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Sadao Imamura

Sadao Imamura

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
12637
World Ranking
12525
National Ranking
856

Overview

Sadao Imamura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily explores molecular biology, plant science, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, focusing on topics related to algal biology and biofuel production.

The following are some of the main topics covered in Imamura's work:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Light effects on plants
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects

Imamura's frequent coauthors include Kan Tanaka, Kazuhiro Takaya, Tomohiro Shimada, Ikki Kobayashi, and Atsushi Sakurai.

The scientist has published multiple papers in various well-known venues. Among the frequently used publication venues are:

  • NTT technical review
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Algal Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plants

Selected recent papers by Sadao Imamura include:

  • Low-temperature and circadian signals are integrated by the sigma factor SIG5, 2023, Nature Plants
  • Expanded roles of pyruvate-sensing PdhR in transcription regulation of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome: fatty acid catabolism and cell motility, 2020, Microbial Genomics
  • A method for the preparation of electrocompetent cells to transform unicellular green algae, Coccomyxa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) strains Obi and KJ, 2020, Algal Research
  • Microalgal Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Central Regulatory Hub for Growth, Stress Response and Biomass Production, 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • The Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, an Excellent Model Organism for Elucidating Fundamental Molecular Mechanisms and Their Applications in Biofuel Production, 2021, Plants

Best Publications

  • CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors from human cord blood differentiate along two independent dendritic cell pathways in response to GM-CSF+TNF alpha.

    C Caux;B Vanbervliet;C Massacrier;C Dezutter-Dambuyant

  • The Human OX40/gp34 System Directly Mediates Adhesion of Activated T Cells to Vascular Endothelial Cells

    A Imura;T Hori;K Imada;T Ishikawa

  • Developmentally regulated expression of the PD-1 protein on the surface of double-negative(CD4–CD8–) thymocytes

    Hiroyuki Nishimura;Yasutoshi Agata;Akemi Kawasaki;Masaki Sato

  • High frequency class switching of an IgM+ B lymphoma clone CH12F3 to IgA+ cells.

    Motonobu Nakamura;Shigeru Kondo;Manabu Sugai;Martina Nazarea

  • ADP-ribosylation of the rhoA gene product by botulinum C3 exoenzyme causes Swiss 3T3 cells to accumulate in the G1 phase of the cell cycle

    Masamitsu Yamamoto;Nobuyuki Marui;Toshiyuki Sakai;Narito Morii

  • 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine Is Increased in Epidermal Cells of Hairless Mice after Chronic Ultraviolet B Exposure

    Yukari Hattori;Chikako Nishigori;Tomoyuki Tanaka;Koji Uchida

  • The Role of Oxidative DNA Damage in Human Arsenic Carcinogenesis: Detection of 8-Hydroxy-2′-Deoxyguanosine in Arsenic-Related Bowen's Disease

    Miho Matsui;Chikako Nishigori;Shinya Toyokuni;Jitsuya Takada

  • Effect of antibiotics on the generation of reactive oxygen species

    Yoshiki Miyachi;Akira Yoshioka;Sadao Imamura;Yukie Niwa

  • Effects of substance P and substance K on the growth of cultured keratinocytes.

    Toshihiro. Tanaka;Kiichiro. Danno;Kouichi. Ikai;Sadao. Imamura

  • Human cutaneous dendritic cells migrate through dermal lymphatic vessels in a skin organ culture model.

    Michael Lukas;Hella Stössel;Ludwig Hefel;Sadao Imamura

  • A Monoclonal Antibody Specifically Reactive to Human Langerhans Cells

    M.a.n. Kashihara;Masamichi Ueda;Yuji Horiguchi;Fukumi Furukawa

  • Role of Oxygen Intermediates in UV-Induced Epidermal Cell Injury

    Kiichiro Danno;Takeshi Horio;Masahiro Takigawa;Sadao Imamura

  • Subcellular distribution of tight junction-associated proteins (occludin, ZO-1, ZO-2) in rodent skin.

    Kazumasa Morita;Masahiko Itoh;Mitinori Saitou;Yuhko Ando-Akatsuka

  • Enhancement of calcium sensitivity of lipocortin I in phospholipid binding induced by limited proteolysis and phosphorylation at the amino terminus as analyzed by phospholipid affinity column chromatography.

    Y Ando;S Imamura;Y M Hong;M K Owada

  • The incidence of internal malignancies in pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid in Japan.

    Hideoki Ogawa;Masahiro Sakuma;Shinji Morioka;Kiyotaka Kitamura

  • OX40 expressed on fresh leukemic cells from adult T-cell leukemia patients mediates cell adhesion to vascular endothelial cells: implication for the possible involvement of OX40 in leukemic cell infiltration.

    Akihiro Imura;Toshiyuki Hori;Kazunori Imada;Shin Kawamata

  • Treatment of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's Syndrome) with potassium iodide.

    Takeshi Horio;Sadao Imamura;Kiichiro Danno;Fukumi Furukawa

  • Fractalkine and macrophage-derived chemokine: T cell-attracting chemokines expressed in T cell area dendritic cells.

    Nobuo Kanazawa;Tomoyuki Nakamura;Kei Tashiro;Masamichi Muramatsu

  • Effect of sulphasalazine and its metabolites on the generation of reactive oxygen species.

    Y Miyachi;A Yoshioka;S Imamura;Y Niwa

  • Sunburn cell formation is prevented by scavenging oxygen intermediates.

    Yoshiki Miyachi;Takeshi Horio;Sadao Imamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiki Miyachi
Yoshiki Miyachi Kyoto University
Masahiro Takigawa
Masahiro Takigawa Hamamatsu University
Yukie Niwa
Yukie Niwa Niwa Institute for Immunology
Reiji Kannagi
Reiji Kannagi Academia Sinica
Shinya Toyokuni
Shinya Toyokuni Nagoya University
David A. Norris
David A. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Nagahiro Minato
Nagahiro Minato Kyoto University
Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo Kyoto University
Toyoshi Fujimoto
Toyoshi Fujimoto Juntendo University
Toshihiro Tanaka
Toshihiro Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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