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Joseph Thornton

Concepts (242)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Evolution, Molecular
44
2025
851
10.700
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
10
2024
90
4.480
Why?
Receptors, Steroid
13
2022
42
4.240
Why?
Phylogeny
40
2024
1191
3.690
Why?
Proteins
12
2024
786
3.450
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
11
2016
394
1.890
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
16
2024
2062
1.840
Why?
Ligands
17
2020
446
1.780
Why?
Mutation
22
2024
4158
1.740
Why?
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
7
2015
128
1.720
Why?
Hemoglobins
2
2025
193
1.590
Why?
Protein Multimerization
7
2025
178
1.310
Why?
Response Elements
5
2017
65
1.230
Why?
Directed Molecular Evolution
3
2018
20
1.190
Why?
DNA
10
2024
1309
1.090
Why?
Models, Molecular
16
2025
1312
1.080
Why?
Estrogens
5
2012
200
1.000
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
3
2019
614
0.960
Why?
Protein Binding
12
2024
1490
0.920
Why?
Selection, Genetic
6
2023
512
0.920
Why?
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
4
2015
10
0.910
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2025
105
0.910
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4
2018
440
0.880
Why?
Protein Conformation
10
2021
895
0.860
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2020
1120
0.830
Why?
Models, Genetic
8
2023
947
0.820
Why?
Gene Duplication
10
2025
128
0.810
Why?
Hormones
4
2012
139
0.790
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2019
183
0.770
Why?
Lampreys
4
2016
15
0.760
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
3
2018
309
0.760
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
5
2021
413
0.740
Why?
Aurora Kinases
1
2020
17
0.740
Why?
Animals
38
2025
27453
0.730
Why?
Biological Evolution
7
2023
967
0.730
Why?
Transcription Factors
5
2024
1658
0.730
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
1
2020
95
0.720
Why?
Multiprotein Complexes
1
2020
96
0.700
Why?
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
1
2019
42
0.680
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
3
2022
1242
0.660
Why?
Protein Domains
4
2022
135
0.650
Why?
Likelihood Functions
9
2017
251
0.650
Why?
Substrate Specificity
6
2017
352
0.630
Why?
Models, Biological
5
2012
1762
0.600
Why?
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
1
2018
46
0.600
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
1
2018
62
0.590
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2019
510
0.590
Why?
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
3
2010
122
0.570
Why?
Bayes Theorem
6
2010
375
0.570
Why?
Ethanol
1
2019
252
0.560
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2023
825
0.560
Why?
Biophysics
2
2014
153
0.540
Why?
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
2
2017
19
0.540
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
4
2020
67
0.530
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
3
2018
559
0.530
Why?
Trans-Activators
1
2018
443
0.510
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
1
2018
286
0.500
Why?
Receptors, Androgen
2
2010
119
0.490
Why?
Sequence Alignment
5
2017
354
0.480
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
3
2025
101
0.480
Why?
Ostreidae
1
2014
3
0.460
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
12
2015
3024
0.460
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
6
2014
490
0.460
Why?
Protein Stability
4
2020
101
0.420
Why?
Fungi
1
2012
66
0.380
Why?
Endocrine System
1
2011
17
0.370
Why?
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
1
2010
50
0.360
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
6
2023
338
0.350
Why?
Protein Engineering
2
2009
145
0.340
Why?
Immunoglobulins
2
2021
143
0.340
Why?
Aldosterone
2
2007
56
0.340
Why?
Probability
2
2007
350
0.330
Why?
Computer Simulation
4
2023
1101
0.330
Why?
Transcriptional Activation
2
2010
294
0.330
Why?
Annelida
1
2008
2
0.320
Why?
Hydroxycorticosteroids
1
2008
2
0.320
Why?
Fish Proteins
1
2008
18
0.320
Why?
Amino Acids
2
2022
246
0.300
Why?
Humans
27
2025
89500
0.290
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
6
2015
740
0.290
Why?
