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Yoshihito Niimura

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h-index: 28
Works: 59
Citations: 5,261

Most-cited papers

The evolution of animal chemosensory receptor gene repertoires: roles of chance and necessity
M. Nei, Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nozawa
2008Nature reviews genetics618 citations
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The genome sequence and structure of rice chromosome 1
T. Sasaki, T. Matsumoto, Kimiko Yamamoto, K. Sakata +76 more
2002Nature567 citations Open access
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The draft genomes of soft–shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle–specific body plan
Zhuo Wang, Juan Pascual-Anaya, A. Zadissa, Wen-Qi Li +30 more
2013Nature Genetics435 citations Open access
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Extensive Gains and Losses of Olfactory Receptor Genes in Mammalian Evolution
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nei
2007PLoS ONE351 citations Open access
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Extreme expansion of the olfactory receptor gene repertoire in African elephants and evolutionary dynamics of orthologous gene groups in 13 placental mammals
Yoshihito Niimura, A. Matsui, K. Touhara
2014Genome Research343 citations Open access
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Evolutionary dynamics of olfactory receptor genes in fishes and tetrapods
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nei
2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America325 citations Open access
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Evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the human genome
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nei
2003Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America279 citations Open access
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Olfactory Receptor Multigene Family in Vertebrates: From the Viewpoint of Evolutionary Genomics
Yoshihito Niimura
2012Current Genomics251 citations Open access
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Evolutionary dynamics of olfactory and other chemosensory receptor genes in vertebrates
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nei
2006Journal of Human Genetics238 citations Open access
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Diversity of preferred nucleotide sequences around the translation initiation codon in eukaryote genomes
So Nakagawa, Yoshihito Niimura, T. Gojobori, Hiroshi Tanaka +1 more
2007Nucleic Acids Research211 citations Open access
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Degeneration of olfactory receptor gene repertories in primates: no direct link to full trichromatic vision.
A. Matsui, Yasuhiro Go, Yoshihito Niimura
2010Molecular biology and evolution180 citations Open access
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On the Origin and Evolution of Vertebrate Olfactory Receptor Genes: Comparative Genome Analysis Among 23 Chordate Species
Yoshihito Niimura
2009Genome Biology and Evolution179 citations Open access
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Dynamic evolution of translation initiation mechanisms in prokaryotes
So Nakagawa, Yoshihito Niimura, K. Miura, T. Gojobori
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America144 citations Open access
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Evolutionary dynamics of olfactory receptor genes in chordates: interaction between environments and genomic contents
Yoshihito Niimura
2009Human Genomics137 citations Open access
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Acceleration of Olfactory Receptor Gene Loss in Primate Evolution: Possible Link to Anatomical Change in Sensory Systems and Dietary Transition
Yoshihito Niimura, A. Matsui, K. Touhara
2018Molecular biology and evolution133 citations
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Comparative evolutionary analysis of olfactory receptor gene clusters between humans and mice.
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nei
2005Gene119 citations
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Similar numbers but different repertoires of olfactory receptor genes in humans and chimpanzees.
Yasuhiro Go, Yoshihito Niimura
2008Molecular biology and evolution103 citations Open access
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Evolutionary changes of the number of olfactory receptor genes in the human and mouse lineages.
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Nei
2005Gene68 citations
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The H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB), a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts
Chisato Yamasaki, K. Murakami, Yasuyuki Fujii, Yoshiharu Sato +134 more
2007Nucleic Acids Res.66 citations Open access
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Comparative genomic analysis of translation initiation mechanisms for genes lacking the Shine–Dalgarno sequence in prokaryotes
So Nakagawa, Yoshihito Niimura, T. Gojobori
2017Nucleic Acids Research54 citations Open access
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Ligand Specificity and Evolution of Mammalian Musk Odor Receptors: Effect of Single Receptor Deletion on Odor Detection
Narumi Sato-Akuhara, Nao Horio, Aya Kato-Namba, Keiichi Yoshikawa +4 more
2016Journal of Neuroscience53 citations Open access
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The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS
Joseph D. Orkin, M. Montague, Daniela Tejada-Martinez, Marc de Manuel +19 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America50 citations Open access
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Metabolism of Odorant Molecules in Human Nasal/Oral Cavity Affects the Odorant Perception.
Chiori Ijichi, H. Wakabayashi, S. Sugiyama, Yusuke Ihara +7 more
2019Chemical Sensors41 citations
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Comparative analysis of the base biases at the gene terminal portions in seven eukaryote genomes.
Yoshihito Niimura, M. Terabe, T. Gojobori, K. Miura
2003Nucleic Acids Research41 citations Open access
