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Masamitsu Yamaguchi

Masamitsu Yamaguchi

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
53
Citations
19042
World Ranking
2356
National Ranking
179

Masamitsu Yamaguchi publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masamitsu Yamaguchi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 303 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Masamitsu Yamaguchi D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masamitsu Yamaguchi is a researcher affiliated with the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan. Their work spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, neurology, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and plant science. The research addresses key topics including mitochondrial function and pathology, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, histone deacetylase inhibitors research, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, hereditary neurological disorders, and neurogenetic and muscular disorders research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Masamitsu Yamaguchi include:

  • Hideki Yoshida
  • Salinee Jantrapirom
  • Kinzo Matsumoto
  • Ryosuke Kowada
  • Im-Soon Lee

The main publication venues where this researcher's work appears are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Experimental Cell Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biomolecules
  • IBRO Reports

Representative recent papers by Masamitsu Yamaguchi include:

  • Drosophila models to study causative genes for human rare intractable neurological diseases, 2021, Experimental Cell Research
  • Epigenetic Regulation of ALS and CMT: A Lesson from Drosophila Models, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. Extract Improves Memory Performance via Promotion of Neurogenesis in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus of Adolescent Mice, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Investigating Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Using Drosophila melanogaster, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Neuron-specific knockdown of solute carrier protein SLC25A46a induces locomotive defects, an abnormal neuron terminal morphology, learning disability, and shortened lifespan, 2020, IBRO Reports

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Heat shock transcription factor 1-activating compounds suppress polyglutamine-induced neurodegeneration through induction of multiple molecular chaperones.

    Nobuhiro Fujikake;Yoshitaka Nagai;H. Akiko Popiel;Yuma Okamoto

  • Novel 8-base pair sequence (Drosophila DNA replication-related element) and specific binding factor involved in the expression of Drosophila genes for DNA polymerase alpha and proliferating cell nuclear antigen.

    F. Hirose;M. Yamaguchi;H. Handa;Y. Inomata

  • Expression of active rat DNA polymerase .beta. in Escherichia coli

    Takayasu Date;Masamitsu Yamaguchi;Fumiko Hirose;Yoshio Nishimoto

  • SPECIFICATION OF REGIONS OF DNA REPLICATION INITIATION DURING EMBRYOGENESIS IN THE 65-KILOBASE DNAPOLALPHA -DE2F LOCUS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

    Takayo Sasaki;Tomoyuki Sawado;Masamitsu Yamaguchi;Tomoyuki Shinomiya

  • Identification of ter94, Drosophila VCP, as a modulator of polyglutamine-induced neurodegeneration.

    H Higashiyama;H Higashiyama;F Hirose;M Yamaguchi;Y H Inoue

  • Prevention of polyglutamine oligomerization and neurodegeneration by the peptide inhibitor QBP1 in Drosophila

    Yoshitaka Nagai;Nobuhiro Fujikake;Katsuhito Ohno;Hiroyuki Higashiyama

  • Orbit, a Novel Microtubule-Associated Protein Essential for Mitosis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Yoshihiro H. Inoue;Maria do Carmo Avides;Maria do Carmo Avides;Michina Shiraki;Peter Deak;Peter Deak

  • Difference in the expression level of DNA polymerase β among mouse tissues: High expression in the pachytene spermatocyte

    Fumiko Hirose;Yasuo Hotta;Masamitsu Yamaguchi;Akio Matsukage

  • Drosophila proliferating cell nuclear antigen (cyclin) gene: structure, expression during development, and specific binding of homeodomain proteins to its 5'-flanking region.

    M. Yamaguchi;Y. Nishida;T. Moriuchi;F. Hirose

  • Identification of three conserved regions in the DREF transcription factors from Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis

    Yasuhiko Takahashi;Fumiko Hirose;Akio Matsukage;Masamitsu Yamaguchi

  • The DNA Replication-related Element (DRE)/DRE-binding Factor System Is a Transcriptional Regulator of the Drosophila E2FGene

    Tomoyuki Sawado;Fumiko Hirose;Yasuhiko Takahashi;Takayo Sasaki

  • D-type cyclin-binding regions of proliferating cell nuclear antigen

    S Matsuoka;M Yamaguchi;A Matsukage

  • Ectopic expression of DREF induces DNA synthesis, apoptosis, and unusual morphogenesis in the Drosophila eye imaginal disc: possible interaction with Polycomb and trithorax group proteins.

    Fumiko Hirose;Nobuko Ohshima;Michina Shiraki;Yoshihiro H. Inoue

  • The DRE/DREF transcriptional regulatory system: a master key for cell proliferation.

    Akio Matsukage;Fumiko Hirose;Mi-Ae Yoo;Masamitsu Yamaguchi

  • Pretaporter, a Drosophila protein serving as a ligand for Draper in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells

    Takayuki Kuraishi;Yukiko Nakagawa;Kaz Nagaosa;Yumi Hashimoto

  • Drosophila as a Model Organism.

    Masamitsu Yamaguchi;Hideki Yoshida

  • dE2F2, a novel E2F-family transcription factor in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Tomoyuki Sawado;Masamitsu Yamaguchi;Yoshio Nishimoto;Katsuhito Ohno

  • Molecular cloning and structural analysis of mouse gene and pseudogenes for proliferating cell nuclear antigen

    Masamitsu Yamaguchi;Yuko Hayashi;Fumiko Hirose;Shuhei Matsuoka

  • Alternative splicing regulates the transcriptional activity of Drosophila heat shock transcription factor in response to heat/cold stress.

    Nobuhiro Fujikake;Yoshitaka Nagai;H. Akiko Popiel;Hiroki Kano

Frequent Co-Authors

Akio Matsukage
Akio Matsukage Hokkaido University
Yoshitaka Nagai
Yoshitaka Nagai Osaka University
Kengo Sakaguchi
Kengo Sakaguchi Tokyo University of Science
Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Eiichiro Fukusaki
Eiichiro Fukusaki Osaka University
Tatsushi Toda
Tatsushi Toda University of Tokyo
Yasuyuki Ohkawa
Yasuyuki Ohkawa Kyushu University
Takashi Takahashi
Takashi Takahashi Nagoya University
Masahide Takahashi
Masahide Takahashi Nagoya University
Shigeru Taketani
Shigeru Taketani Kyoto University

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