Tohru Kobayashi

9.8k citations

171 papers · 8.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 47

Genetics top 0.1%
Physiology top 0.01%
Molecular Biology top 5%
Reproductive Medicine top 0.2%
Aquatic Science top 0.2%

Co-authors: Yoshitaka Nagahama Hiroko Kajiura‐Kobayashi Masaru Matsuda Masaru Nakamura Fumie Sakai Satoshi Hamaguchi Ai Shinomiya Bindhu Paul‐Prasanth
Topics: Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (90 papers)Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (88 papers)Sperm and Testicular Function (51 papers)
Cited by: Physiology Genetics Reproductive Medicine
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: Japan United States China

In The Last Decade

Tohru Kobayashi

166 papers receiving 7.9k citations

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DMY is a Y-specific DM-domain gene required for male development in the medaka fish

2002 1.1k citations Masaru Matsuda, Yoshitaka Nagahama et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of Non‐Feeding on Development in a Teleost, Minami‐Medaka, Oryzias latipes: Identification of Eleutheroembryonic Stage for Potential Alternative Regulatory Toxicology Tests Along the 3R Principles 2025 ·Journal of Applied Toxicology ·Taijun Myosho,Makoto Kashima,Taisen Iguchi,Tohru Kobayashi	0
2	Gsdf is not indispensable for male differentiation in the medaka species Oryzias hubbsi 2024 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Yusuke Takehana,(unknown),(unknown),Tohru Kobayashi	0
3	Prediction of average score per taxon in Japan using mega data from the national census on river environments 2023 ·Limnology ·Takaaki Torii,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Taijun Myosho,Tohru Kobayashi	0
4	Sexual characteristics of high-temperature sterilized male Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus 2015 ·Zoological Letters ·Masaru Nakamura,Ryo Nozu,Shigeho Ijiri,Tohru Kobayashi,Toshiaki Hirai,Yoko Yamaguchi,André P. Seale,Darren T. Lerner,(unknown)	13
5	Expression and localization of gonadotropic hormone subunits (Gpa, Fshb, and Lhb) in the pituitary during gonadal differentiation in medaka 2014 ·General and Comparative Endocrinology ·Yoshifumi Horie,Akio Shimizu,Shinji Adachi,Tohru Kobayashi	17
6	Dynamics of testis‐ova in a wild population of Japanese pond frogs, Rana nigromaculata 2014 ·Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology ·Tohru Kobayashi,Masahiko Kumakura,Sumio Yoshie,(unknown),Yoshifumi Horie	3
7	DMY gene induces male development in genetically female (XX) medaka fish 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Masaru Matsuda,Ai Shinomiya,Masato Kinoshita,Aya Suzuki,Tohru Kobayashi,Bindhu Paul‐Prasanth,En‐Lieng Lau,Satoshi Hamaguchi,Mitsuru Sakaizumi,Yoshitaka Nagahama	152
8	Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of a subtilisin-like serine protease from a deep-sea bacterium, Alkalimonas collagenimarina AC40T 2007 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Atsushi Kurata,Kohsuke Uchimura,Shigeru Shimamura,Tohru Kobayashi,Koki Horikoshi	11
9	Cloning, expression and characterization of three types of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases from the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus 2005 ·Journal of Molecular Endocrinology ·Linyan Zhou,(unknown),Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran,Michiyasu Yoshikuni,Yasushi Shibata,Tohru Kobayashi,C.C. Sudhakumari,Yoshitaka Nagahama	57
10	Molecular cloning, gene expression and characterization of the third estrogen receptor of the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus 2005 ·Fish Physiology and Biochemistry ·(unknown),Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran,C.C. Sudhakumari,Fumie Sakai,Masaru Matsuda,Tohru Kobayashi,Michiyasu Yoshikuni,Yoshitaka Nagahama	25
11	Molecular cloning and expression of Ad4BP/SF-1 in the serial sex changing gobiid fish, Trimma okinawae 2005 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Yasuhisa Kobayashi,Tomoki Sunobe,Tohru Kobayashi,Masaru Nakamura,Norio Suzuki,Yoshitaka Nagahama	18
12	Isolation, characterization and expression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 cDNAs from the testes of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) 2003 ·Journal of Molecular Endocrinology ·(unknown),(unknown),Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran,Tohru Kobayashi,(unknown),Akihiko Yamaguchi,Wei Ge,G. Young,Yoshitaka Nagahama	51
13	Two isoforms of vasa homologs in a teleost fish: their differential expression during germ cell differentiation 2002 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Tohru Kobayashi,Hiroko Kajiura‐Kobayashi,Yoshitaka Nagahama	77
14	A novel alkaline endoglucanase from an alkaliphilic Bacillus isolate: enzymatic properties, and nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences 2001 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Keiji Endo,Yoshihiro Hakamada,Shuichi Takizawa,Hiromi Kubota,Naokata Sumitomo,Tohru Kobayashi,Sadayoshi Ito	53
15	Differential expression of vasa homologue gene in the germ cells during oogenesis and spermatogenesis in a teleost fish, tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus 2000 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Tohru Kobayashi,Hiroko Kajiura‐Kobayashi,Yoshitaka Nagahama	167
16	A New High-alkaline and High-molecular-weight Pectate Lyase from aBacillusIsolate: Enzymatic Properties and Cloning of the Gene for the Enzyme 2000 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·(unknown),Kazuhisa Sawada,Kazuhiro Saito,Yoshihiro Hakamada,(unknown),(unknown),Tohru Kobayashi,Susumu Ito	21
17	ROLE OF ENDOGENOUS STEROID HORMONES ON GONADAL SEX DIFFERENTIATION IN FISH(Developmental Biology)(Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) 1999 ·ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE ·Masayoshi Nakamura,Tohru Kobayashi,Yasutoshi Yoshiura,Yoshitaka Nagahama	2
18	P450scc-like immunoreactivity throughout gonadal restructuring in the protogynous hermaphrodite Thalassoma duperrey 1998 ·The International Journal of Developmental Biology ·(unknown),Makoto Nakamura,Tohru Kobayashi,E. Gordon Grau,Yoshitaka Nagahama	31
19	Insulin-like growth factor-I induces follicular development by stimulating ovarian production of angiotensin II 1997 ·Naoaki Kuji,Toyohiko Miyazaki,Kou Sueoka,Masayuki Tanaka,(unknown),Yu Kitaoka,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Tohru Kobayashi,Y. Yoshimura	3
20	EN53 EFFECTS OF FAT BODY EXCISION ON TESTICULAR ULTRASTRUCTURE IN YOUNG FROGS OF RANA NIGROMACULATA.(Endocrinology)(Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) : 1984 ·ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE ·Tohru Kobayashi,Hisaaki Iwasawa	2

About Tohru Kobayashi

Tohru Kobayashi is a scholar working on Physiology, Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, having authored 171 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (90 papers), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (88 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (51 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (4.2k citations), Genetics (5.7k citations) and Reproductive Medicine (1.7k citations). Tohru Kobayashi has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Yoshitaka Nagahama, Hiroko Kajiura‐Kobayashi, Masaru Matsuda, Masaru Nakamura, Fumie Sakai, Satoshi Hamaguchi, Ai Shinomiya, Bindhu Paul‐Prasanth, Naoki Shibata and Mitsuru Sakaizumi. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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