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9963
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Kazuo Moriwaki publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuo Moriwaki sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 258 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Kazuo Moriwaki D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazuo Moriwaki was affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan. Their research primarily contributed to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, immunology, cell biology, nutrition and dietetics, and cancer research.

The main topics explored in their work included cell death mechanisms and regulation, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, cellular transport and secretion, NF-κB signaling pathways, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, interferon and immune responses, and phagocytosis and immune regulation.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kazuo Moriwaki were Hiroyasu Nakano, Sachiko Komazawa-Sakon, Eiji Miyoshi, Francis Ka-Ming Chan, and Yoshihiro Kamada.

They published multiple papers in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Communications Biology, Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, and The Journal of Biochemistry.

Representative recent publications include:

  • Identification of a phosphorylation site on Ulk1 required for genotoxic stress-induced alternative autophagy (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Sweet modification and regulation of death receptor signalling pathway (2021, The Journal of Biochemistry)
  • MIND bomb 2 prevents RIPK1 kinase activity-dependent and -independent apoptosis through ubiquitylation of cFLIPL (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Dynamic movement of the Golgi unit and its glycosylation enzyme zones (2024, Nature Communications)
  • The death-inducing activity of RIPK1 is regulated by the pH environment (2020, Science Signaling)

Best Publications

  • The NOD Mouse: Recessive Diabetogenic Gene in the Major Histocompatibility Complex

    M. Hattori;J. B. Buse;R. A. Jackson;L. Glimcher

  • Biochemical diversity and evolution in the genus Mus.

    François Bonhomme;Josette Catalan;Janice Britton-Davidian;Verne M. Chapman

  • Genetic differences among C57BL/6 substrains.

    Kazuyuki Mekada;Kuniya Abe;Ayumi Murakami;Satoe Nakamura

  • Identification of an imprinted U2af binding protein related sequence on mouse chromosome 11 using the RLGS method

    Y. Hayashizaki;H. Shibata;S. Hirotsune;H. Sugino

  • Hybrid origin of Japanese mice "Mus musculus molossinus": evidence from restriction analysis of mitochondrial DNA.

    H Yonekawa;K Moriwaki;O Gotoh;N Miyashita

  • A duplicated zone of polarizing activity in polydactylous mouse mutants.

    Hiroshi Masuya;Tomoko Sagai;Shigeharu Wakana;Kazuo Moriwaki

  • Origins of Laboratory Mice Deduced from Restriction Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA

    Hiromichi Yonekawa;Kazuo Moriwaki;Osamu Gotoh;Nobumoto Miyashita

  • Evolutionary Relationships among Five Subspecies of MUS MUSCULUS Based on Restriction Enzyme Cleavage Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA

    Hiromichi Yonekawa;Kazuo Moriwaki;Osamu Gotoh;Jun-Ichi Hayashi

  • Mouse phenome research: implications of genetic background.

    Atsushi Yoshiki;Kazuo Moriwaki

  • Allozymic Variation and Regional Differentiation in Wild Populations of the Fish Oryzias latipes

    Mitsuru Sakaizumi;Kazuo Moriwaki;Nobuo Egami

  • Cloning and Characterization of the Nucleoredoxin Gene That Encodes a Novel Nuclear Protein Related to Thioredoxin

    Hisanori Kurooka;Keizo Kato;Shigeru Minoguchi;Yoshinori Takahashi

  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LABORATORY MICE AND THE SUBSPECIES MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS BASED ON RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE PATTERNS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

    Hiromichi Yonekawa;Kazuo Moriwaki;Osamu Gotoh;Junko Watanabe

  • Factors involved in the production of banded structures in mammalian chromosomes.

    Hatao Kato;Kazuo Moriwaki

  • Sexing of mouse preimplantation embryos by detection of Y chromosome-specific sequences using polymerase chain reaction.

    Tetsuo Kunieda;Meiwei Xian;Eiji Kobayashi;Tomonori Imamichi

  • The polyphyletic origin of laboratory inbred mice and their rate of evolution

    François Bonhomme;Jean-Louis Guenet;Barbara Dod;Kazuo Moriwaki

  • Evolutionary and dispersal history of Eurasian house mice Mus musculus clarified by more extensive geographic sampling of mitochondrial DNA

    Hitoshi Suzuki;Mitsuo Nunome;Gohta Kinoshita;Ken P. Aplin

  • Hybrid breakdown caused by substitution of the X chromosome between two mouse subspecies.

    Ayako Oka;Ayako Oka;Akihiko Mita;Noriko Sakurai-Yamatani;Hiromi Yamamoto

  • Multigenic Control of the Localization of the Zone of Polarizing Activity in Limb Morphogenesis in the Mouse

    Hiroshi Masuya;Tomoko Sagai;Kazuo Moriwaki;Toshihiko Shiroishi

  • ABSENCE OF CORRELATION BETWEEN DNA REPAIR IN ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATED MAMMALIAN CELLS AND LIFE SPAN OF THE DONOR SPECIES

    Hatao Kato;Masashi Harada;Kimiyuki Tsuchiya;Kazuo Moriwaki

  • Contribution of Asian mouse subspecies Mus musculus molossinus to genomic constitution of strain C57BL/6J, as defined by BAC-end sequence–SNP analysis

    Kuniya Abe;Hideki Noguchi;Keiko Tagawa;Misako Yuzuriha

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshihiko Shiroishi
Toshihiko Shiroishi National Institute of Genetics
Hiromichi Yonekawa
Hiromichi Yonekawa Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
Osamu Gotoh
Osamu Gotoh Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Ryo Kominami
Ryo Kominami Niigata University
Naruya Saitou
Naruya Saitou National Institute of Genetics
Yoko Satta
Yoko Satta The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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