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Hironori Niki publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hironori Niki sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 144 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Hironori Niki D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hironori Niki sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hironori Niki is affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Genetics, and Food Science.

The research topics covered in their work include:

  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

Hironori Niki has contributed to various publication venues. The most frequent among them are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • iScience
  • MicrobiologyOpen
  • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • "DNA replication machinery prevents Rad52-dependent single-strand annealing that leads to gross chromosomal rearrangements at centromeres," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Batch-Learning Self-Organizing Map Identifies Horizontal Gene Transfer Candidates and Their Origins in Entire Genomes," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Relationship between the Rod complex and peptidoglycan structure in Escherichia coli," 2023, MicrobiologyOpen
  • "Internal microbial zonation during the massive growth of marimo, a lake ball of Aegagropila linnaei in Lake Akan," 2021, iScience
  • "Profiling a single-stranded DNA region within an rDNA segment that affects the loading of bacterial condensin," 2022, iScience

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Koichi Yano
  • Atsushi Toyoda
  • Taisuke Seike
  • Ryosuke Nakai
  • Isamu Wakana

Best Publications

  • New topoisomerase essential for chromosome segregation in E. coli

    Jun-ichi Kato;Yukinobu Nishimura;Ryu Imamura;Hironori Niki

  • The new gene mukB codes for a 177 kd protein with coiled-coil domains involved in chromosome partitioning of E. coli.

    Hironori Niki;Aline Jaffé;Ryu Imamura;Teru Ogura

  • Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts

    Nicholas Rhind;Zehua Chen;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Dawn A. Thompson

  • Escherichia coli FtsH is a membrane-bound, ATP-dependent protease which degrades the heat-shock transcription factor sigma 32.

    T. Tomoyasu;J. Gamer;B. Bukau;M. Kanemori

  • The trans-envelope Tol-Pal complex is part of the cell division machinery and required for proper outer-membrane invagination during cell constriction in E. coli.

    Matthew A. Gerding;Yasuyuki Ogata;Nicole D. Pecora;Hironori Niki

  • Dynamic organization of chromosomal DNA in Escherichia coli

    Hironori Niki;Yoshiharu Yamaichi;Sota Hiraga

  • Chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli: novel mutants producing anucleate cells.

    S Hiraga;H Niki;T Ogura;C Ichinose

  • The Escherichia coli FtsH protein is a prokaryotic member of a protein family of putative ATPases involved in membrane functions, cell cycle control, and gene expression.

    T Tomoyasu;T Yuki;S Morimura;H Mori

  • Subcellular Distribution of Actively Partitioning F Plasmid during the Cell Division Cycle in E. coli

    Hironori Niki;Sota Hiraga

  • Cell cycle-dependent duplication and bidirectional migration of SeqA-associated DNA-protein complexes in E. coli.

    Sota Hiraga;Chiyome Ichinose;Hironori Niki;Mitsuyoshi Yamazoe

  • Polar localization of the replication origin and terminus in Escherichia coli nucleoids during chromosome partitioning

    Hironori Niki;Sota Hiraga

  • E.coli MukB protein involved in chromosome partition forms a homodimer with a rod-and-hinge structure having DNA binding and ATP/GTP binding activities.

    Hironori Niki;Ryu Imamura;Mitsuhiko Kitaoka;Kunitoshi Yamanaka

  • Determination of bacterial rod shape by a novel cytoskeletal membrane protein

    Daisuke Shiomi;Masako Sakai;Hironori Niki;Hironori Niki

  • RNase E polypeptides lacking a carboxyl-terminal half suppress a mukB mutation in Escherichia coli.

    Makiko Kido;Kunitoshi Yamanaka;Tadao Mitani;Hironori Niki

  • Topology and subcellular localization of FtsH protein in Escherichia coli.

    T Tomoyasu;K Yamanaka;K Murata;T Suzaki

  • Identification of two new genes, mukE and mukF, involved in chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli.

    Kunitoshi Yamanaka;Teru Ogura;Hironori Niki;Sota Hiraga

  • Complex formation of MukB, MukE and MukF proteins involved in chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli.

    Mitsuyoshi Yamazoe;Toshinari Onogi;Yumi Sunako;Hironori Niki

  • Bidirectional migration of SeqA-bound hemimethylated DNA clusters and pairing of oriC copies in Escherichia coli.

    Sota Hiraga;Chiyome Ichinose;Toshinari Onogi;Hironori Niki

  • Active segregation by the Bacillus subtilis partitioning system in Escherichia coli.

    Yoshiharu Yamaichi;Hironori Niki

  • Purification and Characterization of SopA and SopB Proteins Essential for F Plasmid Partitioning

    H Mori;Y Mori;C Ichinose;H Niki

Frequent Co-Authors

Sota Hiraga
Sota Hiraga Kumamoto University
Teru Ogura
Teru Ogura Kumamoto University
Hirotada Mori
Hirotada Mori Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Yuji Kohara
Yuji Kohara National Institute of Genetics
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Yasukazu Nakamura
Yasukazu Nakamura National Institute of Genetics
Marcia B. Goldberg
Marcia B. Goldberg Harvard University
Atsushi Kato
Atsushi Kato Northwestern University

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