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Yoshito Kaziro

Yoshito Kaziro

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
13953
World Ranking
9226
National Ranking
622

Yoshito Kaziro publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshito Kaziro sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 207 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshito Kaziro 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 Yoshito Kaziro sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Yoshito Kaziro was affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their career included recognition as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2000.

Details about their research publications, frequent co-authors, specific fields and subfields of study, as well as main topics of work, are not available. Similarly, there is no information on recent papers or book publications linked to Kaziro.

The absence of detailed data on research output and collaborative relationships limits the assessment of their scientific contributions and areas of specialization.

Best Publications

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

    Yoshito Kaziro;Hiroshi Itoh;Tohru Kozasa;Masato Nakafuku

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

    Yoshito Kaziro

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

    T Satoh;S Nakamura;T Taga;T Matsuda

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

    T Satoh;M Nakafuku;Y Kaziro

  • Isolation and characterization of the human Gs alpha gene.

    Tohru Kozasa;Hiroshi Itoh;Toshihiko Tsukamoto;Yoshito Kaziro

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Takaya Satoh;Masami Endo;Masato Nakafuku;Shun Nakamura

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Yasuhisa Fukui;Tohru Kozasa;Yoshito Kaziro;Tadayukl Takeda

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

    Masayuki Tsuchiya;Shigetaka Asano;Yoshito Kaziro;Shigekazu Nagata

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Primary structure of elongation factor Tu from Escherichia coli.

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Takaya Satoh
Takaya Satoh Osaka Metropolitan University
Ken-ichi Arai
Ken-ichi Arai University of Tokyo
Masato Nakafuku
Masato Nakafuku Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Yamaguchi University
Shigekazu Nagata
Shigekazu Nagata Osaka University
Tohru Kozasa
Tohru Kozasa University of Illinois at Chicago
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa Roche Institute of Molecular Biology
Naoko Arai
Naoko Arai University of Tokyo
Atsushi Miyajima
Atsushi Miyajima University of Tokyo
Masabumi Shibuya
Masabumi Shibuya Jobu University

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