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Kenichi Yoshikawa

Kenichi Yoshikawa

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Materials Science

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72
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18803
World Ranking
4043
National Ranking
179

Chemistry

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75
Citations
20806
World Ranking
4429
National Ranking
249

Overview

Kenichi Yoshikawa is affiliated with Doshisha University in Japan and specializes in research within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their publication record includes 73 papers primarily focused on Molecular Biology, with additional work in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, and Geometry and Topology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

Recent papers authored by or related to their work include:

  • Self-Emergent Protocells Generated in an Aqueous Solution with Binary Macromolecules through Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation, 2020, ChemBioChem
  • Spatial-Temporal Genome Regulation in Stress-Response and Cell-Fate Change, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cell-Fate Determination from Embryo to Cancer Development: Genomic Mechanism Elucidated, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Higher-order structure of DNA determines its positioning in cell-size droplets under crowded conditions, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Longer DNA exhibits greater potential for cell-free gene expression, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors collaborating in their research include:

  • Yuko Yoshikawa
  • Takashi Nishio
  • Akihisa Shioi
  • Mayu Shono
  • Hiroki Sakuta

Kenichi Yoshikawa's work is regularly published in the following venues:

  • ChemBioChem
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • The "Enzymes"
  • Chemistry Letters

Best Publications

  • Discrete Coil-Globule Transition of Large DNA Induced by Cationic Surfactant

    Sergey M. Mel'nikov;Vladimir G. Sergeyev;Kenichi Yoshikawa

  • Real-time imaging of the somite segmentation clock : revelation of unstable oscillators in the individual presomitic mesoderm cells

    Yoshito Masamizu;Toshiyuki Ohtsuka;Yoshiki Takashima;Hiroki Nagahara

  • Gene expression within cell-sized lipid vesicles.

    Shin Ichiro M. Nomura;Kanta Tsumoto;Tsutomu Hamada;Kazunari Akiyoshi

  • Large discrete transition in a single DNA molecule appears continuous in the ensemble.

    K. Yoshikawa;M. Takahashi;V. V. Vasilevskaya;A. R. Khokhlov

  • Collapse of single DNA molecule in poly(ethylene glycol) solutions

    V. V. Vasilevskaya;A. R. Khokhlov;Y. Matsuzawa;K. Yoshikawa

  • DNA Dissolves Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Water

    Naotoshi Nakashima;Shingo Okuzono;Hiroto Murakami;Tonau Nakai

  • TRANSITION OF DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA CHAINS BETWEEN RANDOM COIL AND COMPACT GLOBULE STATES INDUCED BY COOPERATIVE BINDING OF CATIONIC SURFACTANT

    Sergey M. Mel'nikov;Vladimir G. Sergeyev;Kenichi Yoshikawa

  • Photomanipulation of a droplet by the chromocapillary effect.

    Antoine Diguet;Reine-Marie Guillermic;Nobuyuki Magome;Arnaud Saint-Jalmes

  • Self-Rotation of a Camphor Scraping on Water: New Insight into the Old Problem

    Satoshi Nakata;Yasutaka Iguchi;Sachie Ose;Makiko Kuboyama

  • Morphological variation in a collapsed single homopolymer chain

    H. Noguchi;K. Yoshikawa

  • Chromatin compaction protects genomic DNA from radiation damage.

    Hideaki Takata;Tomo Hanafusa;Toshiaki Mori;Mari Shimura

  • DISCRETE COIL-GLOBULE TRANSITION OF SINGLE DUPLEX DNAS INDUCED BY POLYAMINES

    M. Takahashi;K. Yoshikawa;V. V. Vasilevskaya;A. R. Khokhlov

  • Hyaluronic acid and its derivative as a multi-functional gene expression enhancer: protection from non-specific interactions, adhesion to targeted cells, and transcriptional activation.

    Tomoko Ito;Naoko Iida-Tanaka;Takuro Niidome;Takahito Kawano

  • Interpolyelectrolyte Complexes Formed by DNA and Astramol Poly(propylene imine) Dendrimers

    V. A. Kabanov;V. G. Sergeyev;O. A. Pyshkina;A. A. Zinchenko

  • Nanospheres for DNA separation chips.

    Mari Tabuchi;Masanori Ueda;Noritada Kaji;Yuichi Yamasaki

  • Direct observation of the coil‐globule transition in dna molecules

    K. Minagawa;Y. Matsuzawa;K. Yoshikawa;A. R. Khokhlov

  • Nonlinear Oscillation and Ameba-like Motion in an Oil/Water System

    Nobuyuki Magome;Kenichi Yoshikawa

  • Giant Liposome as a Biochemical Reactor: Transcription of DNA and Transportation by Laser Tweezers

    Kanta Tsumoto;Shin Ichirou M. Nomura;Yoichi Nakatani;Kenichi Yoshikawa

  • On Chemical Reactors That Can Count

    J. Gorecki;K. Yoshikawa;Y. Igarashi

  • Chemoreception by an excitable liquid membrane: characteristic effects of alcohols on the frequency of electrical oscillation

    Kenichi Yoshikawa;Yasuhiro Matsubara

  • SPONTANEOUS OSCILLATION OF PH AND ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL IN AN OIL-WATER SYSTEM

    K. Yoshikawa;Y. Matsubara

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadayuki Imanaka
Tadayuki Imanaka Ritsumeikan University
Alexei R. Khokhlov
Alexei R. Khokhlov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Isao Morishima
Isao Morishima Kyoto University
Kunio Takeyasu
Kunio Takeyasu Kyoto University
Hiroshi Terada
Hiroshi Terada Tokyo University of Science
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University
Yoshinobu Baba
Yoshinobu Baba Nagoya University
Fumihito Arai
Fumihito Arai University of Tokyo
Haruyuki Atomi
Haruyuki Atomi Kyoto University
Motomu Tanaka
Motomu Tanaka Heidelberg University

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