Y. Shimura

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Y. Shimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Shimura has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Y. Shimura's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers). Y. Shimura is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (20 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers). Y. Shimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Y. Shimura's co-authors include K. Okada, Kozo Tanaka, Jun‐ya Ueda, Callum J. Bell, Masako Komaki, M. OHNO, Hitoshi Sawa, Haruo Ozeki, Hikaru Sakamoto and M. Ohno and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Y. Shimura

29 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Requirement of the Auxin Polar Transport System in Early Stages of Arabidopsis Floral Bud Formation.

1991 831 citations K. Okada, Y. Shimura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Y. Shimura Japan	19	2.2k	1.0k	211	101	66	29	2.4k
Claus M. Azzalin Switzerland	29	3.3k 1.5×	816 0.8×	295 1.4×	55 0.5×	137 2.1×	51	4.0k
Zoia Larin United Kingdom	19	1.5k 0.7×	416 0.4×	639 3.0×	33 0.3×	90 1.4×	31	1.9k
Carla Klattenhoff United States	11	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	247 1.2×	73 0.7×	113 1.7×	13	2.8k
Constance Ciaudo Switzerland	22	1.6k 0.8×	577 0.6×	380 1.8×	67 0.7×	170 2.6×	41	2.1k
Galit Lev-Maor Israel	18	2.5k 1.2×	442 0.4×	261 1.2×	41 0.4×	112 1.7×	21	2.9k
Yvonne N. Osheim United States	23	2.8k 1.3×	275 0.3×	236 1.1×	38 0.4×	53 0.8×	35	3.0k
Sylvia E. J. Fischer United States	16	2.3k 1.0×	614 0.6×	309 1.5×	39 0.4×	90 1.4×	27	2.5k
Alexis Eschstruth France	10	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	223 1.1×	33 0.3×	64 1.0×	16	2.1k
Carolyn J. Decker United States	22	2.8k 1.3×	170 0.2×	164 0.8×	164 1.6×	69 1.0×	27	3.0k
Shigeru Sakonju United States	16	2.3k 1.0×	361 0.3×	662 3.1×	22 0.2×	123 1.9×	16	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Y. Shimura

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Muto, Y., Masayuki Inoue, Satoru Watanabe, et al.. (1997). NMR Analysis of the Hydrogen Bonding Interactions of the RNA-Binding Domains of the Drosophila Sex-Lethal Protein with Target RNA Fragments with Site-Specific [3-15N]Uridine Substitutions. Nucleic Acids Research. 25(8). 1565–1569. 6 indexed citations

Ito, Toshiro, Naoki Takahashi, Y. Shimura, & K. Okada. (1997). A Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase Gene Isolated by an in vivo Binding Procedure Using the Arabidopsis Floral Homeotic Gene Product, AGAMOUS. Plant and Cell Physiology. 38(3). 248–258. 58 indexed citations

OHNO, M. & Y. Shimura. (1996). A human RNA helicase-like protein, HRH1, facilitates nuclear export of spliced mRNA by releasing the RNA from the spliceosome.. Genes & Development. 10(8). 997–1007. 82 indexed citations

Mikami, Koji, Masakazu Katsura, Takuya Ito, et al.. (1995). Developmental and tissue-specific regulation of the gene for the wheat basic/leucine zipper protein HBP-1a(17) in transgenicArabidopsis plants. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 248(5). 573–582. 7 indexed citations

Kinoshita, Tetsu, et al.. (1994). Nucleotide Sequence of a Transmembrane Protein (TMP-C) cDNA in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 105(4). 1441–1442. 5 indexed citations

Ono, Yūichi, M. OHNO, & Y. Shimura. (1994). Identification of a putative RNA helicase (HRH1), a human homolog of yeast Prp22.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(11). 7611–7620. 68 indexed citations

Kataoka, Naoyuki, Shigeru Hashimoto, & Y. Shimura. (1993). Heat Treatment of Nuclear Extract Alters Selection of the 3′ Splice Site in Pre-mRNA Splicing. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 190(1). 223–228. 2 indexed citations

Tanaka, Kozo, et al.. (1993). The role of exon sequences in splice site selection.. Genes & Development. 7(3). 407–418. 337 indexed citations

Okada, K. & Y. Shimura. (1992). Mutational Analysis of Root Gravitropism and Phototropism of Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 19(4). 439–448. 110 indexed citations

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Inoue, Kazuo, et al.. (1992). Binding of the Drosophila transformer and transformer-2 proteins to the regulatory elements of doublesex primary transcript for sex-specific RNA processing.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(17). 8092–8096. 143 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Hiroshi, et al.. (1991). Repositioning of an alternative exon sequence of mouse IgM pre-mRNA activates splicing of the preceding intron.. PubMed. 1(3). 175–84. 19 indexed citations

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Inoue, Kimiko, M. OHNO, Hiroshi Sakamoto, & Y. Shimura. (1989). Effect of the cap structure on pre-mRNA splicing in Xenopus oocyte nuclei.. Genes & Development. 3(9). 1472–1479. 67 indexed citations

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Shiraishi, Hideaki & Y. Shimura. (1988). Functional domains of the RNA component of ribonuclease P revealed by chemical probing of mutant RNAs.. The EMBO Journal. 7(12). 3817–3821. 22 indexed citations

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Ohno, M., Hikaru Sakamoto, & Y. Shimura. (1987). Preferential excision of the 5' proximal intron from mRNA precursors with two introns as mediated by the cap structure.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(15). 5187–5191. 98 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Hiroshi, Narimichi Kimura, & Y. Shimura. (1983). Processing of transcription products of the gene encoding the RNA component of RNase P.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(20). 6187–6191. 27 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Noboru, Haruo Ozeki, & Y. Shimura. (1982). In vitro transcription of the supB-E tRNA operon of Escherichia coli. Characterization of transcription products.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(18). 11113–11120. 21 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Kunio, Noboru Nakajima, Kiyokazu Agata, et al.. (1982). Cloning and Structure of δ-Crystallin Genes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 158. 467–471. 1 indexed citations

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Sakano, Hitomi, Y. Shimura, & Haruo Ozeki. (1974). Selective modification of nucleosides of tRNA precursors accumulated in a temperature sensitive mutant of Escherichia coli. FEBS Letters. 48(1). 117–121. 16 indexed citations

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Shimura, Y. & Haruo Ozeki. (1973). Genetic study on transfer RNA.. PubMed. 4. 191–226. 18 indexed citations

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Shimura, Y., Hiroyuki Aono, Haruo Ozeki, et al.. (1972). Mutant tyrosine tRNA of altered amino acid specificity. FEBS Letters. 22(1). 144–148. 68 indexed citations

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