2026 Kiyoshi Mizuuchi: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	70	2267	2153	1018	956	126	19101

Overview

Kiyoshi Mizuuchi is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on molecular biology and genetics subfields. The scientist's work spans topics including bacterial genetics and biotechnology, DNA repair mechanisms, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, genomics and phylogenetic studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and aluminum alloys composites properties.

Recent scholarly contributions include research articles published between 2021 and 2022. Notable publications are:

CTP and parS coordinate ParB partition complex dynamics and ParA-ATPase activation for ParABS-mediated DNA partitioning, 2021, eLife
CTP and parS coordinate ParB partition complex dynamics and ParA-ATPase activation for ParABS-mediated DNA partitioning, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Distinct architectural requirements for the parS centromeric sequence of the pSM19035 plasmid partition machinery, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Distinct architectural requirements for the parS centromeric sequence of the pSM19035 plasmid partition machinery, 2022, eLife
Enhancing Metal-Matrix Composites Performance via Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Process, 2022, Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy

Kiyoshi Mizuuchi has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Jagat B. Budhathoki
James A. Taylor
Yeonee Seol
Keir C. Neuman
Andrea Volante

The scientist's work has been published in a variety of academic venues, reflecting their multidisciplinary approach. The main publication venues include:

eLife
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy
Biophysical Journal

The research topics addressed by Mizuuchi often integrate molecular and genetic mechanisms with applied materials science, as evidenced by published works ranging from bacterial genetic partitioning systems to metal-matrix composite performance enhancements via sintering techniques. This cross-disciplinary approach aligns with subfield contributions in molecular medicine and mechanical engineering alongside molecular biology and genetics.

Best Publications

DNA gyrase: an enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA

Martin Gellert;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Mary H. O'Dea;Howard A. Nash

1596
Citations
Nalidixic acid resistance: A second genetic character involved in DNA gyrase activity

Martin Gellert;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Mary H. O'Dea;Tateo Itoh

1135
Citations
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN IHF-DNA COMPLEX : A PROTEIN-INDUCED DNA U-TURN

Phoebe A Rice;Shu-wei Yang;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Howard A Nash

1124
Citations
HIV-1 DNA integration: Mechanism of viral DNA cleavage and DNA strand transfer

Alan Engelman;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Robert Craigie

887
Citations
V(D)J recombination: a functional definition of the joining signals.

Joanne E. Hesse;Michael R. Lieber;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Martin Gellert

627
Citations
Transpositional recombination : mechanistic insights from studies of Mu and other elements

Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

556
Citations
Retroviral DNA integration: Structure of an integration intermediate

Tamio Fujiwara;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

536
Citations
The defect in murine severe combined immune deficiency: Joining of signal sequences but not coding segments in V(D)J recombination

Michael R. Lieber;Joanne E. Hesse;Susanna Lewis;Gayle C. Bosma

522
Citations
Extrachromosomal DNA substrates in pre-B cells undergo inversion or deletion at immunoglobulin V-(D)-J joining signals.

Joanne E. Hesse;Joanne E. Hesse;Michael R. Lieber;Michael R. Lieber;Martin Gellert;Martin Gellert;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

447
Citations
Similarities Between Initiation of V(D)J Recombination and Retroviral Integration

Dik C. van Gent;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Martin Gellert

381
Citations
DNA gyrase: subunit structure and ATPase activity of the purified enzyme.

Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Mary H. O'Dea;Martin Gellert

370
Citations
Barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF) bridges DNA in a discrete, higher-order nucleoprotein complex

Ronglan Zheng;Rodolfo Ghirlando;Myung Soo Lee;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

318
Citations
Structure of the bacteriophage Mu transposase core: a common structural motif for DNA transposition and retroviral integration.

P Rice;K Mizuuchi

309
Citations
DNA gyrase action involves the introduction of transient double-strand breaks into DNA

K Mizuuchi;L M Fisher;M H O'Dea;M Gellert

301
Citations
The phage Mu transpososome core: DNA requirements for assembly and function.

H Savilahti;P A Rice;K Mizuuchi

280
Citations
Site-specific recognition of the bacteriophage mu ends by the mu a protein

Robert Craigie;Michiyo Mizuuchi;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

254
Citations
Developmental stage specificity of the lymphoid V(D)J recombination activity.

M R Lieber;J E Hesse;K Mizuuchi;M Gellert

236
Citations
A defined system for the DNA strand-transfer reaction at the initiation of bacteriophage Mu transposition: protein and DNA substrate requirements

Robert Craigie;Donna J. Arndt-Jovin;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

236
Citations
Transposition of Mu DNA: Joining of Mu to target DNA can be uncoupled from cleavage at the ends of Mu

Robert Craigie;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

228
Citations
Lymphoid V(D)J recombination: nucleotide insertion at signal joints as well as coding joints

Michael R. Lieber;Joanne E. Hesse;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Martin Gellert

225
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Gellert National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Robert Craigie National Institutes of Health

Michael R. Lieber University of Southern California

Tania A. Baker MIT

Robert T. Clubb University of California, Los Angeles

Phoebe A. Rice University of Chicago

Angela M. Gronenborn University of Pittsburgh

Rodolfo Ghirlando National Institutes of Health

Howard A. Nash MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Alan Engelman Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

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