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Minoru Yoshida

Minoru Yoshida

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
58537
World Ranking
819
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Minoru Yoshida is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has an extensive publication record spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research contributions cover a wide spectrum of topics centered on molecular biology, RNA mechanisms, and disease-related studies.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Genome-wide Survey of Ribosome Collision (2020) published in Cell Reports
  • LUBAC accelerates B-cell lymphomagenesis by conferring resistance to genotoxic stress on B cells (2020) published in Blood
  • Splicing modulators: on the way from nature to clinic (2021) published in The Journal of Antibiotics
  • Recognition of pathogen-derived sphingolipids in Arabidopsis (2022) published in Science
  • Targeting fungal membrane homeostasis with imidazopyrazoindoles impairs azole resistance and biofilm formation (2022) published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, highlighting ongoing research partnerships. These collaborators include:

  • Yoko Yashiroda
  • Hiroyuki Osada
  • Akihiro Ito
  • Kazuyuki Matsumoto
  • Kenji Kita

Yoshida's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple papers published in each. These venues include:

  • The Journal of Antibiotics
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Chemical Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Supportive Care in Cancer

Their work spans a broad range of topics and subfields in the biochemical and molecular biological sciences. Main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, prominent subfields in their research portfolio cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Oncology
  • Physiology
  • Organic Chemistry

The main topics addressed in Yoshida's research encompass:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research

Best Publications

  • Potent and specific inhibition of mammalian histone deacetylase both in vivo and in vitro by trichostatin A.

    M Yoshida;M Kijima;M Akita;T Beppu

  • HDAC6 is a microtubule-associated deacetylase

    Charlotte Hubbert;Amaris Guardiola;Rong Shao;Yoshiharu Kawaguchi

  • CRM1 Is an Export Receptor for Leucine-Rich Nuclear Export Signals

    Maarten Fornerod;Mutsuhito Ohno;Minoru Yoshida;Iain W. Mattaj

  • Erasers of Histone Acetylation: The Histone Deacetylase Enzymes

    Edward Seto;Minoru Yoshida

  • CRM1 is responsible for intracellular transport mediated by the nuclear export signal

    Makoto Fukuda;Shiro Asano;Takahiro Nakamura;Makoto Adachi

  • HDAC6 Regulates Hsp90 Acetylation and Chaperone-Dependent Activation of Glucocorticoid Receptor

    Jeffrey J. Kovacs;Patrick J.M. Murphy;Stéphanie Gaillard;Xuan Zhao

  • Leptomycin B inactivates CRM1/exportin 1 by covalent modification at a cysteine residue in the central conserved region

    Nobuaki Kudo;Nobuaki Matsumori;Hiroshi Taoka;Daisuke Fujiwara

  • Trichostatin A and trapoxin: novel chemical probes for the role of histone acetylation in chromatin structure and function.

    Minoru Yoshida;Sueharu Horinouchi;Teruhiko Beppu

  • RNA-Methylation-Dependent RNA Processing Controls the Speed of the Circadian Clock

    Jean-Michel Fustin;Masao Doi;Yoshiaki Yamaguchi;Hayashi Hida

  • FK228 (Depsipeptide) as a Natural Prodrug That Inhibits Class I Histone Deacetylases

    Ryohei Furumai;Akihisa Matsuyama;Nobuyuki Kobashi;Kun-Hyung Lee

  • Leptomycin B Inhibition of Signal-Mediated Nuclear Export by Direct Binding to CRM1

    Nobuaki Kudo;Barbara Wolff;Toshihiro Sekimoto;Erwin P. Schreiner

  • In vivo destabilization of dynamic microtubules by HDAC6-mediated deacetylation.

    Akihisa Matsuyama;Tadahiro Shimazu;Yuko Sumida;Akiko Saito

  • Trapoxin, an antitumor cyclic tetrapeptide, is an irreversible inhibitor of mammalian histone deacetylase.

    M Kijima;M Yoshida;K Sugita;S Horinouchi

  • Plasma (1→3)-β-D-glucan measurement in diagnosis of invasive deep mycosis and fungal febrile episodes

    T Obayashi;T Kawai;M Yoshida;T Mori

  • Spliceostatin A targets SF3b and inhibits both splicing and nuclear retention of pre-mRNA.

    Daisuke Kaida;Hajime Motoyoshi;Etsu Tashiro;Takayuki Nojima

  • ORFeome cloning and global analysis of protein localization in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Akihisa Matsuyama;Ritsuko Arai;Yoko Yashiroda;Atsuko Shirai

  • Drug screening for ALS using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Naohiro Egawa;Shiho Kitaoka;Kayoko Tsukita;Motoko Naitoh

  • Leptomycin B targets a regulatory cascade of crm1, a fission yeast nuclear protein, involved in control of higher order chromosome structure and gene expression.

    K Nishi;M Yoshida;D Fujiwara;M Nishikawa

  • FR901228, a potent antitumor antibiotic, is a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor.

    Hidenori Nakajima;Young Bae Kim;Hiroshi Terano;Minoru Yoshida

  • Short Article HDAC6 Regulates Hsp90 Acetylation and Chaperone-Dependent Activation of Glucocorticoid Receptor

    Jeffrey J. Kovacs;Stéphanie Gaillard;Xuan Zhao;June-Tai Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kate Scholberg
Kate Scholberg Duke University
Yoshitaka Itow
Yoshitaka Itow Nagoya University
C. W. Walter
C. W. Walter Duke University
Sueharu Horinouchi
Sueharu Horinouchi University of Tokyo
Y. Hayato
Y. Hayato University of Tokyo
Y. Totsuka
Y. Totsuka University of Tokyo
C. K. Jung
C. K. Jung Stony Brook University
E. Kearns
E. Kearns Boston University
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita University of Tokyo
S. Mine
S. Mine University of California, Irvine

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