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Joseph Thornton

Concepts (243)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Evolution, Molecular
47
2025
891
11.010
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
10
2024
92
4.060
Why?
Receptors, Steroid
13
2022
43
3.870
Why?
Phylogeny
41
2025
1275
3.490
Why?
Proteins
12
2024
816
3.150
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
11
2016
417
1.720
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
16
2024
2090
1.700
Why?
Mutation
23
2025
4374
1.680
Why?
Ligands
17
2020
478
1.620
Why?
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
7
2015
144
1.550
Why?
Hemoglobins
2
2025
193
1.450
Why?
Models, Genetic
9
2025
984
1.360
Why?
Protein Multimerization
7
2025
196
1.190
Why?
Transcription Factors
6
2025
1730
1.180
Why?
Response Elements
5
2017
65
1.120
Why?
Directed Molecular Evolution
3
2018
21
1.090
Why?
Selection, Genetic
7
2025
537
1.000
Why?
DNA
10
2024
1327
1.000
Why?
Models, Molecular
16
2025
1375
0.990
Why?
Estrogens
5
2012
202
0.910
Why?
Genotype
3
2025
1880
0.890
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
3
2019
634
0.870
Why?
Protein Binding
12
2024
1560
0.840
Why?
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
4
2015
11
0.830
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2025
113
0.820
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4
2018
463
0.800
Why?
Protein Conformation
10
2021
935
0.780
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2020
1167
0.750
Why?
Hormones
4
2012
144
0.720
Why?
Phenotype
2
2025
2575
0.710
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2019
186
0.700
Why?
Lampreys
4
2016
15
0.690
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
3
2018
322
0.690
Why?
Aurora Kinases
1
2020
19
0.670
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
5
2021
435
0.670
Why?
Animals
39
2025
28889
0.670
Why?
Biological Evolution
7
2023
1030
0.660
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
1
2020
102
0.650
Why?
Sequence Alignment
6
2025
360
0.650
Why?
Multiprotein Complexes
1
2020
108
0.630
Why?
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
1
2019
42
0.620
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
3
2022
1267
0.610
Why?
Likelihood Functions
9
2017
257
0.590
Why?
Protein Domains
4
2022
164
0.580
Why?
Substrate Specificity
6
2017
368
0.570
Why?
Models, Biological
5
2012
1809
0.550
Why?
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
1
2018
46
0.540
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
1
2018
66
0.540
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2019
523
0.540
Why?
Gene Duplication
9
2021
129
0.530
Why?
Bayes Theorem
6
2010
404
0.520
Why?
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
3
2010
125
0.520
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2023
829
0.510
Why?
Ethanol
1
2019
270
0.510
Why?
Biophysics
2
2014
157
0.490
Why?
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
2
2017
21
0.490
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
3
2018
563
0.490
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
4
2020
69
0.480
Why?
Trans-Activators
1
2018
446
0.470
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2025
1158
0.470
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
1
2018
301
0.450
Why?
Receptors, Androgen
2
2010
120
0.450
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
12
2015
3040
0.430
Why?
Ostreidae
1
2014
3
0.420
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
6
2014
527
0.410
Why?
Protein Stability
4
2020
106
0.380
Why?
Fungi
1
2012
67
0.350
Why?
Endocrine System
1
2011
16
0.340
Why?
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
1
2010
50
0.330
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
6
2023
336
0.320
Why?
Protein Engineering
2
2009
150
0.310
Why?
Immunoglobulins
2
2021
144
0.310
Why?
Aldosterone
2
2007
56
0.310
Why?
Probability
2
2007
364
0.300
Why?
Transcriptional Activation
2
2010
303
0.300
Why?
Annelida
1
2008
2
0.290
Why?
Hydroxycorticosteroids
1
2008
2
0.290
Why?
Fish Proteins
1
2008
20
0.290
Why?
Amino Acids
2
2022
262
0.270
Why?
Humans
28
2025
95802
0.270
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
6
2015
750
0.270
Why?
