Yuji Shimada

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Yuji Shimada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuji Shimada has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 29 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Yuji Shimada's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (87 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (44 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (35 papers). Yuji Shimada is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (87 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (44 papers) and Fatty Acid Research and Health (35 papers). Yuji Shimada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Thailand and United States. Yuji Shimada's co-authors include Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga, Yomi Watanabe, Toshihiro Nagao, Hideo Noda, Hideki Fukuda, Kazuaki Maruyama, Susumu Tsunasawa, Hirofumi Nakano and Sadao Komemushi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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Yuji Shimada

130 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Enzymatic alcoholysis for biodiesel fuel production and application of the reaction to oil processing

2002 565 citations Yuji Shimada, Yomi Watanabe et al. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Microbial Conversion of Arachidonic Acid to Arachidonyl Alcohol by a New Acinetobacter Species 2012 ·Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society ·Toshihiro Nagao, Yomi Watanabe, Shigemitsu Tanaka, Motohiro Shizuma, Yuji Shimada	1
2	Direct GC Analysis of the Fatty Acid Compositions of Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Its L-Menthyl Esters 2011 ·Journal of Oleo Science ·Takashi Kobayashi, Toshihiro Nagao, Yomi Watanabe, Yuji Shimada	1
3	2010 ·Journal of The Surface Finishing Society of Japan ·(unknown), Yuji Shimada, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tomohiko Yamamoto, (unknown), Akiko Matsuyama, (unknown), Hideki Hashimoto	1
4	One-pot enzymatic synthesis of docosahexaenoic acid-rich triacylglycerols at the sn-1(3) position using by-product from selective hydrolysis of tuna oil 2010 ·New Biotechnology ·Toshihiro Nagao, Yomi Watanabe, Kazuaki Maruyama, (unknown), Noriaki Kishimoto, Yuji Shimada	9
5	Control of the regiospecificity of Candida antarctica lipase by polarity 2009 ·New Biotechnology ·Yomi Watanabe, Toshihiro Nagao, Yuji Shimada	26
6	Biofuel production process by novel biocatalysts 2002 ·Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic ·(unknown), Hideki Fukuda, Yuji Shimada, (unknown), Mitsuyoshi Ueda	2
7	Purification and Characterization of a Novel Cholesterol Esterase fromPseudomonas aeruginosa, with Its Application to Cleaning Lipid-stained Contact Lenses 2002 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, (unknown), Tadamasa Terai, Masaki Imayasu, Yusuke Nagai, Toshihiro Nagao, Yomi Watanabe, Yoshio Tominaga	27
8	Ethyl Esterification of Docosahexaenoic Acid in an Organic Solvent-Free System with Immobilized Candida antarctica Lipase. 2001 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Yuji Shimada, Yomi Watanabe, Akio Sugihara, (unknown), (unknown), Shigeru Moriyama, Tadamasa Terai, Yoshio Tominaga	7
9	The absence of ribonuclease H1 or H2 alters the sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to hydroxyurea, caffeine and ethyl methanesulphonate: implications for roles of RNases H in DNA replication and repair 2000 ·Genes to Cells ·(unknown), Susana M. Cerritelli, (unknown), Mitsuhiro Itaya, (unknown), Yuji Shimada, Robert J. Crouch	109
10	Benidipine, a Long-Acting Calcium-Channel Blocker, Prevents the Progression to End-Stage Renal Failure in a Rat Mesangioproliferative Glomerulonephritis 2000 ·The Nephron journals/Nephron journals ·Takamichi Nakamura, Jun–ei Obata, (unknown), Yuji Shimada, Yoji Yoshida, Hiroshi Kawachi, (unknown)	11
11	Amino acid residues contributing to stabilization of Fusarium heterosporum lipase 2000 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Toshihiro Nagao, Yuji Shimada, Akio Sugihara, Yoshio Tominaga	4
12	Biodiesel fuel production from plant oil catalyzed by Rhizopus oryzae lipase in a water-containing system without an organic solvent 1999 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·Masaru Kaieda, (unknown), Takeshi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Ban, Akihiko Kondo, Yuji Shimada, Hideo Noda, Fumiki Nomoto, Koutaro Ohtsuka, Eiji Izumoto, Hideki Fukuda	251
13	A unique enzyme from Saccharothrix sp. catalyzing d-amino acid transfer 1997 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology ·Yomi Watanabe, (unknown), Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Toshihiro Nagao, Shigeyuki Takenishi, Yoshio Tominaga	2
14	Purification and Characterization of a Carboxylesterase fromPseudomonassp. KWI-56 1994 ·Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Toshihiro Nagao, Taro Iizumi, Kōichi Nakamura, Tetsuro Fukase, Yoshio Tominaga	14
15	Positional and fatty acid specificities of Geottichum candidum Upases 1994 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Masaki Nakamura, Toshihiro Nagao, Yoshio Tominaga	25
16	Cloning and sequence analysis of an esterase gene from Pseudomonas sp. KWI-56 1993 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·Yuji Shimada, Toshihiro Nagao, Akio Sugihara, Taro Iizumi, Toshifumi Yui, Kōichi Nakamura, Tetsuro Fukase, Yoshio Tominaga	15
17	THE SUPPRESSIVE EFFECT OF ETOPOSIDE ON RECOVERY FROM SUBLETHAL RADIATION DAMAGE IN CHINESE HAMSTER V 79 CELLS 1992 ·Tsutomu Saito, Yuji Shimada, Jiro Kawamori, (unknown)	1
18	Separation and Characterization of Two Molecular Forms of Geotrichum candidum Lipase 1990 ·The Journal of Biochemistry ·Akio Sugihara, Yuji Shimada, Yoshio Tominaga	105
19	Plasmid multimerization is dependent on RAD52 activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1989 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Satoshi Harashima, Yuji Shimada, Shinji Nakade, Yasuji Oshima	6
20	A mutant plasmid with increased stability of holding and polymerization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1985 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Satoshi Harashima, Yuji Shimada, Yasuji Oshima	8

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