Taeko Nishiwaki

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Taeko Nishiwaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Taeko Nishiwaki has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Taeko Nishiwaki's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (12 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Taeko Nishiwaki is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (12 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Taeko Nishiwaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. Taeko Nishiwaki's co-authors include Takao Kondo, Hideo Iwasaki, Masato Nakajima, Tokitaka Oyama, Yohko Kitayama, Yoriko Murayama, Keiko Imai, Hiroshi Ito, Kazuki Terauchi and Nobuaki Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Taeko Nishiwaki

16 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Reconstitution of Circadian Oscillation of Cyanobacterial... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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  1. Reconstitution of Circadian Oscillation of Cyanobacterial KaiC Phosphorylation in Vitro
    2005 756 citations Masato Nakajima, Keiko Imai et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Taeko Nishiwaki Japan 16 1.6k 1.3k 972 867 262 16 2.4k
Hiroshi Ito Japan 17 1.4k 0.8× 690 0.5× 567 0.6× 775 0.9× 42 0.2× 47 2.0k
Thaddeus A. Bargiello United States 32 3.6k 2.2× 1000 0.8× 416 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 151 0.6× 52 4.8k
Cedric S. Wesley United States 17 788 0.5× 630 0.5× 645 0.7× 444 0.5× 132 0.5× 28 1.6k
Toshiyuki Okano Japan 31 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.4× 534 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 331 1.3× 72 3.2k
W. Venus So United States 12 955 0.6× 1.9k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.6× 89 0.3× 21 3.4k
François Rouyer France 31 973 0.6× 2.0k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 2.0k 2.3× 76 0.3× 57 3.9k
Leeju C. Wu United States 16 4.9k 3.0× 539 0.4× 311 0.3× 453 0.5× 431 1.6× 20 6.2k
Christian Frøkjær‐Jensen United States 20 1.8k 1.1× 463 0.4× 218 0.2× 413 0.5× 296 1.1× 33 2.7k
Hannes E. Bülow United States 26 1.2k 0.8× 433 0.3× 129 0.1× 570 0.7× 829 3.2× 50 2.5k
Yoriko Murayama Japan 7 775 0.5× 696 0.5× 568 0.6× 438 0.5× 21 0.1× 7 1.3k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Nishiwaki, Taeko & Takao Kondo. (2012). Circadian Autodephosphorylation of Cyanobacterial Clock Protein KaiC Occurs via Formation of ATP as Intermediate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(22). 18030–18035. 65 indexed citations
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Kitayama, Yohko, Taeko Nishiwaki, Kazuki Terauchi, & Takao Kondo. (2008). Dual KaiC-based oscillations constitute the circadian system of cyanobacteria. Genes & Development. 22(11). 1513–1521. 99 indexed citations
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Nishiwaki, Taeko, Yoshinori Satomi, Yohko Kitayama, et al.. (2007). A sequential program of dual phosphorylation of KaiC as a basis for circadian rhythm in cyanobacteria. The EMBO Journal. 26(17). 4029–4037. 176 indexed citations
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Terauchi, Kazuki, Yohko Kitayama, Taeko Nishiwaki, et al.. (2007). ATPase activity of KaiC determines the basic timing for circadian clock of cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(41). 16377–16381. 185 indexed citations
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Kageyama, Hakuto, Taeko Nishiwaki, Masato Nakajima, et al.. (2006). Cyanobacterial Circadian Pacemaker: Kai Protein Complex Dynamics in the KaiC Phosphorylation Cycle In Vitro. Molecular Cell. 23(2). 161–171. 155 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Masato, Keiko Imai, Hiroshi Ito, et al.. (2005). Reconstitution of Circadian Oscillation of Cyanobacterial KaiC Phosphorylation in Vitro. Science. 308(5720). 414–415. 756 indexed citations breakdown →
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Imai, Keiko, Taeko Nishiwaki, Takao Kondo, & Hideo Iwasaki. (2004). Circadian Rhythms in the Synthesis and Degradation of a Master Clock Protein KaiC in Cyanobacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 36534–36539. 29 indexed citations
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Nishiwaki, Taeko, Yoshinori Satomi, Masato Nakajima, et al.. (2004). Role of KaiC phosphorylation in the circadian clock system of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(38). 13927–13932. 161 indexed citations
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Iwasaki, Hideo, Taeko Nishiwaki, Yohko Kitayama, Masato Nakajima, & Takao Kondo. (2002). KaiA-stimulated KaiC phosphorylation in circadian timing loops in cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(24). 15788–15793. 233 indexed citations
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Nishiwaki, Taeko, Hideo Iwasaki, Masahiro Ishiura, & Takao Kondo. (2000). Nucleotide binding and autophosphorylation of the clock protein KaiC as a circadian timing process of cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(1). 495–499. 145 indexed citations
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Shintani, Takafumi, Nobuaki Maeda, Taeko Nishiwaki, & Masaharu Noda. (1997). Characterization of Rat Receptor-like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase γ Isoforms. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 230(2). 419–425. 25 indexed citations
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Maeda, Nobuaki, Taeko Nishiwaki, Takafumi Shintani, Hiroki Hamanaka, & Masaharu Noda. (1996). 6B4 Proteoglycan/Phosphacan, an Extracellular Variant of Receptor-like Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase ζ/RPTPβ, Binds Pleiotrophin/Heparin-binding Growth-associated Molecule (HB-GAM). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(35). 21446–21452. 242 indexed citations
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Okamura, Hitoshi, Fumio Kawakami, Yoshitaka Tamada, et al.. (1995). Circadian change of VIP mRNA in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus following p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) treatment in constant darkness. Molecular Brain Research. 29(2). 358–364. 26 indexed citations
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Nishiwaki, Taeko, Hitoshi Okamura, Kazuyuki Kanemasa, et al.. (1995). Differences of somatostatin mRNA in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus under light-dark and constant dark conditions: an analysis by in situ hybridization. Neuroscience Letters. 197(3). 231–234. 17 indexed citations
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Maeda, Nobuaki, Hiroki Hamanaka, Takafumi Shintani, Taeko Nishiwaki, & Masaharu Noda. (1994). Multiple receptor‐like protein tyrosine phosphatases in the form of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. FEBS Letters. 354(1). 67–70. 91 indexed citations
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Fukuhara, Chiaki, Taeko Nishiwaki, Felino R. Cagampang, & Shin-Ichi T. Inouye. (1994). Emergence of VIP rhythmicity following somatostatin depletion in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus. Brain Research. 645(1-2). 343–346. 25 indexed citations

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