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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
878
10.970
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
10
2024
90
4.030
Why?
Receptors, Steroid
13
2022
43
3.840
Why?
Phylogeny
41
2025
1266
3.470
Why?
Proteins
12
2024
803
3.140
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
11
2016
413
1.710
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
16
2024
2012
1.700
Why?
Mutation
23
2025
4272
1.680
Why?
Ligands
17
2020
476
1.610
Why?
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
7
2015
144
1.540
Why?
Hemoglobins
2
2025
191
1.440
Why?
Models, Genetic
9
2025
970
1.350
Why?
Protein Multimerization
7
2025
191
1.180
Why?
Transcription Factors
6
2025
1691
1.180
Why?
Response Elements
5
2017
65
1.110
Why?
Directed Molecular Evolution
3
2018
21
1.080
Why?
DNA
10
2024
1265
1.000
Why?
Selection, Genetic
7
2025
538
0.990
Why?
Models, Molecular
16
2025
1353
0.980
Why?
Estrogens
5
2012
195
0.910
Why?
Genotype
3
2025
1866
0.890
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
3
2019
630
0.870
Why?
Protein Binding
12
2024
1534
0.830
Why?
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
4
2015
11
0.820
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2025
112
0.810
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4
2018
460
0.800
Why?
Protein Conformation
10
2021
914
0.780
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2020
1133
0.750
Why?
Hormones
4
2012
136
0.720
Why?
Phenotype
2
2025
2544
0.710
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2019
186
0.700
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
3
2018
317
0.690
Why?
Lampreys
4
2016
15
0.690
Why?
Animals
39
2025
28155
0.670
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
5
2021
422
0.670
Why?
Aurora Kinases
1
2020
19
0.670
Why?
Biological Evolution
7
2023
1020
0.650
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
1
2020
101
0.650
Why?
Sequence Alignment
6
2025
352
0.650
Why?
Multiprotein Complexes
1
2020
106
0.630
Why?
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
1
2019
42
0.610
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
3
2022
1234
0.610
Why?
Likelihood Functions
9
2017
256
0.580
Why?
Protein Domains
4
2022
161
0.580
Why?
Substrate Specificity
6
2017
363
0.570
Why?
Models, Biological
5
2012
1768
0.550
Why?
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
1
2018
45
0.540
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
1
2018
66
0.540
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2019
521
0.540
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
0.510
Why?
Biophysics
2
2014
153
0.490
Why?
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
2
2017
21
0.490
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
1118
0.470
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
1
2018
299
0.450
Why?
Receptors, Androgen
2
2010
119
0.450
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
12
2015
2910
0.430
Why?
Ostreidae
1
2014
3
0.420
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
6
2014
520
0.410
Why?
Protein Stability
4
2020
103
0.380
Why?
Fungi
1
2012
67
0.350
Why?
Endocrine System
1
2011
16
0.330
Why?
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
1
2010
49
0.320
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
6
2023
331
0.320
Why?
Protein Engineering
2
2009
150
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
0.290
Why?
Humans
28
2025
93515
0.270
Why?
Amino Acids
2
2022
249
0.270
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
6
2015
729
0.270
Why?
Multigene Family
3
2019
203
0.260
Why?
Genome, Fungal
1
2007
36
0.260
Why?
Molecular Biology
1
2007
83
0.250
Why?
Computational Biology
3
2016
578
0.250
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
2
2007
155
0.250
Why?
Cricetinae
4
2009
532
0.250
Why?
Octopodiformes
1
2006
24
0.230
Why?
Algorithms
4
2024
1953
0.220
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
2
2024
100
0.210
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2004
135
0.210
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2004
191
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?
Olfactory Bulb
1
2021
41
0.170
Why?
Bias
3
2023
137
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
179
0.160
Why?
Smell
1
2021
121
0.160
Why?
Solvents
1
2020
91
0.160
Why?
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
2
2015
404
0.160
Why?
Mutant Proteins
1
2020
98
0.160
Why?
Health Policy
1
2002
206
0.160
Why?
Heme
1
2020
64
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
0.160
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
92
0.140
Why?
Temperature
1
2019
424
0.140
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2018
93
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
2220
0.130
Why?
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
1
2017
101
0.130
Why?
Oxidoreductases
1
2017
111
0.130
Why?
Protozoan Proteins
1
2017
73
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
168
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
0.120
Why?
Fishes
2
2011
144
0.110
Why?
Cell Line
2
2010
2464
0.110
Why?
Hydrocortisone
2
2007
296
0.110
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
769
0.110
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
539
0.110
Why?
Ribonuclease H
1
2014
7
0.110
Why?
Thermus thermophilus
1
2014
10
0.110
Why?
Membrane Proteins
1
2021
1264
0.110
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
2
2024
878
0.110
Why?
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
1
2014
55
0.110
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
1
2018
665
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
0.100
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2014
563
0.090
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2004
894
0.090
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
2012
192
0.090
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
2
2021
86
0.090
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
325
0.080
Why?
Androgens
1
2010
162
0.080
Why?
Chordata, Nonvertebrate
1
2008
6
0.070
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2008
2715
0.070
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2009
282
0.070
Why?
Insecticide Resistance
1
2007
8
0.070
Why?
Transformation, Genetic
1
2007
38
0.070
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
1301
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
3502
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
893
0.050
Why?
Gene Amplification
1
2004
140
0.050
Why?
Mice
4
2021
12269
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?
Xenopus laevis
2
2003
137
0.050
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
1
2003
587
0.050
Why?
Body Burden
1
2002
10
0.050
Why?
Public Health Practice
1
2002
11
0.050
Why?
Transfection
1
2003
880
0.040
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2003
555
0.040
Why?
Odorants
1
2021
72
0.040
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
1
2002
140
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2004
617
0.040
Why?
Air Pollutants
1
2002
108
0.040
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2004
1922
0.040
Why?
Software
1
2004
670
0.040
Why?
Rats
1
2006
4072
0.040
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2021
696
0.040
Why?
Dimerization
1
2019
148
0.040
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
1
2003
1117
0.040
Why?
Amphibians
1
1998
20
0.040
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1998
166
0.030
Why?
Testosterone
1
1998
259
0.030
Why?
Species Specificity
1
1998
684
0.030
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2021
2121
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
3435
0.030
Why?
Time Factors
1
2021
5410
0.020
Why?
Female
3
2006
48702
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
1998
1985
0.020
Why?
Protein Folding
1
2012
292
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2002
7622
0.020
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2012
2026
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
295
0.010
Why?
Automation
1
2002
105
0.010
Why?
Internet
1
2002
337
0.010
Why?
Zebrafish
1
2002
339
0.010
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2005
2755
0.010
Why?
Male
1
1998
44557
0.010
Why?
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