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Module-intron correlation and intron sliding in family F/10 xylanase genes.
Yoko Sato, Yoshihito Niimura, K. Yura, Mitiko Gō
1999Gene40 citations
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In silico chromosome staining: Reconstruction of Giemsa bands from the whole human genome sequence
Yoshihito Niimura, T. Gojobori
2002Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America38 citations Open access
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A long-range cis-regulatory element for class I odorant receptor genes
Tetsuo Iwata, Yoshihito Niimura, Chizuru Kobayashi, Daichi Shirakawa +5 more
2017Nature Communications30 citations Open access
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Identification of olfactory receptor genes from mammalian genome sequences.
Yoshihito Niimura
2013Methods in molecular biology29 citations
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Structural model for ligand binding and channel opening of an insect gustatory receptor
Satoshi Morinaga, K. Nagata, S. Ihara, Tomohiro Yumita +3 more
2022Journal of Biological Chemistry18 citations Open access
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Comparative genomic analyses illuminate the distinct evolution of megabats within Chiroptera
M. Nikaido, S. Kondo, Zi-Cong Zhang, Jiaqi Wu +12 more
2020DNA Research17 citations Open access
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NIRS-Based Language Learning BCI System
Ko Watanabe, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kensho Takahashi, Yoshihito Niimura +2 more
2016IEEE Sensors Journal17 citations
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Difference in gene duplicability may explain the difference in overall structure of protein-protein interaction networks among eukaryotes
T. Hase, Yoshihito Niimura, Hiroshi Tanaka
2010BMC Evolutionary Biology14 citations Open access
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Identification of chemosensory receptor genes from vertebrate genomes.
Yoshihito Niimura
2013Methods in molecular biology11 citations
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Evolution of Chemosensory Receptor Genes in Primates and Other Mammals
Yoshihito Niimura
20129 citations
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Non-Uniform Survival Rate of Heterodimerization Links in the Evolution of the Yeast Protein-Protein Interaction Network
T. Hase, Yoshihito Niimura, T. Kaminuma, Hiroshi Tanaka
2008PLoS ONE9 citations Open access
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Genetic variation in the human olfactory receptor OR5AN1 associates with the perception of musks.
Narumi Sato-Akuhara, C. Trimmer, A. Keller, Yoshihito Niimura +3 more
2023Chemical Sensors8 citations
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Selection and local adaptation in capuchin monkeys revealed through fluorescence-activated cell sorting of feces (fecalFACS)
Joseph D. Orkin, M. Montague, Daniela Tejada-Martinez, Marc de Manuel +16 more
20208 citations Open access
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Olfactory Receptor Genes: Evolution
Yoshihito Niimura
20147 citations
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Protein-Protein Interaction Networks: Structures, Evolution, and Application to Drug Design
T. Hase, Yoshihito Niimura
20125 citations Open access
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The evolution of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives: capuchin monkey genomics revealed with fecalFACS
Joseph D. Orkin, M. Montague, Daniela Tejada-Martinez, Marc de Manuel +19 more
20184 citations Open access
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Corrigendum: Extreme expansion of the olfactory receptor gene repertoire in African elephants and evolutionary dynamics of orthologous gene groups in 13 placental mammals.
Yoshihito Niimura, A. Matsui, K. Touhara
2015Genome Research4 citations
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Real-time fluorescence analysis on molecular mechanisms for regulation of cytochrome P450scc activity upon steroidogenic stimulation in adrenocortical cells.
Ryota Homma, T. Kimoto, Yoshihito Niimura, A. Krivosheev +3 more
2000Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry4 citations
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Origin and Evolution of the Gene Family of Proteinaceous Pheromones, the Exocrine Gland-Secreting Peptides, in Rodents
Yoshihito Niimura, Mai Tsunoda, S. Kato, Ken Murata +3 more
2020Molecular biology and evolution3 citations Open access
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Mammalian Olfactory and Vomeronasal Receptor Families
Yoshihito Niimura, S. Ihara, K. Touhara
20203 citations
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hzAnalyzer: detection, quantification, and visualization of contiguous homozygosity in high-density genotyping datasets
Todd A. Johnson, Yoshihito Niimura, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yusuke Nakamura +1 more
2011Genome Biology3 citations Open access
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Time resolved study of effect of chlorpromazine on mobility of cytochrome P-450 and phospholipids in the inner membrane of adrenocortical mitochondria.
Ryota Homma, T. Kouyama, Makoto Yamada, Yoshihito Niimura +3 more
1997Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis3 citations
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Vertebrate Odorant Receptors
K. Touhara, Yoshihito Niimura, S. Ihara
20162 citations
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Improvements in Diabetic Patients ’ Outcomes in a Clinical Decision Support System
S. Ota, K. Mogushi, Aizan Hirai, Yoshihito Niimura +1 more
20181 citations
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Corrigendum: The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan
Zhuo Wang, Juan Pascual-Anaya, A. Zadissa, Wenqi Li +30 more
2014Nature Genetics1 citations Open access
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A methodical microarray design enables surveying of expression of a broader range of genes in Ciona intestinalis.
Hiromi Matsumae, M. Hamada, Manabu Fujie, Yoshihito Niimura +2 more
2013Gene1 citations
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