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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12103
World Ranking
13805
National Ranking
968

Takanori Kigawa publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 944 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Takanori Kigawa D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Takanori Kigawa is affiliated with the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology as the dominant subfield. Kigawa's work encompasses various interdisciplinary areas, including Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Oncology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

Kigawa has published extensively in several scientific venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • Biomolecular NMR Assignments
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JACS Au
  • Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Advanced Science

Recent significant publications include:

  • "Simultaneous introduction of multiple biomacromolecules into plant cells using a cell-penetrating peptide nanocarrier" (2020, Nanoscale)
  • "A Synthetic Multidomain Peptide That Drives a Macropinocytosis-Like Mechanism for Cytosolic Transport of Exogenous Proteins into Plants" (2022, JACS Au)
  • "Nanoscale Polyion Complex Vesicles for Delivery of Cargo Proteins and Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Complexes to Plant Cells" (2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials)
  • "DiRect: Site-directed mutagenesis method for protein engineering by rational design" (2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)
  • "Identification of a Proline-Kinked Amphipathic α-Helix Downstream from the Methyltransferase Domain of a Potexvirus Replicase and Its Role in Virus Replication and Perinuclear Complex Formation" (2021, Journal of Virology)

Kigawa has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Hiromasa Yagi
  • Satoru Watanabe
  • N. Tochio
  • Tsutomu Mikawa
  • Peter Güntert

Best Publications

  • CELL-FREE PRODUCTION AND STABLE-ISOTOPE LABELING OF MILLIGRAM QUANTITIES OF PROTEINS

    Takanori Kigawa;Takashi Yabuki;Yasuhiko Yoshida;Michio Tsutsui

  • Role of the ENTH Domain in Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate Binding and Endocytosis

    Toshiki Itoh;Seizo Koshiba;Takanori Kigawa;Akira Kikuchi

  • Structural genomics projects in Japan.

    Shigeyuki Yokoyama;Hiroshi Hirota;Takanori Kigawa;Takashi Yabuki

  • An unnatural base pair for incorporating amino acid analogs into proteins

    Ichiro Hirao;Takashi Ohtsuki;Tsuyoshi Fujiwara;Tsuneo Mitsui

  • Preparation of Escherichia coli cell extract for highly productive cell-free protein expression.

    Takanori Kigawa;Takashi Yabuki;Natsuko Matsuda;Takayoshi Matsuda

  • A Novel Zinc-binding Motif Revealed by Solution Structures of DNA-binding Domains of Arabidopsis SBP-family Transcription Factors ☆

    Kazuhiko Yamasaki;Takanori Kigawa;Makoto Inoue;Masaru Tateno

  • An engineered Escherichia coli tyrosyl–tRNA synthetase for site-specific incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into proteins in eukaryotic translation and its application in a wheat germ cell-free system

    Daisuke Kiga;Kensaku Sakamoto;Koichiro Kodama;Takanori Kigawa

  • DNA-binding domains of plant-specific transcription factors: structure, function, and evolution

    Kazuhiko Yamasaki;Takanori Kigawa;Motoaki Seki;Kazuo Shinozaki

  • A highly efficient cell-free protein synthesis system from Escherichia coli.

    Dong Myung Kim;Takanori Kigawa;Cha Yong Choi;Shigeyuki Yokoyama

  • Solution structure of an Arabidopsis WRKY DNA binding domain.

    Kazuhiko Yamasaki;Takanori Kigawa;Makoto Inoue;Masaru Tateno;Masaru Tateno

  • Expression of G protein coupled receptors in a cell-free translational system using detergents and thioredoxin-fusion vectors.

    Goshi Ishihara;Mie Goto;Mihoro Saeki;Kaori Ito

  • Cell-free synthesis and amino acid-selective stable isotope labeling of proteins for NMR analysis

    Takanori Kigawa;Yutaka Muto;Shigeyuki Yokoyama

  • A B-Box 2 Surface Patch Important for TRIM5α Self-Association, Capsid Binding Avidity, and Retrovirus Restriction

    Felipe Diaz-Griffero;Xu Rong Qin;Fumiaki Hayashi;Takanori Kigawa

  • Architectures of class-defining and specific domains of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase

    Osamu Nureki;Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Katsuo Katayanagi;Toshiyuki Shimizu

  • Phosphatidylinositol monophosphate-binding interface in the oomycete RXLR effector AVR3a is required for its stability in host cells to modulate plant immunity

    Takashi Yaeno;Hua Li;Angela Chaparro-Garcia;Sebastian Schornack

  • KUJIRA, a package of integrated modules for systematic and interactive analysis of NMR data directed to high-throughput NMR structure studies.

    Naohiro Kobayashi;Junji Iwahara;Junji Iwahara;Seizo Koshiba;Tadashi Tomizawa

  • Solution Structure of the B3 DNA Binding Domain of the Arabidopsis Cold-Responsive Transcription Factor RAV1

    Kazuhiko Yamasaki;Takanori Kigawa;Makoto Inoue;Masaru Tateno;Masaru Tateno

  • Dual amino acid-selective and site-directed stable-isotope labeling of the human c-Ha-Ras protein by cell-free synthesis

    Takashi Yabuki;Takanori Kigawa;Naoshi Dohmae;Koji Takio

  • Reduced Native State Stability in Crowded Cellular Environment Due to Protein–Protein Interactions

    Ryuhei Harada;Naoya Tochio;Takanori Kigawa;Yuji Sugita

  • Structural insight into the zinc finger CW domain as a histone modification reader.

    Fahu He;Takashi Umehara;Kohei Saito;Takushi Harada

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeyuki Yokoyama
Shigeyuki Yokoyama RIKEN
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Takaho Terada
Takaho Terada University of Tokyo
Peter Güntert
Peter Güntert ETH Zurich
Yoshihide Hayashizaki
Yoshihide Hayashizaki RIKEN
Koji Takio
Koji Takio University of Washington
Motoaki Seki
Motoaki Seki RIKEN
Piero Carninci
Piero Carninci RIKEN
Osamu Ohara
Osamu Ohara Chiba University
Kazuo Shinozaki
Kazuo Shinozaki RIKEN

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