6k 1.5× 577 0.1× 3.8k 1.7× 1.6k 0.9× 410 30.5k
Brian F. O’Dowd Canada 78 11.7k 0.5× 11.1k 0.8× 748 0.2× 1.8k 0.8× 912 0.5× 187 19.2k
Richard W. Tsien United States 119 36.8k 1.6× 32.2k 2.4× 11.2k 2.9× 3.5k 1.6× 4.5k 2.4× 243 49.1k
Angus C. Nairn United States 111 26.5k 1.2× 14.2k 1.1× 1.7k 0.4× 5.6k 2.5× 6.1k 3.3× 478 39.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Terlau, Heinrich, Stefan H. Heinemann, Walter Stuehmer, et al.. (1992). Determinants of sensitivity to tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin of sodium channel-II.. The FASEB Journal. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Imagawa, Toshiaki, Junichi Nakai, Hiroshi Takeshima, Shosaku Numa, & Munekazu Shigekawa. (1992). Expression of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release channel activity from cardiac ryanodine receptor cDNA in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 24. 212–212. 3 indexed citations
3.
Pusch, Michael, Masaharu Noda, Walter Stühmer, Shosaku Numa, & Franco Conti. (1991). Single point mutations of the sodium channel drastically reduce the pore permeability without preventing its gating. European Biophysics Journal. 20(3). 127–133. 54 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Tsutomu, Brett Adams, Shosaku Numa, & Kurt G. Beam. (1991). Repeat I of the dihydropyridine receptor is critical in determining calcium channel activation kinetics. Nature. 352(6338). 800–803. 117 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Harukazu, Synnöve Beckh, Hideo Kubo, et al.. (1988). Functional expression of cloned cDNA encoding sodium channel III. FEBS Letters. 228(1). 195–200. 140 indexed citations
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Imoto, Keiji, Christopher Büsch, Bert Sakmann, et al.. (1988). Rings of negatively charged amino acids determine the acetylcholine receptor channel conductance. Nature. 335(6191). 645–648. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Noda, Masaharu, Yasuji Furutani, Hideo Takahashi, et al.. (1983). Cloning and sequence analysis of calf cDNA and human genomic DNA encoding α-subunit precursor of muscle acetylcholine receptor. Nature. 305(5937). 818–823. 339 indexed citations
8.
Suda, Mitsuaki, Kazuwa Nakao, Takaaki Yoshimasa, et al.. (1983). A novel opioid peptide, leumorphin, acts as an agonist at the κ opiate receptor. Life Sciences. 32(24). 2769–2775. 31 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Shigetada & Shosaku Numa. (1982). Structural organization of the corticotropin-beta-lipotropin precursor gene.. PubMed. 12. 23–9. 1 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Tadashi, et al.. (1981). [1] Acetyl-CoA carboxylase from rat liver. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 71 Pt C. 5–16. 85 indexed citations
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Numa, Shosaku. (1981). Two long-chain acyl coenzyme A synthetases: their different roles in fatty acid metabolism and its regulation. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 6. 113–115. 17 indexed citations
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Mishina, Masayoshi, Tatsuyuki Kamiryo, Shin‐ichi Tashiro, et al.. (1978). Subcellular Localization of Two Long‐Chain Acyl‐Coenzyme‐A Synthetases in Candida lipolytica. European Journal of Biochemistry. 89(2). 321–328. 50 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Masahiro, et al.. (1978). Effects of Steroid Hormones on the Level of Corticotropin Messenger RNA Activity in Cultured Mouse‐Pituitary‐Tumor Cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 86(1). 61–66. 61 indexed citations
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Tanabe, Tadashi, et al.. (1978). Inhibition of Rat-Liver Acetyl-Coenzyme-A Carboxylase by Palmitoyl-Coenzyme A. Formation of Equimolar Enzyme-Inhibitor Complex. European Journal of Biochemistry. 89(1). 33–41. 105 indexed citations
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Miki, Yukio, Kohei Hosaka, Satoshi Yamashita, Hajime Handa, & Shosaku Numa. (1977). Acyl‐Acceptor Specificities of 1‐Acylglycerolphosphate Acyltransferase and 1‐Acylglycerophosphorylcholine Acyltransferase Resolved from Rat Liver Microsomes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 81(3). 433–441. 28 indexed citations
16.
Iritani, Nobuko, Satoshi Yamashita, & Shosaku Numa. (1976). Dietary Control of Triglyceride and Phospholipid Synthesis in Rat Liver Slices. The Journal of Biochemistry. 80(2). 217–222. 25 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Satoshi, Noriaki Nakaya, Yukio Miki, & Shosaku Numa. (1975). Separation of 1-acylglycerolphosphate acyltransferase and 1-acylglycerolphosphorylcholine acyltransferase of rat liver microsomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(2). 600–603. 23 indexed citations
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Numa, Shosaku & Satoshi Yamashita. (1974). Regulation of Lipogenesis in Animal Tissues. Current topics in cellular regulation. 8(0). 197–246. 102 indexed citations
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Nakanishi, Shigetada & Shosaku Numa. (1970). Purification of Rat Liver Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase and Immunochemical Studies on its Synthesis and Degradation. European Journal of Biochemistry. 16(1). 161–173. 218 indexed citations
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Numa, Shosaku, Michio Matsuhashi, & Frédéric Lynen. (1961). Disturbance of fatty acid synthesis in starvation and alloxan diabetes. 1. Fatty acid synthesis in the liver of normal and starved rats.. 334. 203–217.

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