Shozo Ohta

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Shozo Ohta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Shozo Ohta has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Shozo Ohta's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (11 papers), Bee Products Chemical Analysis (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Shozo Ohta is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (11 papers), Bee Products Chemical Analysis (9 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Shozo Ohta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Shozo Ohta's co-authors include Yukoh Hiei, Toshihiko Komari, Takashi Kumashiro, Yuji Ishida, Tsukaho Hattori, Satoru Mita, Kenzo Nakamura, Hideaki Saito, Satoshi Mishima and Kenzo Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Biotechnology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shozo Ohta

31 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Efficient transformation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mediated by Agrobacterium and sequence analysis of the boundaries of the T‐DNA

1994 3.0k citations Yukoh Hiei, Shozo Ohta et al. The Plant Journal profile →
High efficiency transformation of maize (Zea mays L.) mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

1996 626 citations Yuji Ishida, Hideaki Saito et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shozo Ohta Japan	22	3.9k	3.9k	1.5k	417	297	32	5.4k
Hirokazu Matsui Japan	37	1.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	327 0.8×	400 1.3×	178	4.5k
‍Masao Ishimoto Japan	39	1.9k 0.5×	4.0k 1.0×	584 0.4×	238 0.6×	240 0.8×	170	5.0k
Jae‐Yean Kim South Korea	44	3.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	353 0.2×	218 0.5×	200 0.7×	124	5.9k
Mee‐Len Chye Hong Kong	45	4.4k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	385 0.3×	142 0.3×	160 0.5×	142	5.8k
Christopher J. Lamb United States	40	4.3k 1.1×	5.8k 1.5×	860 0.6×	338 0.8×	87 0.3×	90	7.6k
Erich Kombrink Germany	35	2.7k 0.7×	3.6k 0.9×	431 0.3×	355 0.9×	65 0.2×	62	4.8k
Ganesh M. Kishore United States	26	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	511 0.4×	116 0.3×	159 0.5×	53	3.8k
Xiaofen Sun China	36	3.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	474 0.3×	304 0.7×	88 0.3×	137	4.2k
Yiji Xia Hong Kong	38	4.1k 1.0×	4.8k 1.3×	221 0.2×	199 0.5×	190 0.6×	82	6.6k
Ross G. Atkinson New Zealand	37	2.4k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	473 0.3×	121 0.3×	93 0.3×	107	4.3k

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Kumazaki, Minami, Haruka Shinohara, Kohei Taniguchi, et al.. (2014). Propolis cinnamic acid derivatives induce apoptosis through both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis signaling pathways and modulate of miRNA expression. Phytomedicine. 21(8-9). 1070–1077. 39 indexed citations

Hata, Taketoshi, Shigemi Tazawa, Shozo Ohta, et al.. (2012). Artepillin C, a Major Ingredient of Brazilian Propolis, Induces a Pungent Taste by Activating TRPA1 Channels. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e48072–e48072. 61 indexed citations

Nakamura, Rika, Ryosuke Nakamura, Kazuo Oka, et al.. (2010). Effects of propolis from different areas on mast cell degranulation and identification of the effective components in propolis. International Immunopharmacology. 10(9). 1107–1112. 40 indexed citations

Narita, Yukio, et al.. (2009). Effects of Long-Term Administration of Royal Jelly on Pituitary Weight and Gene Expression in Middle-Aged Female Rats. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 73(2). 431–433. 10 indexed citations

Hattori, Noriko, Shozo Ohta, Takashi Sakamoto, Satoshi Mishima, & Shoei Furukawa. (2009). Royal Jelly Facilitates Restoration of the Cognitive Ability in Trimethyltin‐Intoxicated Mice. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011(1). 165968–165968. 32 indexed citations

Isohama, Yoichiro, Hiroe Maruyama, Yukio Narita, et al.. (2006). Estrogenic Activities of Fatty Acids and a Sterol Isolated from Royal Jelly. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 5(3). 295–302. 98 indexed citations