Multigene Family
3
2019
202
0.290
Why?
Genome, Fungal
1
2007
34
0.280
Why?
Molecular Biology
1
2007
89
0.280
Why?
Computational Biology
3
2016
549
0.280
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
2
2007
148
0.270
Why?
Cricetinae
4
2009
558
0.270
Why?
Octopodiformes
1
2006
17
0.260
Why?
Genotype
2
2024
1852
0.250
Why?
Algorithms
4
2024
1894
0.240
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2004
127
0.230
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2004
185
0.230
Why?
Aplysia
1
2003
5
0.230
Why?
Industrial Waste
1
2002
3
0.210
Why?
Hazardous Substances
1
2002
7
0.210
Why?
CHO Cells
3
2009
188
0.200
Why?
Vomeronasal Organ
1
2021
2
0.200
Why?
Environmental Monitoring
1
2002
79
0.200
Why?
Olfactory Receptor Neurons
1
2021
16
0.200
Why?
Olfactory Bulb
1
2021
41
0.190
Why?
Bias
3
2023
134
0.190
Why?
Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein
1
2021
37
0.190
Why?
Receptors, Odorant
1
2021
37
0.190
Why?
Protein Aggregates
1
2020
24
0.180
Why?
Smell
1
2021
112
0.180
Why?
Axons
1
2021
181
0.180
Why?
Solvents
1
2020
96
0.180
Why?
Mutant Proteins
1
2020
96
0.180
Why?
Fossils
1
2004
347
0.180
Why?
Health Policy
1
2002
187
0.180
Why?
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
2
2015
418
0.180
Why?
Heme
1
2020
64
0.180
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
1
2021
194
0.170
Why?
Protein Structure, Secondary
2
2014
333
0.170
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2020
123
0.170
Why?
Iron
1
2020
168
0.170
Why?
Cricetulus
2
2009
127
0.160
Why?
Invertebrates
1
2019
33
0.160
Why?
Glucocorticoids
2
2011
357
0.160
Why?
Nervous System
1
2019
91
0.160
Why?
Temperature
1
2019
406
0.150
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2018
98
0.150
Why?
Phenotype
1
2024
2447
0.150
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2010
309
0.150
Why?
Apicomplexa
1
2017
5
0.140
Why?
Enzymes
1
2017
47
0.140
Why?
Anthozoa
1
2017
14
0.140
Why?
DNA, Ancient
1
2017
18
0.140
Why?
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
1
2017
86
0.140
Why?
Biometry
1
2017
66
0.140
Why?
Oxidoreductases
1
2017
112
0.140
Why?
Protozoan Proteins
1
2017
73
0.140
Why?
Body Patterning
1
2018
216
0.140
Why?
Uncertainty
1
2017
76
0.140
Why?
Base Sequence
2
2017
2329
0.140
Why?
Steroids
2
2010
173
0.130
Why?
Guanylate Kinases
1
2016
12
0.130
Why?
Alleles
1
2019
1136
0.130
Why?
Spindle Apparatus
1
2016
65
0.130
Why?
Fishes
2
2011
138
0.120
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
522
0.120
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
743
0.120
Why?
Ribonuclease H
1
2014
8
0.120
Why?
Thermus thermophilus
1
2014
10
0.120
Why?
Cell Line
2
2010
2494
0.120
Why?
Hydrocortisone
2
2007
301
0.120
Why?
Membrane Proteins
1
2021
1226
0.120
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2016
292
0.120
Why?
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
1
2014
56
0.120
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
2
2024
898
0.120
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
1
2018
663
0.120
Why?
Cell Cycle
1
2016
508
0.110
Why?
Cell Cycle Proteins
1
2016
398
0.110
Why?
Progestins
1
2012
22
0.110
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2014
606
0.100
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2004
919
0.100
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
2012
203
0.100
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
2
2021
86
0.090
Why?
Cortodoxone
1
2011
2
0.090
Why?
Mineralocorticoids
1
2011
7
0.090
Why?
