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Yukiko M. Yamashita

Yukiko M. Yamashita

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
55
Citations
11522
World Ranking
2270
National Ranking
1118

Yukiko M. Yamashita publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yukiko M. Yamashita sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 166 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Yukiko M. Yamashita D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yukiko M. Yamashita sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Yukiko M. Yamashita is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their work spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Immunology. They have contributed to 107 publications in these areas.

Yamashita's research topics include:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Notable papers authored by Yamashita include:

  • Emergent dynamics of adult stem cell lineages from single nucleus and single cell RNA-Seq of Drosophila testes, 2023, eLife
  • mRNA localization mediates maturation of cytoplasmic cilia in Drosophila spermatogenesis, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • The retrotransposon R2 maintains Drosophila ribosomal DNA repeats, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Defective Satellite DNA Clustering into Chromocenters Underlies Hybrid Incompatibility in Drosophila, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Dual Agonist of Farnesoid X Receptor and Takeda G Protein-Coupled Receptor 5 Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Infection In Vitro and In Vivo, 2021, Hepatology

Their frequent coauthors include Jaclyn M. Fingerhut, Amelie A. Raz, Mizuho Une, Yusuke Iguchi, and Naoki Teno, reflecting collaborations across multiple projects.

The researcher often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • PLoS Genetics
  • eLife

Among awards, Yamashita was named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Orientation of Asymmetric Stem Cell Division by the APC Tumor Suppressor and Centrosome

    Yukiko M. Yamashita;D. Leanne Jones;Margaret T. Fuller

  • Concerted action of poly(A) nucleases and decapping enzyme in mammalian mRNA turnover

    Akio Yamashita;Tsung Cheng Chang;Yukiko Yamashita;Wenmiao Zhu

  • Asymmetric Inheritance of Mother Versus Daughter Centrosome in Stem Cell Division

    Yukiko M. Yamashita;Anthony P. Mahowald;Julie R. Perlin;Margaret T. Fuller

  • Candidate exome capture identifies mutation of SDCCAG8 as the cause of a retinal-renal ciliopathy

    Edgar A Otto;Toby W Hurd;Rannar Airik;Moumita Chaki

  • Fission yeast cut3 and cut14, members of a ubiquitous protein family, are required for chromosome condensation and segregation in mitosis.

    Yasushi Saka;Takashi Sutani;Yukiko Yamashita;Shigeaki Saitoh

  • Centrosome misorientation reduces stem cell division during ageing

    Jun Cheng;Nezaket Türkel;Nahid Hemati;Margaret T. Fuller

  • Mre11 is essential for the maintenance of chromosomal DNA in vertebrate cells

    Yuko Yamaguchi-Iwai;Eiichiro Sonoda;Masao S. Sasaki;Ciaran Morrison

  • Dynamics of Centromeres during Metaphase–Anaphase Transition in Fission Yeast: Dis1 Is Implicated in Force Balance in Metaphase Bipolar Spindle

    Kentaro Nabeshima;Takashi Nakagawa;Aaron F. Straight;Andrew Murray

  • Regulation of Interneuron Function in the C. elegans Thermoregulatory Pathway by the ttx-3 LIM Homeobox Gene

    Oliver Hobert;Ikue Mori;Yukiko Yamashita;Hidehiro Honda

  • Dual roles for DNA polymerase η in homologous DNA recombination and translesion DNA synthesis

    Takuo Kawamoto;Kasumi Araki;Eiichiro Sonoda;Yukiko M. Yamashita;Yukiko M. Yamashita

  • Signaling in stem cell niches: lessons from the Drosophila germline

    Yukiko M. Yamashita;Margaret T. Fuller;D. Leanne Jones

  • A Misexpression Screen Reveals Effects of bag-of-marbles and TGFβ Class Signaling on the Drosophila Male Germ-Line Stem Cell Lineage

    Cordula Schulz;Amy A. Kiger;Salli I. Tazuke;Yukiko M. Yamashita

  • Homologous DNA recombination in vertebrate cells

    Eiichiro Sonoda;Minoru Takata;Minoru Takata;Yukiko M. Yamashita;Ciaran Morrison

  • Asymmetric stem cell division: precision for robustness.

    Mayu Inaba;Yukiko M. Yamashita

  • 20S cyclosome complex formation and proteolytic activity inhibited by the cAMP/PKA pathway

    Yukiko M. Yamashita;Yukinobu Nakaseko;Itaru Samejima;Kazuki Kumada

  • Nanotubes mediate niche–stem-cell signalling in the Drosophila testis

    Mayu Inaba;Michael Buszczak;Yukiko M. Yamashita

  • Human TOB, an antiproliferative transcription factor, is a poly(A)-binding protein-dependent positive regulator of cytoplasmic mRNA deadenylation.

    Nader Ezzeddine;Tsung Cheng Chang;Tsung Cheng Chang;Wenmiao Zhu;Akio Yamashita;Akio Yamashita

  • UNR, a new partner of poly(A)-binding protein, plays a key role in translationally coupled mRNA turnover mediated by the c-fos major coding-region determinant

    Tsung Cheng Chang;Akio Yamashita;Chyi Ying A Chen;Yukiko Yamashita

  • Anti-tumour compounds illudin S and Irofulven induce DNA lesions ignored by global repair and exclusively processed by transcription- and replication-coupled repair pathways.

    Nicolaas G.J Jaspers;Anja Raams;Michael J Kelner;Jessica M.Y Ng

  • E-cadherin is required for centrosome and spindle orientation in Drosophila male germline stem cells.

    Mayu Inaba;Hebao Yuan;Viktoria Salzmann;Margaret T. Fuller

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret T. Fuller
Margaret T. Fuller Stanford University
Eiichiro Sonoda
Eiichiro Sonoda Kyoto University
Shunichi Takeda
Shunichi Takeda Shenzhen University
Minoru Takata
Minoru Takata Kyoto University
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Mitsuhiro Yanagida Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Ann-Bin Shyu
Ann-Bin Shyu The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Harmit S. Malik
Harmit S. Malik Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles
Suhua Feng
Suhua Feng University of California, Los Angeles
Yasushi Hiraoka
Yasushi Hiraoka Osaka University

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