Multigene Family
3
2019
213
0.260
Why?
Genome, Fungal
1
2007
36
0.260
Why?
Molecular Biology
1
2007
90
0.260
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
2
2007
155
0.250
Why?
Computational Biology
3
2016
586
0.250
Why?
Cricetinae
4
2009
542
0.250
Why?
Octopodiformes
1
2006
24
0.230
Why?
Algorithms
4
2024
2015
0.220
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
2
2024
103
0.210
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2004
137
0.210
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2004
191
0.210
Why?
Aplysia
1
2003
6
0.210
Why?
Industrial Waste
1
2002
3
0.190
Why?
Hazardous Substances
1
2002
7
0.190
Why?
CHO Cells
3
2009
196
0.190
Why?
Vomeronasal Organ
1
2021
2
0.180
Why?
Environmental Monitoring
1
2002
89
0.180
Why?
Olfactory Receptor Neurons
1
2021
17
0.180
Why?
Olfactory Bulb
1
2021
42
0.170
Why?
Bias
3
2023
139
0.170
Why?
Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein
1
2021
41
0.170
Why?
Receptors, Odorant
1
2021
38
0.170
Why?
Protein Aggregates
1
2020
28
0.170
Why?
Axons
1
2021
189
0.170
Why?
Smell
1
2021
121
0.160
Why?
Solvents
1
2020
90
0.160
Why?
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
2
2015
422
0.160
Why?
Mutant Proteins
1
2020
99
0.160
Why?
Health Policy
1
2002
208
0.160
Why?
Heme
1
2020
64
0.160
Why?
Fossils
1
2004
388
0.160
Why?
Protein Structure, Secondary
2
2014
342
0.160
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
1
2021
207
0.160
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2020
126
0.160
Why?
Iron
1
2020
179
0.150
Why?
Cricetulus
2
2009
132
0.150
Why?
Invertebrates
1
2019
36
0.150
Why?
Glucocorticoids
2
2011
369
0.140
Why?
Nervous System
1
2019
92
0.140
Why?
Temperature
1
2019
426
0.140
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2018
99
0.140
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2010
314
0.140
Why?
Apicomplexa
1
2017
5
0.130
Why?
Enzymes
1
2017
47
0.130
Why?
Anthozoa
1
2017
14
0.130
Why?
DNA, Ancient
1
2017
21
0.130
Why?
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
1
2017
102
0.130
Why?
Oxidoreductases
1
2017
115
0.130
Why?
Body Patterning
1
2018
217
0.130
Why?
Base Sequence
2
2017
2342
0.130
Why?
Biometry
1
2017
72
0.120
Why?
Protozoan Proteins
1
2017
77
0.120
Why?
Uncertainty
1
2017
82
0.120
Why?
Steroids
2
2010
173
0.120
Why?
Chromatin
1
2019
444
0.120
Why?
Alleles
1
2019
1157
0.120
Why?
Guanylate Kinases
1
2016
12
0.120
Why?
Spindle Apparatus
1
2016
66
0.120
Why?
Fishes
2
2011
145
0.110
Why?
Cell Line
2
2010
2536
0.110
Why?
Hydrocortisone
2
2007
299
0.110
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
781
0.110
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
539
0.110
Why?
Ribonuclease H
1
2014
8
0.110
Why?
Thermus thermophilus
1
2014
10
0.110
Why?
Membrane Proteins
1
2021
1275
0.110
Why?
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
1
2014
55
0.110
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
2
2024
922
0.110
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2016
324
0.110
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
1
2018
677
0.110
Why?
Cell Cycle
1
2016
516
0.100
Why?
Cell Cycle Proteins
1
2016
412
0.100
Why?
Genome
2
2019
407
0.100
Why?
Progestins
1
2012
23
0.100
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2014
627
0.090
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2004
930
0.090
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
2012
202
0.090
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
2
2021
91
0.090
Why?
Cortodoxone
1
2011
2
0.090
Why?
