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Masahiro Takagi

Masahiro Takagi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
16308
World Ranking
7067
National Ranking
478

Overview

Masahiro Takagi is affiliated with Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan, where their research primarily intersects the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output consists of 27 publications within this broad domain, with a significant focus on subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, materials chemistry, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Takagi's work include lipid membrane structure and behavior, which features prominently in 22 of their publications. Additional research interests encompass neuroscience and neuropharmacology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, neural dynamics and brain function, as well as sphingolipid metabolism and signaling.

Their publication record spans a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Langmuir, the Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, and The Cambridge Structural Database, each hosting three of Takagi's papers. Other notable venues include Scientific Reports and Membranes.

Some recent research articles authored or coauthored by Takagi demonstrate the diversity of their research approach:

  • Developmental Phase Transitions in Spatial Organization of Spontaneous Activity in Postnatal Barrel Cortex Layer 4 (2020, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Osmotic-Tension-Induced Membrane Lateral Organization (2020, Langmuir)
  • Endocytosis-Like Vesicle Fission Mediated by a Membrane-Expanding Molecular Machine Enables Virus Encapsulation for In Vivo Delivery (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Artificial Palmitoylation of Proteins Controls the Lipid Domain-Selective Anchoring on Biomembranes and the Raft-Dependent Cellular Internalization (2022, Langmuir)
  • Three-Phase Coexistence in Binary Charged Lipid Membranes in a Hypotonic Solution (2021, Langmuir)

Throughout their career, Takagi has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Naofumi Shimokawa, Hiroaki Ito, Noriyuki Uchida, Yunosuke Ryu, and Yuichiro Takagi. Takagi's collaborative efforts contribute to interdisciplinary studies bridging biochemistry, neurobiology, and chemical physics.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of DNA Polymerase from Pyrococcus sp. Strain KOD1 and Its Application to PCR

    Masahiro Takagi;Motomu Nishioka;Hirofumi Kakihara;Masao Kitabayashi

  • Cloning and sequencing of two tandem genes involved in degradation of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl to benzoic acid in the polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading soil bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102.

    K Kimbara;T Hashimoto;M Fukuda;T Koana

  • A new way of enhancing the thermostability of proteases

    Tadayuki Imanaka;Mitsuyoshi Shibazaki;Masahiro Takagi

  • Biophysical Effect of Amino Acids on the Prevention of Protein Aggregation

    Kentaro Shiraki;Motonori Kudou;Shinsuke Fujiwara;Tadayuki Imanaka

  • Scalings of implosion experiments for high neutron yield

    H. Takabe;M. Yamanaka;K. Mima;C. Yamanaka

  • Complete analysis of genes and enzymes for γ-hexachlorocyclohexane degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26

    Y Nagata;K Miyauchi;M Takagi

  • A unique chitinase with dual active sites and triple substrate binding sites from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus kodakaraensis KOD1.

    Takeshi Tanaka;Shinsuke Fujiwara;Shingo Nishikori;Toshiaki Fukui

  • Crystal Structure of DNA Polymerase from Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus Kodakaraensis Kod1

    Hiroshi Hashimoto;Motomu Nishioka;Shinsuke Fujiwara;Masahiro Takagi

  • Enhanced accumulation of Cd2+ by a Mesorhizobium sp. transformed with a gene from Arabidopsis thaliana coding for phytochelatin synthase.

    Rutchadaporn Sriprang;Makoto Hayashi;Hisayo Ono;Masahiro Takagi

  • Cloning and sequencing of a dehalogenase gene encoding an enzyme with hydrolase activity involved in the degradation of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane in Pseudomonas paucimobilis.

    Y Nagata;T Nariya;R Ohtomo;M Fukuda

  • Molecular cloning of a Pseudomonas paucimobilis gene encoding a 17-kilodalton polypeptide that eliminates HCl molecules from gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane.

    R Imai;Y Nagata;M Fukuda;M Takagi

  • Crystal Structure of the Haloalkane Dehalogenase from Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26

    J Marek;J Vevodova;I.K Smatanova;I.K Smatanova;Y Nagata

  • Prevention of thermal inactivation and aggregation of lysozyme by polyamines.

    Motonori Kudou;Kentaro Shiraki;Shinsuke Fujiwara;Tadayuki Imanaka

  • Construction of Asymmetric Cell-Sized Lipid Vesicles from Lipid-Coated Water-in-Oil Microdroplets

    Tsutomu Hamada;Yoko Miura;Yuuki Komatsu;Yuko Kishimoto

  • Purification of two chitinases from Rhizopus oligosporus and isolation and sequencing of the encoding genes.

    K Yanai;N Takaya;N Kojima;H Horiuchi

  • Bacterial alginate lyase: Enzymology, genetics and application

    Kousaku Murata;Tomoko Inose;Tomohiro Hisano;Shiro Abe

  • Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the 72-kilodalton dehydrogenase subunit of alcohol dehydrogenase from Acetobacter aceti.

    T. Inoue;M. Sunagawa;A. Mori;Chuhei Imai

  • Cloning of the aapT gene and characterization of its product, alpha-amylase-pullulanase (AapT), from thermophilic and alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. strain XAL601.

    Sang-Pil Lee;M. Morikawa;M. Takagi;T. Imanaka

  • Structure of the cyclic glucan produced from amylopectin by Bacillus stearothermophilus branching enzyme

    Hiroki Takata;Takeshi Takaha;Shigetaka Okada;Susumu Hizukuri

  • Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the meta-cleavage pathway involved in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102.

    Y Kikuchi;Y Yasukochi;Y Nagata;M Fukuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadayuki Imanaka
Tadayuki Imanaka Ritsumeikan University
Takeshi Imamura
Takeshi Imamura University of Tokyo
Shigeto Watanabe
Shigeto Watanabe Hokkaido Information University
Sanjay S. Limaye
Sanjay S. Limaye University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yasushi Kai
Yasushi Kai Osaka University
Kiichi Fukui
Kiichi Fukui Osaka University
Naoki Sato
Naoki Sato University of Tokyo
Sébastien Lebonnois
Sébastien Lebonnois Sorbonne University
Tsuyoshi Inoue
Tsuyoshi Inoue Osaka University
Yukihiro Takahashi
Yukihiro Takahashi Hokkaido University

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