Yuji Nagata

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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Yuji Nagata is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Nagata has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 89 papers in Pollution and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yuji Nagata's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (87 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (35 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers). Yuji Nagata is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (87 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (35 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers). Yuji Nagata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Czechia and United States. Yuji Nagata's co-authors include Masataka Tsuda, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Jiřı́ Damborský, Masamichi Takagi, Keisuke Miyauchi, Zbyněk Prokop, M. Takagi, Radka Chaloupková, Ryo Endo and Masao Fukuda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yuji Nagata

165 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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Design and Experimental Application of a Novel Non-Degenerate Universal Primer Set that Amplifies Prokaryotic 16S rRNA Genes with a Low Possibility to Amplify Eukaryotic rRNA Genes

2013 455 citations Hiromi Kato, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing bacterial γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA 2024 ·BMC Biotechnology ·(unknown), Yoshinobu Takada, Yoshihiko Nanasato, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Yutaka Tabei, Masao Watanabe, Yuji Nagata	1
2	Three distinct metabolic phases of polychlorinated biphenyls/biphenyl degrader Acidovorax sp. KKS102 in nutrient broth 2024 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Satoshi Matsumoto, Yuji Nagata, Masataka Tsuda, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo	1
3	Genome evolution related to γ-hexachlorocyclohexane metabolic function in the soil microbial population 2022 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Hiromi Kato, Lijun Su, (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Shigeto Otsuka, Keishi Senoo, Yuji Nagata	1
4	Expression of an alcohol dehydrogenase gene in a heterotrophic bacterium induces carbon dioxide-dependent high-yield growth under oligotrophic conditions 2020 ·Microbiology ·(unknown), Hironori Sakai, Hiromi Kato, Takayuki Horiuchi, Hirokazu Yano, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda, Yuji Nagata	3
5	A transcriptional regulator, IscR, of Burkholderia multivorans acts as both repressor and activator for transcription of iron-sulfur cluster-biosynthetic isc operon 2020 ·Research in Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuji Nagata, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda	5
6	Conjugative Transfer of IncP-9 Catabolic Plasmids Requires a Previously Uncharacterized Gene, mpfK , Whose Homologs Are Conserved in Various MPF _T -Type Plasmids 2019 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Koji Kudo, Yuji Nagata, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda	2
7	Suppression of substrate inhibition in phenanthrene-degrading Mycobacterium by co-cultivation with a non-degrading Burkholderia strain 2019 ·Microbiology ·N. Ogawa, Hiromi Kato, (unknown), (unknown), Taichiro Ishige, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Yuji Nagata, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda	3
8	Lessons from the genomes of lindane‐degrading sphingomonads 2019 ·Environmental Microbiology Reports ·Yuji Nagata, Hiromi Kato, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda	30
9	Genomic organization and genomic structural rearrangements of Sphingobium japonicum UT26, an archetypal γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium 2011 ·Enzyme and Microbial Technology ·Yuji Nagata, (unknown), Ryo Endo, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Natsuko Ichikawa, Akiho Ankai, Akio Oguchi, Shigehiro Fukui, Nobuyuki Fujita, Masataka Tsuda	36
10	Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a novel haloalkane dehalogenase DbeA fromBradyrhizobium elkaniUSDA94 2009 ·Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Pavlína Řezáčová, Radka Chaloupková, Yukari Sato, Yuji Nagata, (unknown), Michal Kutý, Jiřı́ Damborský, Ivana Kutá Smatanová	12
11	Complete Sequence Determination Combined with Analysis of Transposition/Site-specific Recombination Events to Explain Genetic Organization of IncP-7 TOL Plasmid pWW53 and Related Mobile Genetic Elements 2007 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Hirokazu Yano, (unknown), Masahiro Sota, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Yuji Nagata, Gerben J. Zylstra, Peter A. Williams, Masataka Tsuda	31
12	Degradation of β-hexachlorocyclohexane by haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-utilizing bacterium Sphingobium sp. MI1205 2007 ·Archives of Microbiology ·Michihiro Ito, Zbyněk Prokop, Martin Klvaňa, (unknown), Masataka Tsuda, Jiřı́ Damborský, Yuji Nagata	52
13	Isolation and characterization of naphthalene-catabolic genes and plasmids from oil-contaminated soil by using two cultivation-independent approaches 2006 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Akira Ono, Ryo Miyazaki, Masahiro Sota, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Yuji Nagata, Masataka Tsuda	52
14	Mycobacterial Haloalkane Dehalogenases: Cloning, BiochemicalProperties and distribution. 2005 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Andrea Jesenská, Martina Pavlová, Michal Strouhal, Radka Chaloupková, (unknown), Marta Monincová, Zbyněk Prokop, Milan Bartoš, I. Pavlík, Ivan Rychlı́k, Petra Möbius, Yuji Nagata, Jiřı́ Damborský	3
15	Reaction Mechanism and Stereochemistry of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Dehydrochlorinase LinA 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Lukáš Trantı́rek, (unknown), Yuji Nagata, Alexey G. Murzin, Alena Ansorgová, Vladimı́r Sklenář, Jiřı́ Damborský	56
16	Expression of the bph genes involved in biphenyl/PCB degradation in Pseudomonas sp. KKS102 induced by the biphenyl degradation intermediate, 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid 2000 ·Gene ·Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Yuji Nagata, Kazuhide Kimbara, Masamichi Takagi, Akinori Ohta	53
17	Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26 1999 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Ivana Kutá Smatanová, Yuji Nagata, L.A. Svensson, Masamichi Takagi, Jaromı́r Marek	8
18	Construction and Characterization of Histidine-Tagged Haloalkane Dehalogenase (LinB) of a New Substrate Class from a γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane-Degrading Bacterium, Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26 1999 ·Protein Expression and Purification ·Yuji Nagata, (unknown), Jiřı́ Damborský, Masamichi Takagi	38
19	Complete analysis of genes and enzymes for ?-hexachlorocyclohexane degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26 1999 ·Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology ·Yuji Nagata, Keisuke Miyauchi, M. Takagi	147
20	Identification of the bphA and bphB Genes of Pseudomonas sp. Strain KKS102 Involved in Degradation of Biphenyl and Polychlorinated Biphenyls 1994 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Masahiro Fukuda, Y. Yasukochi, Yutaka Kikuchi, Yuji Nagata, Kazuhide Kimbara, Hiroyuki Horiuchi, M. Takagi, Keisuke Yano	59

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