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Masaru Tomita

Masaru Tomita

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Genetics

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88
Citations
54789
World Ranking
1141
National Ranking
43

Molecular Biology

D-Index
88
Citations
54789
World Ranking
771
National Ranking
57

Overview

Masaru Tomita is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work spanning medicine. Their research output includes 98 publications focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, and 65 publications related to Medicine.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Physiology, Genetics, and Cancer Research. Their main research topics encompass:

  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Tardigrade Biology and Ecology
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Tomita's frequent co-authors include Tomoyoshi Soga, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Kazuharu Arakawa, Masahiro Sugimoto, and Toru Takebayashi, reflecting ongoing collaborations in their areas of expertise.

Publications by Masaru Tomita have appeared in various scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Metabolites
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Nature Biotechnology

Key recent papers authored by or associated with Tomita include:

  • Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • 1000 spider silkomes: Linking sequences to silk physical properties, 2022, Science Advances
  • Multicomponent nature underlies the extraordinary mechanical properties of spider dragline silk, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Immediate Early Gene Activation by SLFN11 in Response to Replication Stress, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Multiomics study of a heterotardigrade, Echinisicus testudo, suggests the possibility of convergent evolution of abundant heat-soluble proteins in Tardigrada, 2021, BMC Genomics

Best Publications

  • Construction of Escherichia coli K-12 in-frame, single-gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection.

    Tomoya Baba;Takeshi Ara;Miki Hasegawa;Yuki Takai

  • Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells

    Yukihiro Furusawa;Yuuki Obata;Shinji Fukuda;Takaho A. Endo

  • The systems biology markup language (SBML): a medium for representation and exchange of biochemical network models.

    M. Hucka;A. Finney;H. M. Sauro;H. Bolouri;H. Bolouri

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • Systematic identification of cell cycle-dependent yeast nucleocytoplasmic shuttling proteins by prediction of composite motifs

    Shunichi Kosugi;Masako Hasebe;Masaru Tomita;Hiroshi Yanagawa

  • Quantitative Metabolome Analysis Using Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry

    Tomoyoshi Soga;Yoshiaki Ohashi;Yuki Ueno;Hisako Naraoka

  • E-CELL: software environment for whole-cell simulation.

    Masaru Tomita;Kenta Hashimoto;Koichi Takahashi;Thomas Simon Shimizu

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • Differential metabolomics reveals ophthalmic acid as an oxidative stress biomarker indicating hepatic glutathione consumption.

    Tomoyoshi Soga;Richard Baran;Makoto Suematsu;Yuki Ueno

  • Multiple high-throughput analyses monitor the response of E. coli to perturbations.

    Nobuyoshi Ishii;Kenji Nakahigashi;Tomoya Baba;Tomoya Baba;Martin Robert

  • Six Classes of Nuclear Localization Signals Specific to Different Binding Grooves of Importin α

    Shunichi Kosugi;Masako Hasebe;Nobutaka Matsumura;Hideaki Takashima

  • Simultaneous determination of anionic intermediates for Bacillus subtilis metabolic pathways by capillary electrophoresis electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

    Tomoyoshi Soga;Yuki Ueno;Hisako Naraoka;Yoshiaki Ohashi

  • Phase transfer surfactant-aided trypsin digestion for membrane proteome analysis.

    Takeshi Masuda;Masaru Tomita;Yasushi Ishihama

  • Dynamic modeling of genetic networks using genetic algorithm and S-system

    Shinichi Kikuchi;Daisuke Tominaga;Masanori Arita;Katsutoshi Takahashi

  • Phosphopeptide Enrichment by Aliphatic Hydroxy Acid-modified Metal Oxide Chromatography for Nano-LC-MS/MS in Proteomics Applications

    Naoyuki Sugiyama;Takeshi Masuda;Kosaku Shinoda;Akihiro Nakamura

  • Large-scale identification of protein-protein interaction of Escherichia coli K-12.

    Mohammad Arifuzzaman;Maki Maeda;Aya Itoh;Kensaku Nishikata

  • Large-scale phosphorylation mapping reveals the extent of tyrosine phosphorylation in Arabidopsis

    Naoyuki Sugiyama;Hirofumi Nakagami;Keiichi Mochida;Arsalan Daudi

  • Dynamic Organization of Chromatin Domains Revealed by Super-Resolution Live-Cell Imaging

    Tadasu Nozaki;Ryosuke Imai;Mai Tanbo;Mai Tanbo;Ryosuke Nagashima;Ryosuke Nagashima

  • Large-Scale Comparative Phosphoproteomics Identifies Conserved Phosphorylation Sites in Plants

    Hirofumi Nakagami;Naoyuki Sugiyama;Keiichi Mochida;Arsalan Daudi

  • Whole-cell simulation: a grand challenge of the 21st century

    Masaru Tomita

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoyoshi Soga
Tomoyoshi Soga Keio University
Yasushi Ishihama
Yasushi Ishihama Kyoto University
Masato Murakami
Masato Murakami Shibaura Institute of Technology
Hirotada Mori
Hirotada Mori Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Takaaki Nishioka
Takaaki Nishioka Kyoto University
Kazuyuki Shimizu
Kazuyuki Shimizu Kyushu Institute of Technology
Makoto Suematsu
Makoto Suematsu Keio University
Koichi Kato
Koichi Kato National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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