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Kozo Ochi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10685
World Ranking
14482
National Ranking
1021

Kozo Ochi publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kozo Ochi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 193 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kozo Ochi D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kozo Ochi is affiliated with the Hiroshima Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, pharmacology, and plant science.

The main topics covered in their research include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant disease resistance and genetics, and RNA modifications related to cancer.

Notable recent publications by Kozo Ochi include:

  • A putative mechanism underlying secondary metabolite overproduction by Streptomyces strains with a 23S rRNA mutation conferring erythromycin resistance, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Substantial improvement of tetraene macrolide production in Streptomyces diastatochromogenes by cumulative drug resistance mutations, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Genetically engineered rpsL merodiploidy impacts secondary metabolism and antibiotic resistance in Streptomyces, 2021, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Properties of Spontaneous rpsL Mutant of Streptomyces albus KO-1297, 2022, Cytology and Genetics
  • Mutations within gene XNR_2147 for TetR-like protein enhance lincomycin resistance and endogenous specialized metabolism of Streptomyces albus J1074, 2022, Journal of Applied Genetics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Bohdan Ostash, Andriy Luzhetskyy, Victor Fedorenko, Maria Lopatniuk, and Iryna Ostash. These partnerships have contributed to several joint publications.

The scientist's work has been published in various scientific venues, with multiple contributions in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, PLoS ONE, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Cytology and Genetics, and Journal of Applied Genetics.

Best Publications

  • Loss of a conserved 7-methylguanosine modification in 16S rRNA confers low-level streptomycin resistance in bacteria.

    Susumu Okamoto;Aki Tamaru;Chie Nakajima;Kenji Nishimura

  • Structural Basis for Transcription Regulation by Alarmone ppGpp

    Irina Artsimovitch;Vsevolod Patlan;Shun-ichi Sekine;Marina N Vassylyeva

  • Polyketide Synthase Gene Coupled to the Peptide Synthetase Module Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Cyclic Heptapeptide Microcystin

    Tomoyasu Nishizawa;Akiko Ueda;Munehiko Asayama;Kiyonaga Fujii

  • New strategies for drug discovery: activation of silent or weakly expressed microbial gene clusters

    Kozo Ochi;Takeshi Hosaka

  • Induction of actinorhodin production by rpsL (encoding ribosomal protein S12) mutations that confer streptomycin resistance in Streptomyces lividans and Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).

    J Shima;A Hesketh;S Okamoto;S Kawamoto

  • Metabolic initiation of differentiation and secondary metabolism by Streptomyces griseus: significance of the stringent response (ppGpp) and GTP content in relation to A factor.

    K Ochi

  • Antibacterial discovery in actinomycetes strains with mutations in RNA polymerase or ribosomal protein S12

    Takeshi Hosaka;Mayumi Ohnishi-Kameyama;Hideyuki Muramatsu;Kana Murakami

  • Bacilysocin, a Novel Phospholipid Antibiotic Produced by Bacillus subtilis 168

    Norimasa Tamehiro;Yoshiko Okamoto-Hosoya;Susumu Okamoto;Makoto Ubukata

  • Novel detoxification of the trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol by a soil bacterium isolated by enrichment culture.

    J Shima;S Takase;Y Takahashi;Y Iwai

  • From microbial differentiation to ribosome engineering.

    Kozo Ochi

  • Ribosome engineering and secondary metabolite production.

    Kozo Ochi;Susumu Okamoto;Yuzuru Tozawa;Takashi Inaoka

  • Identification of the bacterial alarmone guanosine 5′-diphosphate 3′-diphosphate (ppGpp) in plants

    Kosaku Takahashi;Koji Kasai;Kozo Ochi

  • Novel Approach for Improving the Productivity of Antibiotic-Producing Strains by Inducing Combined Resistant Mutations

    Haifeng Hu;Kozo Ochi

  • Acquisition of Certain Streptomycin-Resistant (str) Mutations Enhances Antibiotic Production in Bacteria

    Yoshiko Hosoya;Susumu Okamoto;Hideyuki Muramatsu;Kozo Ochi

  • Activation of Antibiotic Biosynthesis by Specified Mutations in the rpoB Gene (Encoding the RNA Polymerase β Subunit) of Streptomyces lividans

    Haifeng Hu;Qin Zhang;Kozo Ochi

  • Dramatic Activation of Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces coelicolor by Cumulative Drug Resistance Mutations

    Guojun Wang;Takeshi Hosaka;Kozo Ochi

  • Initiation of Bacillus subtilis sporulation by the stringent response to partial amino acid deprivation.

    K Ochi;J C Kandala;E Freese

  • Guanine nucleotides guanosine 5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate and GTP co-operatively regulate the production of an antibiotic bacilysin in Bacillus subtilis.

    Takashi Inaoka;Kosaku Takahashi;Mayumi Ohnishi-Kameyama;Mitsuru Yoshida

  • Enhanced Expression of S-Adenosylmethionine Synthetase Causes Overproduction of Actinorhodin in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

    Susumu Okamoto;Alexander Lezhava;Takeshi Hosaka;Yoshiko Okamoto-Hosoya

  • New strategies for drug discovery: Activation of silent or weakly expressed microbial gene clusters

    Kozo Ochi

Frequent Co-Authors

Takanori Kigawa
Takanori Kigawa RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Atsushi Nakagawa
Atsushi Nakagawa Osaka University
Masayoshi Itoh
Masayoshi Itoh RIKEN
Shigeyuki Yokoyama
Shigeyuki Yokoyama RIKEN
Yutaka Ebizuka
Yutaka Ebizuka University of Tokyo
Yasutaro Fujita
Yasutaro Fujita Fukuyama University
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Yaeta Endo
Yaeta Endo Ehime University
Gregory L. Challis
Gregory L. Challis University of Warwick
Toshiaki Kudo
Toshiaki Kudo Nagasaki University

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