Narita, Yukio, Johji Nomura, Shozo Ohta, et al.. (2006). Royal Jelly Stimulates Bone Formation: Physiologic and Nutrigenomic Studies with Mice and Cell Lines. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 70(10). 2508–2514. 52 indexed citations

Nomura, Mika, Tomonori Higuchi, Yuji Ishida, et al.. (2005). Differential Expression Pattern of C4 Bundle Sheath Expression Genes in Rice, a C3 Plant. Plant and Cell Physiology. 46(5). 754–761. 47 indexed citations

Mishima, Satoshi, Yukio Narita, Yoshikazu Inoh, et al.. (2005). Effects of propolis on cell growth and gene expression in HL-60 cells. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 99(1). 5–11. 46 indexed citations

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Mishima, Satoshi, Yoshikazu Inoh, Yukio Narita, et al.. (2005). Identification of caffeoylquinic acid derivatives from Brazilian propolis as constituents involved in induction of granulocytic differentiation of HL-60 cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 13(20). 5814–5818. 69 indexed citations

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Ohta, Shozo, et al.. (2004). Expression of cold-tolerant pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase cDNA, and heterotetramer formation in transgenic maize plants. Transgenic Research. 13(5). 475–485. 14 indexed citations

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Ishida, Yuji, Nobuhiko Murai, Shozo Ohta, et al.. (2004). Improved Co-transformation of Maize with Vectors Carrying Two Separate T-DNAs Mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Biotechnology. 21(1). 57–63. 8 indexed citations

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Nomura, Mika, Naoki Sentoku, Yuji Ishida, et al.. (2001). THE PROMOTER OF rbcS IN A C3 PLANT (RICE) DIRECTS ORGAN-SPECIFIC, LIGHT-DEPENDENT EXPRESSION IN A C4 PLANT (MAIZE), BUT DOES NOT CONFER THE BUNDLE SHEATH CELL-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION. Plant and Cell Physiology. 42.

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Nomura, Mika, Asuka Nishimura, Yuji Ishida, et al.. (2000). The promoter of rbcS in a C3 plant (rice) directs organ-specific, light-dependent expression in a C4 plant (maize), but does not confer bundle sheath cell-specific expression. Plant Molecular Biology. 44(1). 99–106. 36 indexed citations

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Nomura, Mika, Naoki Sentoku, Asuka Nishimura, et al.. (2000). The evolution of C4 plants: acquisition of cis‐regulatory sequences in the promoter of C4‐type pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase gene. The Plant Journal. 22(3). 211–221. 41 indexed citations

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Ohta, Shozo, et al.. (1996). Identification of the amino acid residues responsible for cold tolerance in Flaveria brownii pyruvate,orthophosphate dikinase. FEBS Letters. 396(2-3). 152–156. 11 indexed citations

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Ishida, Yuji, Hideaki Saito, Shozo Ohta, et al.. (1996). High efficiency transformation of maize (Zea mays L.) mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Nature Biotechnology. 14(6). 745–750. 626 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hiei, Yukoh, Shozo Ohta, Toshihiko Komari, & Takashi Kumashiro. (1994). Efficient transformation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mediated by Agrobacterium and sequence analysis of the boundaries of the T‐DNA. The Plant Journal. 6(2). 271–282. 2950 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ohta, Shozo, Tsukaho Hattori, Atsushi Morikami, & Kenzo Nakamura. (1991). High-level expression of a sweet potato sporamin gene promoter: β-glucuroidase (GUS) fusion gene in the stems of transgenic tobacco plants is conferred by multiple cell type-specific regulatory elements. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 225(3). 369–378. 36 indexed citations

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Ohta, Shozo, et al.. (1990). EVALUATION OF RENAL FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH PRIMARY VUR UP TO TWO YEARS OLD. The Japanese Journal of Urology. 81(4). 583–588. 5 indexed citations

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