Yuji Moriyasu

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yuji Moriyasu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Moriyasu has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Epidemiology, 17 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yuji Moriyasu's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (5 papers). Yuji Moriyasu is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (5 papers). Yuji Moriyasu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Bangladesh. Yuji Moriyasu's co-authors include Yoshinori Ohsumi, Yuko Inoue, Kohki Yoshimoto, Ken Matsuoka, Masaki Hattori, Diane C. Bassham, Laura J. Olsen, Marianne Laporte, Francis Marty and Takao Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Moriyasu

35 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Autophagy in Development and Stress Responses of Plants 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Autophagy in Development and Stress Responses of Plants
    2006 283 citations Diane C. Bassham, Marianne Laporte et al. Autophagy profile →

Peers

Yuji Moriyasu
Tamar Avin‐Wittenberg Israel
Fionn McLoughlin United States
Hadas Peled‐Zehavi Israel
Cristina Ruberti Italy
Anthony L. Contento United States
Minoru Nagano Japan
Marek Skoneczny Poland
C.J. Herbert France
J. Kroon United Kingdom
Shivakumar P. Devaiah United States
Tamar Avin‐Wittenberg Israel
Yuji Moriyasu
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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuji Moriyasu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuji Moriyasu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuji Moriyasu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuji Moriyasu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yuji Moriyasu. Yuji Moriyasu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moriyasu, Yuji, et al.. (2016). Isolation of Autolysosomes from Tobacco BY-2 Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1511. 151–161. 4 indexed citations
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Inoue, Yuko, et al.. (2011). Autophagy in Tobacco BY-2 Cells Cultured under Sucrose Starvation Conditions: Isolation of the Autolysosome and its Characterization. Plant and Cell Physiology. 52(12). 2074–2087. 34 indexed citations
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Inoue, Yuko, et al.. (2011). Detecting autophagy in Arabidopsis roots by membrane-permeable cysteine protease inhibitor E-64d and endocytosis tracer FM4–64. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(12). 1946–1949. 15 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji & Yuko Inoue. (2008). Chapter Thirty‐Two Use of Protease Inhibitors for Detecting Autophagy in Plants. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 451. 557–580. 22 indexed citations
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Inoue, Yuko & Yuji Moriyasu. (2006). Autophagy is not a Main Contributor to the Degradation of Phospholipids in Tobacco Cells Cultured under Sucrose Starvation Conditions. Plant and Cell Physiology. 47(4). 471–480. 24 indexed citations
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Bassham, Diane C., Marianne Laporte, Francis Marty, et al.. (2006). Autophagy in Development and Stress Responses of Plants. Autophagy. 2(1). 2–11. 283 indexed citations breakdown →
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Toyooka, Kiminori, Yuji Moriyasu, Yumi Goto, et al.. (2006). Protein Aggregates are Transported to Vacuoles by Macroautophagic Mechanism in Nutrient-Starved Plant Cells. Autophagy. 2(2). 96–106. 88 indexed citations
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Inoue, Yuko, Takao Suzuki, Masaki Hattori, et al.. (2006). AtATG Genes, Homologs of Yeast Autophagy Genes, are Involved in Constitutive Autophagy in Arabidopsis Root Tip Cells. Plant and Cell Physiology. 47(12). 1641–1652. 154 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji & Ladislav Malek. (2004). PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 20S PROTEASOME FROM THEALGA CHARA CORALLINA (CHAROPHYCEAE)1. Journal of Phycology. 40(2). 333–340. 2 indexed citations
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Inoue, Yuko, et al.. (2004). 3-Methyladenine Inhibits Autophagy in Tobacco Culture Cells under Sucrose Starvation Conditions. Plant and Cell Physiology. 45(3). 265–274. 126 indexed citations
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Niwa, Yasuo, Tomohiko Kato, Satoshi Tabata, et al.. (2004). Disposal of chloroplasts with abnormal function into the vacuole in Arabidopsis thaliana cotyledon cells. PROTOPLASMA. 223(2-4). 229–32. 32 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Takao, et al.. (2003). Tissue Distribution and Intracellular Localization of Catechins in Tea Leaves. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 67(12). 2683–2686. 37 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji, Masaki Hattori, Guang‐Yuh Jauh, & John C. Rogers. (2003). Alpha Tonoplast Intrinsic Protein is Specifically Associated with Vacuole Membrane Involved in an Autophagic Process. Plant and Cell Physiology. 44(8). 795–802. 57 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji. (1995). Examination of the Contribution of Vacuolar Proteases to Intracellular Protein Degradation in Chara corallina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 109(4). 1309–1315. 18 indexed citations
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Takemoto, Masumi, Yuji Moriyasu, & Kazuo Achiwa. (1995). Synthesis of Optically Active .ALPHA.-Phenylpyridylmethanols with Cell Cultures of Nicotiana tabacum.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 43(9). 1458–1461. 22 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji & Y. Miyoshi. (1989). Partial Purification and Characterization of Aminopeptidase II from Chara australis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 89(2). 687–691. 4 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji & Masashi Tazawa. (1988). Degradation of Proteins Artificially Introduced into Vacuoles of Chara australis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 88(4). 1092–1096. 4 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji, Katsuhiro Sakano, & Masashi Tazawa. (1987). Vacuolar/Extravacuolar Distribution of Aminopeptidases in Giant Alga Chara australis and Partial Purification of One Such Enzyme. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 84(3). 720–725. 6 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji & Masashi Tazawa. (1986). Plant vacuole degrades exogenous proteins. PROTOPLASMA. 130(2-3). 214–215. 6 indexed citations
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Moriyasu, Yuji, Teruo Shimmen, & Masashi Tazawa. (1984). Vacuolar pH regulation in Chara australis.. Cell Structure and Function. 9(3). 225–234. 30 indexed citations

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