D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Yutaka Ebizuka

University of Tokyo
Japan

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Chemistry D-index 63 Citations 10,819 225 World Ranking 5518 National Ranking 381

Biology and Biochemistry D-index 63 Citations 10,811 223 World Ranking 6785 National Ranking 476

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study Yutaka Ebizuka is best known for:

Gene
Forsythia
Oleaceae

Yutaka Ebizuka combines topics linked to Pathology with his work on Alternative medicine. Pathology connects with themes related to Traditional Chinese medicine in his study. His Traditional Chinese medicine study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Honeysuckle. Much of his study explores Honeysuckle relationship to Forsythia. His Alternative medicine research extends to Forsythia, which is thematically connected. Immunology is often connected to Platelet-activating factor in his work. His Immunology research extends to the thematically linked field of Platelet-activating factor. His study in Lignan extends to Stereochemistry with its themes. His Lignan study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Stereochemistry.

His most cited work include:

Cloning of the polyketide synthase gene atX from Aspergillus terreus and its identification as the 6-Methylsalicylic acid synthase gene by heterologous expression (113 citations)
Platelet Activating Factor(PAF) Antagonists Contained in Medicinal Plants: Lignans and Sesquiterpenes. (80 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

Yutaka Ebizuka bridges between several scientific fields such as Allergy and Platelet-activating factor in his study of Immunology. He integrates Allergy with Histamine in his research. Yutaka Ebizuka combines topics linked to Pharmacology with his work on Histamine. He integrates Pharmacology and Biological activity in his research. Platelet-activating factor and Immunology are frequently intertwined in his study. He connects relevant research areas such as Electromagnetic shielding and Phase (matter) in the domain of Quantum mechanics. His study in Quantum mechanics extends to Phase (matter) with its themes. His research on Stereochemistry often connects related areas such as Sesquiterpene. He regularly ties together related areas like Stereochemistry in his Sesquiterpene studies.

Yutaka Ebizuka most often published in these fields:

Stereochemistry (45.45%)
Biochemistry (45.45%)
Organic chemistry (36.36%)

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Best Publications

Beta-amyrin synthase--cloning of oxidosqualene cyclase that catalyzes the formation of the most popular triterpene among higher plants.

Tetsuo Kushiro;Masaaki Shibuya;Yutaka Ebizuka.
FEBS Journal (1998)

397 Citations

The Electronic Plant Gene Register

Matthias Schmidt;Juergen Feierabend;Ya-Hsuan Hsu;Kin-Ying To.
Plant Physiology (1995)

379 Citations

A new pathway for polyketide synthesis in microorganisms

Nobutaka Funa;Yasuo Ohnishi;Isao Fujii;Masaaki Shibuya.
Nature (1999)

368 Citations

Identification of Claisen cyclase domain in fungal polyketide synthase WA, a naphthopyrone synthase of Aspergillus nidulans.

Isao Fujii;Akira Watanabe;Ushio Sankawa;Yutaka Ebizuka.
Chemistry & Biology (2001)

260 Citations

Dammarenediol-II synthase, the first dedicated enzyme for ginsenoside biosynthesis, in Panax ginseng

Pimpimon Tansakul;Masaaki Shibuya;Tetsuo Kushiro;Yutaka Ebizuka.
FEBS Letters (2006)

246 Citations

Antitumor Activity of Shikonin and Its Derivatives

Ushio Sankawa;Yutaka Ebizuka;Terutaka Miyazaki;Yasuo Isomura.
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin (1977)

212 Citations

Identification of β-amyrin and sophoradiol 24-hydroxylase by expressed sequence tag mining and functional expression assay

Masaaki Shibuya;Masaki Hoshino;Yuji Katsube;Hiroaki Hayashi.
FEBS Journal (2006)

205 Citations

Molecular cloning and functional expression of triterpene synthases from pea (Pisum sativum): new α-amyrin-producing enzyme is a multifunctional triterpene synthase.

Masayo Morita;Masaaki Shibuya;Tetsuo Kushiro;Kazuo Masuda.
FEBS Journal (2000)

196 Citations

Reconstitution of a fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis reveals the involvement of a novel family of terpene cyclases

Takayuki Itoh;Kinya Tokunaga;Yudai Matsuda;Isao Fujii.
Nature Chemistry (2010)

175 Citations

Mutational Studies on Triterpene Synthases: Engineering Lupeol Synthase into β-Amyrin Synthase

Tetsuo Kushiro;Masaaki Shibuya;and Kazuo Masuda;Yutaka Ebizuka.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2000)

174 Citations

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