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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
877
10.930
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
10
2024
90
4.010
Why?
Receptors, Steroid
13
2022
43
3.810
Why?
Phylogeny
41
2025
1268
3.450
Why?
Proteins
12
2024
800
3.120
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
11
2016
413
1.700
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
16
2024
1993
1.690
Why?
Mutation
23
2025
4266
1.670
Why?
Ligands
17
2020
476
1.600
Why?
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
7
2015
144
1.530
Why?
Hemoglobins
2
2025
191
1.430
Why?
Models, Genetic
9
2025
970
1.340
Why?
Transcription Factors
6
2025
1690
1.170
Why?
Protein Multimerization
7
2025
191
1.170
Why?
Response Elements
5
2017
65
1.100
Why?
Directed Molecular Evolution
3
2018
21
1.070
Why?
DNA
10
2024
1260
0.990
Why?
Selection, Genetic
7
2025
538
0.990
Why?
Models, Molecular
16
2025
1354
0.980
Why?
Estrogens
5
2012
195
0.900
Why?
Genotype
3
2025
1866
0.880
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
3
2019
630
0.860
Why?
Protein Binding
12
2024
1529
0.830
Why?
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
4
2015
11
0.820
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2025
112
0.810
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4
2018
460
0.790
Why?
Protein Conformation
10
2021
910
0.770
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2020
1128
0.750
Why?
Hormones
4
2012
136
0.710
Why?
Phenotype
2
2025
2545
0.700
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2019
186
0.690
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
3
2018
317
0.690
Why?
Lampreys
4
2016
15
0.680
Why?
Animals
39
2025
28047
0.670
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
5
2021
423
0.670
Why?
Aurora Kinases
1
2020
19
0.660
Why?
Biological Evolution
7
2023
1019
0.650
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
1
2020
101
0.640
Why?
Sequence Alignment
6
2025
348
0.640
Why?
Multiprotein Complexes
1
2020
106
0.620
Why?
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
1
2019
42
0.610
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
3
2022
1233
0.610
Why?
Likelihood Functions
9
2017
256
0.580
Why?
Protein Domains
4
2022
161
0.580
Why?
Substrate Specificity
6
2017
361
0.560
Why?
Models, Biological
5
2012
1769
0.550
Why?
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
1
2018
45
0.540
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2019
521
0.530
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
1
2018
66
0.530
Why?
Gene Duplication
9
2021
128
0.520
Why?
Bayes Theorem
6
2010
402
0.520
Why?
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
3
2010
123
0.520
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2023
826
0.510
Why?
Ethanol
1
2019
273
0.500
Why?
Biophysics
2
2014
153
0.490
Why?
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
2
2017
21
0.480
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
3
2018
556
0.480
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
4
2020
68
0.480
Why?
Trans-Activators
1
2018
439
0.470
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2025
1120
0.460
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
1
2018
298
0.450
Why?
Receptors, Androgen
2
2010
120
0.440
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
12
2015
2889
0.430
Why?
Ostreidae
1
2014
3
0.410
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
6
2014
520
0.410
Why?
Protein Stability
4
2020
103
0.380
Why?
Fungi
1
2012
67
0.340
Why?
Endocrine System
1
2011
16
0.330
Why?
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
1
2010
48
0.320
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
6
2023
331
0.320
Why?
Protein Engineering
2
2009
149
0.310
Why?
Immunoglobulins
2
2021
122
0.310
Why?
Aldosterone
2
2007
55
0.300
Why?
Probability
2
2007
355
0.300
Why?
Transcriptional Activation
2
2010
290
0.300
Why?
Annelida
1
2008
2
0.290
Why?
Hydroxycorticosteroids
1
2008
2
0.290
Why?
Fish Proteins
1
2008
20
0.280
Why?
Humans
28
2025
93613
0.270
Why?
Amino Acids
2
2022
246
0.270
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
6
2015
726
0.270
Why?
Multigene Family
3
2019
202
0.260
Why?
Genome, Fungal
1
2007
36
0.250
Why?
Molecular Biology
1
2007
83
0.250
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
2
2007
155
0.250
Why?
Computational Biology
3
2016
581
0.250
Why?
Cricetinae
4
2009
532
0.240
Why?
Octopodiformes
1
2006
24
0.230
Why?
Algorithms
4
2024
1956
0.220
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
2
2024
100
0.210
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2004
136
0.210
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2004
192
0.210
Why?
Aplysia
1
2003
5
0.200
Why?
Industrial Waste
1
2002
3
0.190
Why?
Hazardous Substances
1
2002
7
0.190
Why?
CHO Cells
3
2009
187
0.180
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?
Bias
3
2023
136
0.170
Why?
Olfactory Bulb
1
2021
41
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
0.160
Why?
Axons
1
2021
178
0.160
Why?
Smell
1
2021
121
0.160
Why?
Solvents
1
2020
91
0.160
Why?
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
2
2015
402
0.160
Why?
Mutant Proteins
1
2020
98
0.160
Why?
Heme
1
2020
64
0.160
Why?
Health Policy
1
2002
207
0.160
Why?
Fossils
1
2004
388
0.160
Why?
Protein Structure, Secondary
2
2014
337
0.160
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
1
2021
203
0.160
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2020
120
0.150
Why?
Iron
1
2020
174
0.150
Why?
