Yoko Hiroaki

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yoko Hiroaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoko Hiroaki has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Yoko Hiroaki's work include Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (7 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Yoko Hiroaki is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (7 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Yoko Hiroaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Yoko Hiroaki's co-authors include Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Kazutoshi Tani, Thomas Walz, Yifan Cheng, Stephen C. Harrison, Tamir Gonen, Piotr Sliz, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Kouki Nishikawa and Yukihiro TANIMURA and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Yoko Hiroaki

26 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.

Lipid–protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional AQP0 crystals

2005 518 citations Yoko Hiroaki, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoko Hiroaki Japan	19	1.7k	247	208	195	191	27	2.0k
Montserrat Samsó United States	24	1.5k 0.9×	287 1.2×	121 0.6×	100 0.5×	78 0.4×	56	1.8k
Nathan Alexander United States	23	936 0.6×	246 1.0×	64 0.3×	231 1.2×	104 0.5×	54	1.7k
Ilya Belevich Finland	32	2.1k 1.3×	770 3.1×	124 0.6×	135 0.7×	70 0.4×	60	3.3k
Nobuo Terada Japan	25	1.2k 0.7×	342 1.4×	107 0.5×	72 0.4×	265 1.4×	144	2.3k
Susumu Terakawa Japan	24	902 0.5×	425 1.7×	47 0.2×	71 0.4×	236 1.2×	105	1.7k
Gary Mo United States	17	730 0.4×	187 0.8×	79 0.4×	144 0.7×	180 0.9×	32	1.3k
Joerg Kistler New Zealand	28	2.4k 1.5×	148 0.6×	56 0.3×	171 0.9×	145 0.8×	47	3.0k
Katrin G. Heinze Germany	23	1.0k 0.6×	185 0.7×	63 0.3×	102 0.5×	267 1.4×	81	2.0k
Clemens Möller Germany	20	1.2k 0.7×	273 1.1×	51 0.2×	43 0.2×	193 1.0×	41	2.8k
Cristina Paulino Netherlands	18	1.1k 0.7×	302 1.2×	85 0.4×	95 0.5×	56 0.3×	30	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoko Hiroaki

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All Works

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Kozai, Daisuke, Nobutaka Numoto, Kouki Nishikawa, et al.. (2023). Recognition Mechanism of a Novel Gabapentinoid Drug, Mirogabalin, for Recombinant Human α2δ1, a Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Subunit. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(10). 168049–168049. 8 indexed citations

Hiroaki, Yoko, et al.. (2022). Structural insight into the activation mechanism of MrgD with heterotrimeric Gi-protein revealed by cryo-EM. Communications Biology. 5(1). 707–707. 16 indexed citations

Suzuki, Takamasa, Tomoko Niwa, Yoko Hiroaki, et al.. (2021). The DROL1 subunit of U5 snRNP in the spliceosome is specifically required to splice AT–AC‐type introns in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 109(3). 633–648. 8 indexed citations

Tsai, Ching‐Ju, Kazutoshi Tani, Katsumasa Irie, et al.. (2013). Two Alternative Conformations of a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel. Journal of Molecular Biology. 425(22). 4074–4088. 49 indexed citations

Ohta, Yasumi, Kouki Nishikawa, Yoko Hiroaki, & Yoshinori Fujiyoshi. (2011). Electron tomographic analysis of gap junctions in lateral giant fibers of crayfish. Journal of Structural Biology. 175(1). 49–61. 9 indexed citations

Oshima, Atsunori, Kazutoshi Tani, Masoud Toloue, et al.. (2010). Asymmetric Configurations and N-terminal Rearrangements in Connexin26 Gap Junction Channels. Journal of Molecular Biology. 405(3). 724–735. 55 indexed citations

Unzai, Satoru, Takashi Nagata, Yoko Hiroaki, et al.. (2009). Unusual Thermal Disassembly of the SPFH Domain Oligomer from Pyrococcus horikoshii. Biophysical Journal. 97(7). 2034–2043. 24 indexed citations

Tani, Kazutoshi, Yoko Hiroaki, Akiko Kamegawa, et al.. (2009). Mechanism of Aquaporin-4's Fast and Highly Selective Water Conduction and Proton Exclusion. Journal of Molecular Biology. 389(4). 694–706. 102 indexed citations

Mio, Kazuhiro, Toshihiko Ogura, Tomomi M. Yamamoto, et al.. (2009). Reconstruction of the P2X2 Receptor Reveals a Vase-Shaped Structure with Lateral Tunnels above the Membrane. Structure. 17(2). 266–275. 21 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Hiroshi, Kouki Nishikawa, Yoko Hiroaki, & Yoshinori Fujiyoshi. (2008). Formation of aquaporin-4 arrays is inhibited by palmitoylation of N-terminal cysteine residues. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1778(4). 1181–1189. 75 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Hayato, Masayuki Kurooka, Yoko Hiroaki, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, & Yasufumi Kaneda. (2008). Sendai virus F glycoprotein induces IL‐6 production in dendritic cells in a fusion‐independent manner. FEBS Letters. 582(9). 1325–1329. 20 indexed citations

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TANIMURA, Yukihiro, Yoko Hiroaki, & Yoshinori Fujiyoshi. (2008). Acetazolamide reversibly inhibits water conduction by aquaporin-4. Journal of Structural Biology. 166(1). 16–21. 114 indexed citations

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Oshima, Atsunori, Kazutoshi Tani, Yoko Hiroaki, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, & Gina E. Sosinsky. (2008). Projection Structure of a N-Terminal Deletion Mutant of Connexin 26 Channel with Decreased Central Pore Density. Cell Communication & Adhesion. 15(1-2). 85–93. 32 indexed citations

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Hiroaki, Yoko, Kenichi Ishibashi, Eisei Sohara, et al.. (2006). Aquaporin-11 containing a divergent NPA motif has normal water channel activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(3). 688–693. 129 indexed citations

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Gyobu, Nobuhiko, Kazutoshi Tani, Yoko Hiroaki, et al.. (2004). Improved specimen preparation for cryo-electron microscopy using a symmetric carbon sandwich technique. Journal of Structural Biology. 146(3). 325–333. 87 indexed citations

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Sato, Chikara, Kozo Hamada, Toshihiko Ogura, et al.. (2003). Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate Receptor Contains Multiple Cavities and L-shaped Ligand-binding Domains. Journal of Molecular Biology. 336(1). 155–164. 72 indexed citations

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Hiroaki, Yoko, Kouki Nishikawa, Kaoru Mitsuoka, et al.. (2002). A new technique to co-localise membrane proteins with Homer/vesl. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 295(3). 756–765. 4 indexed citations

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Irie, Katsumasa, Toru Nakatsu, Kaoru Mitsuoka, et al.. (2002). Crystal Structure of the Homer 1 Family Conserved Region Reveals the Interaction Between the EVH1 Domain and Own Proline-rich Motif. Journal of Molecular Biology. 318(4). 1117–1126. 29 indexed citations

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Hiroaki, Yoko, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Yifan Cheng, Hidekazu Hiroaki, & Yoshinori Fujiyoshi. (1999). Influence of various nucleotides on the in situ crystallization of Ca2+-ATPase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1415(2). 361–368. 1 indexed citations

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Doi, Tomoko, Yoko Hiroaki, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, et al.. (1997). Characterization of Human Endothelin B Receptor and Mutant Receptors Expressed in Insect Cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 248(1). 139–148. 28 indexed citations

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