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Kosuke Morikawa

Kosuke Morikawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
16071
World Ranking
6043
National Ranking
385

Overview

Kosuke Morikawa is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, specializing in the field of Mathematics with a strong focus on Statistics and Probability. Their academic output includes work that intersects molecular biology, artificial intelligence, genetics, and social sciences. The primary topics covered by their research work are statistical methods and Bayesian inference, statistical methods and inference, advanced causal inference techniques, survey sampling and estimation techniques, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and survey methodology and nonresponse.

Morikawa has authored several papers published in a variety of scientific journals and platforms. Notable recent papers include:

  • Semiparametric optimal estimation with nonignorable nonresponse data, 2021, The Annals of Statistics
  • Partial Replacement of Nucleosomal DNA with Human FACT Induces Dynamic Exposure and Acetylation of Histone H3 N-Terminal Tails, 2020, iScience
  • Two conformations of DNA polymerase D-PCNA-DNA, an archaeal replisome complex, revealed by cryo-electron microscopy, 2020, BMC Biology
  • An Empirical Likelihood Approach to Reduce Selection Bias in Voluntary Samples, 2023, Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin
  • Forecasting temporal variation of aftershocks immediately after a main shock using Gaussian process regression, 2021, Geophysical Journal International

The venues where Morikawa frequently publishes include arXiv (Cornell University), The Annals of Statistics, Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, iScience, and BMC Biology.

Collaboration is a part of Morikawa's research practice. Frequent co-authors are Jae Kwang Kim, Kenji Beppu, Yoshikazu Terada, Shonosuke Sugasawa, and Masayuki Oda.

Best Publications

  • Structural basis of glutamate recognition by a dimeric metabotropic glutamate receptor

    Naoki Kunishima;Yoshimi Shimada;Yuji Tsuji;Toshihiro Sato

  • Three-dimensional structure of ribonuclease H from E. coli

    K. Katayanagi;M. Miyagawa;M. Matsushima;M. Ishikawa

  • Structural views of the ligand-binding cores of a metabotropic glutamate receptor complexed with an antagonist and both glutamate and Gd3+

    Daisuke Tsuchiya;Naoki Kunishima;Narutoshi Kamiya;Hisato Jingami

  • Snap helix with knob and hole: Essential repeats in S. pombe nuclear protein nuc2 +

    Tatsuya Hirano;Noriyuki Kinoshita;Kosuke Morikawa;Mitsuhiro Yanagida

  • Atomic structure of the RuvC resolvase: A holliday junction-specific endonuclease from E. coli

    Mariko Ariyoshi;Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Hiroshi Iwasaki;Haruki Nakamura

  • Acetyl-CoA Synthetase 2, a Mitochondrial Matrix Enzyme Involved in the Oxidation of Acetate

    Takahiro Fujino;Jun Kondo;Momoyo Ishikawa;Kosuke Morikawa

  • Atomic model of a pyrimidine dimer excision repair enzyme complexed with a dna substrate: Structural basis for damaged DNA recognition

    Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Tatsuki Kashiwagi;Yuriko Mikami;Mariko Ariyoshi

  • CENP-T-W-S-X Forms a Unique Centromeric Chromatin Structure with a Histone-like Fold.

    Tatsuya Nishino;Kozo Takeuchi;Karen E. Gascoigne;Aussie Suzuki

  • How does RNase H recognize a DNA.RNA hybrid

    H Nakamura;Y Oda;S Iwai;H Inoue

  • Structural details of ribonuclease H from Escherichia coli as refined to an atomic resolution.

    K. Katayanagi;M. Miyagawa;M. Matsushima;M. Ishikawa

  • Crystal structure of an archaeal DNA sliding clamp: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen from Pyrococcus furiosus

    Shigeki Matsumiya;Yoshizumi Ishino;Kosuke Morikawa

  • Domain architectures and characterization of an RNA-binding protein, TLS

    Yuko Iko;Takashi S. Kodama;Nobuyuki Kasai;Takuji Oyama

  • Crystal structure of Escherichia coli RNase HI in complex with Mg2+ at 2.8 A resolution: proof for a single Mg(2+)-binding site.

    Katsuo Katayanagi;Mika Okumura;Kosuke Morikawa

  • The nuclear receptor PPARγ individually responds to serotonin- and fatty acid-metabolites.

    Tsuyoshi Waku;Takuma Shiraki;Takuji Oyama;Kanako Maebara

  • Visualization of individual DNA molecules in solution by light microscopy: DAPI staining method.

    Kosuke Morikawa;Mitsushiro Yanagida

  • Architectures of class-defining and specific domains of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase

    Osamu Nureki;Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Katsuo Katayanagi;Toshiyuki Shimizu

  • Solution structure of the DNA- and RPA-binding domain of the human repair factor XPA

    Takahisa Ikegami;Isao Kuraoka;Masafumi Saijo;Naohiko Kodo

  • Structural and functional studies of MinD ATPase: implications for the molecular recognition of the bacterial cell division apparatus.

    Ikuko Hayashi;Takuji Oyama;Kosuke Morikawa

  • Structure of the metabotropic glutamate receptor.

    Hisato Jingami;Shigetada Nakanishi;Kosuke Morikawa

  • Atomic structure of the GCSF–receptor complex showing a new cytokine–receptor recognition scheme

    Masaharu Aritomi;Naoki Kunishima;Tomoyuki Okamoto;Ryota Kuroki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshizumi Ishino
Yoshizumi Ishino Kyushu University
Dmitry G. Vassylyev
Dmitry G. Vassylyev University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hiroshi Iwasaki
Hiroshi Iwasaki Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shigenori Kanaya
Shigenori Kanaya Osaka University
Hideo Shinagawa
Hideo Shinagawa BioAcademia
Eiko Ohtsuka
Eiko Ohtsuka Hokkaido University
Morio Ikehara
Morio Ikehara Osaka University
Haruki Nakamura
Haruki Nakamura Osaka University
Kazuei Igarashi
Kazuei Igarashi Chiba University
Masahiro Shirakawa
Masahiro Shirakawa Kyoto University

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