Mineralocorticoids
1
2011
7
0.090
Why?
Hydrogen Bonding
1
2011
154
0.090
Why?
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
1
2012
294
0.080
Why?
Extinction, Biological
1
2012
97
0.080
Why?
Porifera
1
2010
4
0.080
Why?
Opsins
1
2010
10
0.080
Why?
Thermodynamics
1
2011
329
0.080
Why?
Androgens
1
2010
177
0.080
Why?
Chordata, Nonvertebrate
1
2008
6
0.070
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2009
284
0.070
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2008
2882
0.070
Why?
Insecticide Resistance
1
2007
9
0.070
Why?
Transformation, Genetic
1
2007
41
0.070
Why?
Pigmentation
1
2007
77
0.060
Why?
Drug Resistance
1
2007
234
0.060
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
1
2007
90
0.060
Why?
Genes, Reporter
1
2007
281
0.060
Why?
Desoxycorticosterone
1
2006
18
0.060
Why?
Hagfishes
1
2006
5
0.060
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2010
1319
0.060
Why?
Color Perception
1
2007
120
0.060
Why?
Estradiol
1
2007
255
0.060
Why?
Genetic Vectors
1
2007
446
0.060
Why?
Genomics
2
2023
857
0.060
Why?
Perciformes
1
2006
38
0.060
Why?
Phosphatidylinositols
1
2005
21
0.060
Why?
Citrate (si)-Synthase
1
2024
3
0.060
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2021
3581
0.060
Why?
Genetic Variation
2
2003
1422
0.060
Why?
Statistics, Nonparametric
1
2005
311
0.050
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
1
2008
910
0.050
Why?
Gene Amplification
1
2004
142
0.050
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2007
594
0.050
Why?
Mice
4
2021
12537
0.050
Why?
DNA, Recombinant
1
2003
62
0.050
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2004
215
0.050
Why?
Genes, Duplicate
1
2003
20
0.050
Why?
Heuristics
1
2023
15
0.050
Why?
Xenopus
1
2003
130
0.050
Why?
Viruses
1
2023
75
0.050
Why?
Xenopus laevis
2
2003
143
0.050
Why?
Body Burden
1
2002
10
0.050
Why?
Public Health Practice
1
2002
11
0.050
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
1
2003
648
0.050
Why?
Transfection
1
2003
908
0.040
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2003
564
0.040
Why?
Odorants
1
2021
72
0.040
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
1
2002
140
0.040
Why?
Air Pollutants
1
2002
109
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2004
630
0.040
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2004
2039
0.040
Why?
Software
1
2004
698
0.040
Why?
Rats
1
2006
4154
0.040
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2021
706
0.040
Why?
Dimerization
1
2019
150
0.040
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
1
2003
1192
0.040
Why?
Amphibians
1
1998
20
0.040
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1998
167
0.030
Why?
Testosterone
1
1998
276
0.030
Why?
Species Specificity
1
1998
707
0.030
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2021
2161
0.030
Why?
Mammals
1
1998
261
0.030
Why?
Japan
1
2016
313
0.030
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2023
2494
0.030
Why?
Transition Temperature
1
2014
10
0.030
Why?
HeLa Cells
1
2015
522
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2021
3491
0.030
Why?
Time Factors
1
2021
5561
0.020
Why?
Female
3
2006
49872
0.020
Why?
Protein Folding
1
2012
295
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
1998
2061
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2002
7764
0.020
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2012
2089
0.010
Why?
Steroidogenic Factor 1
1
2005
3
0.010
Why?
Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates
1
2005
16
0.010
Why?
Tribolium
1
2002
10
0.010
Why?
Databases as Topic
1
2002
96
0.010
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2003
296
0.010
Why?
Automation
1
2002
115
0.010
Why?
Internet
1
2002
340
0.010
Why?
Zebrafish
1
2002
342
0.010
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2005
2777
0.010
Why?
Male
1
1998
45686
0.010
Why?
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