Yasuo Masu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yasuo Masu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuo Masu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Yasuo Masu's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (6 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (6 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Yasuo Masu is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (6 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (6 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Yasuo Masu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and France. Yasuo Masu's co-authors include Shigetada Nakanishi, H. Thoenen, Eckhard Wolf, Г. Брем, Kazuhisa Nakayama, Yoshio Harada, Motoý Kuno, Bettina Holtmann, Michael Sendtner and Seiji Ito and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Yasuo Masu

28 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

cDNA eloping of bovine substance-K receptor through oocyte expression system

1987 609 citations Yasuo Masu, Kazuhisa Nakayama et al. Nature profile →

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George H. DeVries United States

Myung‐Hoon Chun South Korea

Ramón Lim United States

Kazuhiro Sakurada Japan

Elke Persohn Switzerland

Louis J. DeGennaro United States

Rika Morishita Japan

Vladimir Sytnyk Australia

Hideo Taniura Japan

Leah Boyer United States

George H. DeVries United States

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Nishizawa, Mikio, Emiko Okuda‐Ashitaka, Yasuo Masu, et al.. (2004). Characterization of the isoforms of MOVO zinc finger protein, a mouse homologue of Drosophila Ovo, as transcription factors. Gene. 336(1). 47–58. 32 indexed citations

Ando, Akira, et al.. (2000). Heterogeneity in Ornithine Cytotoxicity of Bovine Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Primary Culture. Experimental Eye Research. 70(1). 89–96. 14 indexed citations

Kaibori, Masaki, Kazushige Sakitani, Michio Oda, et al.. (1999). Immunosuppressant FK506 inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase gene expression at a step of NF-κB activation in rat hepatocytes. Journal of Hepatology. 30(6). 1138–1145. 55 indexed citations

Okuda‐Ashitaka, Emiko, Yasuo Masu, Toshiko Suzuki, et al.. (1999). Cloning and characterization of two novel aldo‐keto reductases (AKR1C12 and AKR1C13) from mouse stomach. FEBS Letters. 459(3). 433–437. 15 indexed citations

Masu, Yasuo, et al.. (1998). Expression of murine novel zinc finger proteins highly homologous to Drosophila ovo gene product in testis. FEBS Letters. 421(3). 224–228. 22 indexed citations

Sakitani, Kazushige, Mikio Nishizawa, Kyoichi Inoue, et al.. (1998). Synergistic regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene by CCAAT/enhancer‐binding protein β and nuclear factor‐κB in hepatocytes. Genes to Cells. 3(5). 321–330. 54 indexed citations

Airaksinen, Matti S., Martin Koltzenburg, Gary R. Lewin, et al.. (1996). Specific Subtypes of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors Require Neurotrophin-3 Following Peripheral Target Innervation. Neuron. 16(2). 287–295. 198 indexed citations

Sendtner, Michael, R. Götz, Bettina Holtmann, et al.. (1996). Cryptic physiological trophic support of motoneurons by LIF revealed by double gene targeting of CNTF and LIF. Current Biology. 6(6). 686–694. 145 indexed citations

Sugatani, Junko, et al.. (1996). Characterization of Prostaglandin F2α Production in Pregnant and Cycling Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 55(4). 889–894. 10 indexed citations

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Okuda‐Ashitaka, Emiko, Shinro Tachibana, Takeshi Houtani, et al.. (1996). Identification and characterization of an endogenous ligand for opioid receptor homologue ROR-C: its involvement in allodynic response to innocuous stimulus. Molecular Brain Research. 43(1-2). 96–104. 89 indexed citations

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Airaksinen, Matti S., Martin Koltzenburg, Gary R. Lewin, et al.. (1996). 154 Specific subtypes of cutaneous mechanoreceptors require neurotrophin‐3 following peripheral target innervation. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 14(S1). 87–87. 2 indexed citations

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Sendtner, Michael, Richard AC Hughes, F Dittrich, et al.. (1995). Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF): physiological and pharmacological effects. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 8(1-2). 95–96. 4 indexed citations

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Masu, Yasuo, Eckhard Wolf, Bettina Holtmann, et al.. (1993). Disruption of the CNTF gene results in motor neuron degeneration. Nature. 365(6441). 27–32. 476 indexed citations

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Merola, Marcello, Álvaro Martínez‐del‐Pozo, Hiroshi Ueno, et al.. (1989). Site-directed mutagenesis of the cysteinyl residues and the active-site serine residue of bacterial D-amino acid transaminase. Biochemistry. 28(2). 505–509. 21 indexed citations

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Nakanishi, Shigetada, N Kitamura, Hiroaki Ohkubo, et al.. (1989). Control of Kininogen Gene Expression. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 247A. 7–18.

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Minami, Masabumi, Yasushi Kuraishi, Minoru Kawamura, et al.. (1989). Enhancement of preprotachykinin A gene expression by adjuvant-induced inflammation in the rat spinal cord: possible involvement of substance P-containing spinal neurons in nociception. Neuroscience Letters. 98(1). 105–110. 97 indexed citations

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Tanizawa, Katsuyuki, Shusaku Asano, Yasuo Masu, et al.. (1989). The primary structure of thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferase from a thermophilic Bacillus species and its correlation with L-amino acid aminotransferases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(5). 2450–2454. 61 indexed citations

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Sung, Moon‐Hee, Katsuyuki Tanizawa, Yasuo Masu, Hidehiko Tanaka, & Kenji Soda. (1988). Bacterial Aspartate Aminotransferase: Its Occurrence in Thermophilic Bacteria, and the Isolation and Identification of New Thermophiles. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 52(1). 269–270. 1 indexed citations

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Masu, Yasuo, et al.. (1987). cDNA eloping of bovine substance-K receptor through oocyte expression system. Nature. 329(6142). 836–838. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harada, Yoshio, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Motoý Kuno, et al.. (1987). Two types of tachykinin receptors expressed in XENOPUS oocytes by exogenous mRNA. Neuroscience Research Supplements. 5. S159–S159. 1 indexed citations

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