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19459
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Etsuko N. Moriyama publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Etsuko N. Moriyama sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 113 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Etsuko N. Moriyama D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Etsuko N. Moriyama sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Etsuko N. Moriyama is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, their subfields of focus are detailed as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Plant Science
  • Cancer Research

The primary topics covered in their research work include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Etsuko N. Moriyama has published in a variety of scientific journals with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Medical Virology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microorganisms
  • Scientific Reports
  • mBio

Notable recent papers include:

  • Association of ISVsa3 with Multidrug Resistance in Salmonella enterica Isolates from Cattle (Bos taurus), 2023, Microorganisms
  • Adaptations of Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 with Transition from Terrestrial to Aquatic Life, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Captive Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) Are Colonized throughout Their Lives by a Community of Bifidobacterium Species with Species-Specific Genomic Content That Can Support Adaptation to Distinct Metabolic Niches, 2021, mBio
  • RGPDB: database of root-associated genes and promoters in maize, soybean, and sorghum, 2020, Database
  • Divergent evolution of extreme production of variant plant monounsaturated fatty acids, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with several scientists, among them:

  • Adam Voshall
  • Luwen Zhang
  • Hideaki Moriyama
  • Sairam Behera
  • Avery Marquis

Best Publications

  • Individuality in gut microbiota composition is a complex polygenic trait shaped by multiple environmental and host genetic factors

    Andrew K. Benson;Scott A. Kelly;Ryan Legge;Fangrui Ma

  • Intraspecific nuclear DNA variation in Drosophila.

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Codon usage bias and tRNA abundance in Drosophila.

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Evolution of codon usage bias in Drosophila

    Jeffrey R. Powell;Etsuko N. Moriyama

  • Diet-Induced Metabolic Improvements in a Hamster Model of Hypercholesterolemia Are Strongly Linked to Alterations of the Gut Microbiota

    Inés Martínez;Grant Wallace;Chaomei Zhang;Ryan Legge

  • Gene length and codon usage bias in Drosophila melanogaster, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Diversification of the gut symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri as a result of host-driven evolution.

    Phaik Lyn Oh;Andrew K Benson;Daniel A Peterson;Prabhu B Patil

  • Horizontal transmission, vertical inactivation, and stochastic loss of mariner-like transposable elements.

    Allan R. Lohe;Etsuko N. Moriyama;Dan Anders Lidholm;Daniel L. Hartl

  • Selection intensity for codon bias.

    D. L. Hartl;Etsuko Moriyama;S. A. Sawyer

  • Host-independent evolution and a genetic classification of the hepadnavirus family based on nucleotide sequences.

    Etsuro Orito;Masashi Mizokami;Yasuo Ina;Etsuko N. Moriyama

  • Molecular clock of viral evolution, and the neutral theory.

    Takashi Gojobori;Etsuko N. Moriyama;Motoo Kimura

  • Codon usage in twelve species of Drosophila

    Saverio Vicario;Etsuko N Moriyama;Jeffrey R Powell

  • Arabidopsis G-protein interactome reveals connections to cell wall carbohydrates and morphogenesis

    Karsten Klopffleisch;Nguyen Phan;Kelsey Augustin;Robert S. Bayne

  • Synonymous substitution rates in Drosophila: Mitochondrial versus nuclear genes

    Etsuko N. Moriyama;Jeffrey R. Powell

  • Codon usage bias and base composition of nuclear genes in Drosophila.

    E N Moriyama;D L Hartl

  • Sequence of a novel simian immunodeficiency virus from a wild-caught African mandrill

    Hajime Tsujimoto;Akira Hasegawa;Noboru Maki;Masashi Fukasawa

  • Comment on "A G Protein–Coupled Receptor Is a Plasma Membrane Receptor for the Plant Hormone Abscisic Acid"

    Christopher A. Johnston;Brenda R. Temple;Jin Gui Chen;Yajun Gao

  • Rates of synonymous substitution and base composition of nuclear genes in Drosophila.

    E N Moriyama;T Gojobori

  • Genome size and intron size in Drosophila.

    E N Moriyama;D A Petrov;D L Hartl

  • Molecular phylogeny and genome evolution in the Drosophila virilis species group: duplications of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene.

    D I Nurminsky;E N Moriyama;E R Lozovskaya;D L Hartl

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jeffrey R. Powell
Jeffrey R. Powell Yale University
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
Alan M. Jones
Alan M. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University
Edgar B. Cahoon
Edgar B. Cahoon University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jitender S. Deogun
Jitender S. Deogun University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Blair D. Siegfried
Blair D. Siegfried Pennsylvania State University
Jens Walter
Jens Walter National University of Ireland
Kazuho Ikeo
Kazuho Ikeo National Institute of Genetics

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