Cricetulus
2
2009
122
0.150
Why?
Invertebrates
1
2019
36
0.150
Why?
Glucocorticoids
2
2011
362
0.140
Why?
Nervous System
1
2019
91
0.140
Why?
Temperature
1
2019
423
0.140
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2018
92
0.140
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2010
309
0.130
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?
Base Sequence
2
2017
2209
0.130
Why?
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
1
2017
101
0.120
Why?
Oxidoreductases
1
2017
111
0.120
Why?
Protozoan Proteins
1
2017
72
0.120
Why?
Body Patterning
1
2018
214
0.120
Why?
Biometry
1
2017
70
0.120
Why?
Uncertainty
1
2017
78
0.120
Why?
Steroids
2
2010
167
0.120
Why?
Chromatin
1
2019
440
0.120
Why?
Alleles
1
2019
1139
0.120
Why?
Guanylate Kinases
1
2016
12
0.120
Why?
Spindle Apparatus
1
2016
66
0.110
Why?
Fishes
2
2011
144
0.110
Why?
Cell Line
2
2010
2458
0.110
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
768
0.110
Why?
Hydrocortisone
2
2007
295
0.110
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
539
0.110
Why?
Membrane Proteins
1
2021
1260
0.110
Why?
Ribonuclease H
1
2014
7
0.110
Why?
Thermus thermophilus
1
2014
10
0.110
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
2
2024
878
0.110
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
1
2018
657
0.110
Why?
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
1
2014
55
0.110
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2016
321
0.110
Why?
Cell Cycle
1
2016
515
0.100
Why?
Cell Cycle Proteins
1
2016
409
0.100
Why?
Genome
2
2019
407
0.100
Why?
Progestins
1
2012
22
0.090
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2014
562
0.090
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2004
890
0.090
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
2012
192
0.090
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
2
2021
86
0.080
Why?
Cortodoxone
1
2011
2
0.080
Why?
Mineralocorticoids
1
2011
7
0.080
Why?
Hydrogen Bonding
1
2011
154
0.080
Why?
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
1
2012
289
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
324
0.080
Why?
Androgens
1
2010
163
0.080
Why?
Chordata, Nonvertebrate
1
2008
6
0.070
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2008
2718
0.070
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2009
283
0.070
Why?
Insecticide Resistance
1
2007
8
0.070
Why?
Transformation, Genetic
1
2007
38
0.060
Why?
Pigmentation
1
2007
76
0.060
Why?
Drug Resistance
1
2007
233
0.060
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
1
2007
89
0.060
Why?
Genes, Reporter
1
2007
275
0.060
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2010
1304
0.060
Why?
Desoxycorticosterone
1
2006
18
0.060
Why?
Hagfishes
1
2006
5
0.060
Why?
Color Perception
1
2007
119
0.060
Why?
Estradiol
1
2007
247
0.060
Why?
Genetic Vectors
1
2007
422
0.060
Why?
Genomics
2
2023
848
0.060
Why?
Perciformes
1
2006
41
0.060
Why?
Phosphatidylinositols
1
2005
19
0.060
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2021
3500
0.060
Why?
Citrate (si)-Synthase
1
2024
3
0.060
Why?
Genetic Variation
2
2003
1415
0.050
Why?
Statistics, Nonparametric
1
2005
302
0.050
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
1
2008
891
0.050
Why?
Mice
4
2021
12239
0.050
Why?
Gene Amplification
1
2004
140
0.050
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2007
585
0.050
Why?
DNA, Recombinant
1
2003
60
0.050
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2004
209
0.050
Why?
Genes, Duplicate
1
2003
20
0.050
Why?
Heuristics
1
2023
15
0.050
Why?
Xenopus
1
2003
119
0.050
Why?
Viruses
1
2023
64
0.050
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
1
2003
578
0.050
Why?
Xenopus laevis
2
2003
138
0.050
Why?
Body Burden
1
2002
10
0.050
Why?
Public Health Practice
1
2002
11
0.050
Why?
Transfection
1
2003
878
0.040
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2003
554
0.040
Why?
Odorants
1
2021
72
0.040
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
1
2002
140
0.040
Why?
Air Pollutants
1
2002
108
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2004
620
0.040
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2004
1924
0.040
Why?
Software
1
2004
671
0.040
Why?
Rats
1
2006
4042
0.040
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2021
696
0.040
Why?
Dimerization
1
2019
148
0.040
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
1
2003
1115
0.040
Why?
Amphibians
1
1998
20
0.040
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1998
164
0.030
Why?
Testosterone
1
1998
258
0.030
Why?
Species Specificity
1
1998
684
0.030
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2021
2122
0.030
Why?
Mammals
1
1998
259
0.030
Why?
Japan
1
2016
299
0.030
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2023
2484
0.030
Why?
Transition Temperature
1
2014
10
0.030
Why?
HeLa Cells
1
2015
517
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2021
3432
0.030
Why?
Time Factors
1
2021
5406
0.020
Why?
Female
3
2006
48781
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
1998
1980
0.020
Why?
Protein Folding
1
2012
291
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2002
7642
0.020
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2012
2020
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
105
0.010
Why?
Internet
1
2002
346
0.010
Why?
Zebrafish
1
2002
339
0.010
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2005
2756
0.010
Why?
Male
1
1998
44582
0.010
Why?
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