Hydrogen Bonding
1
2011
144
0.090
Why?
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
1
2012
270
0.090
Why?
Extinction, Biological
1
2012
89
0.090
Why?
Porifera
1
2010
2
0.090
Why?
Opsins
1
2010
10
0.090
Why?
Thermodynamics
1
2011
313
0.090
Why?
Androgens
1
2010
175
0.090
Why?
Chordata, Nonvertebrate
1
2008
6
0.080
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2009
269
0.080
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2008
2762
0.080
Why?
Insecticide Resistance
1
2007
9
0.070
Why?
Genome
1
2010
391
0.070
Why?
Transformation, Genetic
1
2007
41
0.070
Why?
Pigmentation
1
2007
73
0.070
Why?
Drug Resistance
1
2007
232
0.070
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
1
2007
85
0.070
Why?
Genes, Reporter
1
2007
274
0.070
Why?
Desoxycorticosterone
1
2006
18
0.070
Why?
Hagfishes
1
2006
5
0.070
Why?
Estradiol
1
2007
250
0.070
Why?
Color Perception
1
2007
118
0.070
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2010
1309
0.070
Why?
Genomics
2
2023
774
0.060
Why?
Perciformes
1
2006
35
0.060
Why?
Genetic Vectors
1
2007
446
0.060
Why?
Phosphatidylinositols
1
2005
20
0.060
Why?
Citrate (si)-Synthase
1
2024
3
0.060
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2021
3392
0.060
Why?
Genetic Variation
2
2003
1380
0.060
Why?
Statistics, Nonparametric
1
2005
305
0.060
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
1
2008
868
0.060
Why?
Gene Amplification
1
2004
135
0.060
Why?
Mice
4
2021
11812
0.060
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2007
574
0.060
Why?
DNA, Recombinant
1
2003
67
0.060
Why?
Genes, Duplicate
1
2003
20
0.060
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2004
211
0.060
Why?
Heuristics
1
2023
15
0.050
Why?
Xenopus
1
2003
126
0.050
Why?
Xenopus laevis
2
2003
138
0.050
Why?
Viruses
1
2023
78
0.050
Why?
Body Burden
1
2002
9
0.050
Why?
Public Health Practice
1
2002
11
0.050
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
1
2003
645
0.050
Why?
Transfection
1
2003
909
0.050
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2003
563
0.050
Why?
Odorants
1
2021
71
0.050
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
1
2002
134
0.050
Why?
Research Design
1
2004
586
0.050
Why?
Air Pollutants
1
2002
96
0.050
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2004
2015
0.040
Why?
Software
1
2004
666
0.040
Why?
Rats
1
2006
4040
0.040
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2021
646
0.040
Why?
Dimerization
1
2019
143
0.040
Why?
Amphibians
1
1998
19
0.040
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
1
2003
1158
0.040
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1998
154
0.040
Why?
Testosterone
1
1998
272
0.040
Why?
Species Specificity
1
1998
685
0.030
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2021
2003
0.030
Why?
Mammals
1
1998
237
0.030
Why?
Japan
1
2016
305
0.030
Why?
Transition Temperature
1
2014
11
0.030
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2023
2410
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2021
3228
0.030
Why?
HeLa Cells
1
2015
515
0.030
Why?
Time Factors
1
2021
5330
0.030
Why?
Female
3
2006
46328
0.020
Why?
Protein Folding
1
2012
290
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
1998
1982
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2002
7033
0.020
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2012
2021
0.020
Why?
Steroidogenic Factor 1
1
2005
4
0.020
Why?
Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates
1
2005
15
0.020
Why?
Tribolium
1
2002
10
0.010
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2003
276
0.010
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2002
94
0.010
Why?
Automation
1
2002
111
0.010
Why?
Internet
1
2002
321
0.010
Why?
Zebrafish
1
2002
320
0.010
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2005
2578
0.010
Why?
Male
1
1998
42438
0.010
Why?
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