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Shugo Watabe

Shugo Watabe

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
14587
World Ranking
12404
National Ranking
849

Overview

Shugo Watabe is affiliated with Kitasato University in Japan and has a substantial body of research focused primarily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, ecology, aquatic science, immunology, and environmental chemistry.

The research topics covered by Shugo Watabe include aquaculture nutrition and growth, microbial community ecology and physiology, physiological and biochemical adaptations, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, genomics and phylogenetic studies, protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides, and meat and animal product quality.

Frequently publishing in venues such as Fisheries Science, Marine Biotechnology, Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and ACS Food Science & Technology, Watabe has contributed to the dissemination of research in diverse scientific outlets. Their publication record reflects a broad engagement with both applied and theoretical aspects of aquatic and environmental biological research.

Shugo Watabe's recent papers include:

  • Environmental DNA study on aquatic ecosystem monitoring and management: Recent advances and prospects, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • A high-quality, haplotype-phased genome reconstruction reveals unexpected haplotype diversity in a pearl oyster, 2022, DNA Research
  • Interleukin-17A/F1 Deficiency Reduces Antimicrobial Gene Expression and Contributes to Microbiome Alterations in Intestines of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Development of a time-series shotgun metagenomics database for monitoring microbial communities at the Pacific coast of Japan, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Isolation and Characterization of Collagen and Collagen Peptides with Hyaluronidase Inhibition Activity Derived from the Skin of Marlin (Istiophoridae), 2023, Molecules

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including Nanami Mizusawa, Ko Yasumoto, Shuichi Asakawa, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, and Shigeharu Kinoshita.

Best Publications

  • Calyculin A and okadaic acid: inhibitors of protein phosphatase activity

    H. Ishihara;B.L. Martin;D.L. Brautigan;H. Karaki

  • Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

    Takeshi Takeuchi;Takeshi Kawashima;Ryo Koyanagi;Fuki Gyoja

  • Mycalolide B, a novel actin depolymerizing agent.

    S.-Y. Saito;S. Watabe;H. Ozaki;N. Fusetani

  • Effect of Storage Temperature on Rigor-Mortis and ATP Degradation in Plaice Paralichthys olivaceus Muscle

    Muneaki Iwamoto;Hideaki Yamanaka;Shugo Watabe;Kanehisa Hashimoto

  • Calcium-independent activation of contractile apparatus in smooth muscle by calyculin-A

    H Ishihara;H Ozaki;K Sato;M Hori

  • cDNA cloning of myosin heavy chain isoforms from carp fast skeletal muscle and their gene expression associated with temperature acclimation.

    Jun-Ichi Imai;Yasushi Hirayama;Kiyoshi Kikuchi;Makoto Kakinuma

  • Bivalve-specific gene expansion in the pearl oyster genome: implications of adaptation to a sessile lifestyle

    Takeshi Takeuchi;Ryo Koyanagi;Fuki Gyoja;Miyuki Kanda

  • Deep Sequencing of ESTs from Nacreous and Prismatic Layer Producing Tissues and a Screen for Novel Shell Formation-Related Genes in the Pearl Oyster

    Shigeharu Kinoshita;Ning Wang;Haruka Inoue;Kaoru Maeyama

  • Temperature plasticity of contractile proteins in fish muscle.

    Shugo Watabe

  • Structure of fucose branches in the glycosaminoglycan from the body wall of the sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus

    Yutaka Kariya;Shugo Watabe;Mamoru Kyogashima;Masayuki Ishihara

  • Toughness and Collagen Content of Abalone Muscles

    Raul Porturas Olaechea;Hideki Ushio;Shugo Watabe;Kiichiro Takada

  • Calyculin-A increases the level of protein phosphorylation and changes the shape of 3T3 fibroblasts.

    Lynn Chartier;Lucinda L. Rankin;Ronald E. Allen;Yuko Kato

  • Changes in carp myosin ATPase induced by temperature acclimation

    G. C. Hwang;S. Watabe;K. Hashimoto

  • Quantitative mRNA expression profiling of heat-shock protein families in rainbow trout cells.

    Nobuhiko Ojima;Michiaki Yamashita;Shugo Watabe

  • Occurrence of chondroitin sulfate E in glycosaminoglycan isolated from the body wall of sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus.

    Y Kariya;S Watabe;K Hashimoto;K Yoshida

  • Phosphorylation of a twitchin-related protein controls catch and calcium sensitivity of force production in invertebrate smooth muscle

    Marion J. Siegman;Daisuke Funabara;Shigeharu Kinoshita;Shugo Watabe

  • Structural Differences in the Crossbridge Head of Temperature-Associated Myosin Subfragment-1 Isoforms from Carp Fast Skeletal Muscle

    Yasushi Hirayama;Shugo Watabe

  • Eicosapentaenoic acid productivity of the bacteria isolated from fish intestines

    Kazunaga Yazawa;Keiko Araki;Kazuo Watanabe;Chikako Ishikawa

  • The warm temperature acclimation-related 65-kDa protein, Wap65, in goldfish and its gene expression.

    Kiyoshi Kikuchi;Michiaki Yamashita;Shugo Watabe;Katsumi Aida

  • Dual Roles of Notch in Regulation of Apically Restricted Mitosis and Apicobasal Polarity of Neuroepithelial Cells

    Shinya Ohata;Ryo Aoki;Ryo Aoki;Shigeharu Kinoshita;Shigeharu Kinoshita;Masahiro Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuichi Asakawa
Shuichi Asakawa University of Tokyo
Hidehiro Kondo
Hidehiro Kondo Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Nobuhiro Fusetani
Nobuhiro Fusetani Waseda University
David J. Hartshorne
David J. Hartshorne University of Arizona
Yutaka Suzuki
Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo
Shigeki Matsunaga
Shigeki Matsunaga Kyoto University
Ikuo Hirono
Ikuo Hirono Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Katsumi Aida
Katsumi Aida University of Tokyo
Ian A. Johnston
Ian A. Johnston University of St Andrews
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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