Yoshito Kaziro

Research.com Recognitions

• 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
• 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Structure and Function of Signal-Transducing GTP-Binding Proteins

  Yoshito Kaziro;Hiroshi Itoh;Tohru Kozasa;Masato Nakafuku

  865
  Citations

• The role of guanosine 5'-triphosphate in polypeptide chain elongation.

  Yoshito Kaziro

  781
  Citations

• Induction of neuronal differentiation in PC12 cells by B-cell stimulatory factor 2/interleukin 6.

  T Satoh;S Nakamura;T Taga;T Matsuda

  589
  Citations

• Function of Ras as a molecular switch in signal transduction.

  T Satoh;M Nakafuku;Y Kaziro

  557
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of the human Gs alpha gene.

  Tohru Kozasa;Hiroshi Itoh;Toshihiko Tsukamoto;Yoshito Kaziro

  511
  Citations

• Involvement of ras p21 protein in signal-transduction pathways from interleukin 2, interleukin 3, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor, but not from interleukin 4.

  Takaya Satoh;Masato Nakafuku;Atsushi Miyajima;Yoshito Kaziro

  434
  Citations

• S. cerevisiae genes IRA1 and IRA2 encode proteins that may be functionally equivalent to mammalian ras GTPase activating protein

  Kazuma Tanaka;Masato Nakafuku;Takaya Satoh;Mark S. Marshall

  413
  Citations

• GPA1, a haploid-specific essential gene, encodes a yeast homolog of mammalian G protein which may be involved in mating factor signal transduction

  Ikuko Miyajima;Masato Nakafuku;Naoki Nakayama;Charles Brenner

  411
  Citations

• Platelet-derived growth factor stimulates formation of active p21ras.GTP complex in Swiss mouse 3T3 cells.

  Takaya Satoh;Masami Endo;Masato Nakafuku;Shun Nakamura

  373
  Citations

• Presence of Three Distinct Molecular Species of Gi Protein Alpha Subunit. Structure of Rat cDNAs and Human Genomic DNAs

  H Itoh;R Toyama;T Kozasa;T Tsukamoto

  360
  Citations

• Studies on Polypeptide Elongation Factors from Escherichia coli II. PURIFICATION OF FACTORS Tu-GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE, Ts, AND Tu-Ts, AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF Tu-GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE AND Tu-Ts

  Ken-Ichi Arai;Masao Kawakita;Yoshito Kaziro

  351
  Citations

• Accumulation of p21ras.GTP in response to stimulation with epidermal growth factor and oncogene products with tyrosine kinase activity.

  Takaya Satoh;Masami Endo;Masato Nakafuku;Tetsu Akiyama

  342
  Citations

• Role of a ras homolog in the life cycle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

  Yasuhisa Fukui;Tohru Kozasa;Yoshito Kaziro;Tadayukl Takeda

  332
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of the cDNA for murine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.

  Masayuki Tsuchiya;Shigetaka Asano;Yoshito Kaziro;Shigekazu Nagata

  311
  Citations

• Sequence analysis of cDNA and genomic DNA for a putative pertussis toxin-insensitive guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein alpha subunit.

  Masaaki Matsuoka;Hiroshi Itoh;Tohru Kozasa;Yoshito Kaziro

  278
  Citations

• Isolation of a second yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene (GPA2) coding for guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein: studies on its structure and possible functions.

  Masato Nakafuku;Tomoko Obara;Kozo Kaibuchi;Ikuko Miyajima

  255
  Citations

• Differentiation factors, including nerve growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, and interleukin-6, induce an accumulation of an active Ras.GTP complex in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells.

  M Nakafuku;T Satoh;Y Kaziro

  247
  Citations

• GTP-dependent association of Raf-1 with Ha-Ras: identification of Raf as a target downstream of Ras in mammalian cells.

  Hiroshi Koide;Takaya Satoh;Masato Nakafuku;Yoshito Kaziro

  247
  Citations

• Primary structure of elongation factor Tu from Escherichia coli.

  K. Arai;B. F. C. Clark;L. Duffy;M. D. Jones

  238
  Citations

• Activation of p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase by Signaling through G Protein-coupled Receptors INVOLVEMENT OF Gβγ AND Gαq/11 SUBUNITS

  Junji Yamauchi;Motoshi Nagao;Yoshito Kaziro;Hiroshi Itoh

  221
  Citations