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James A. Shapiro

Concepts (220)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Genome
17
2021
396
3.640
Why?
Biological Evolution
11
2023
992
2.510
Why?
DNA Transposable Elements
29
2022
176
2.300
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
12
2022
863
1.870
Why?
Bacteria
8
2023
499
1.270
Why?
DNA
7
2016
1307
1.220
Why?
Escherichia coli
27
2009
614
1.190
Why?
Information Storage and Retrieval
3
2015
123
0.930
Why?
Quorum Sensing
1
2023
28
0.840
Why?
Genomic Instability
2
2013
84
0.820
Why?
Genetic Engineering
5
2009
117
0.810
Why?
Genome, Bacterial
5
2009
152
0.800
Why?
Plant Breeding
1
2021
8
0.740
Why?
Chromothripsis
1
2021
8
0.730
Why?
Recombination, Genetic
15
1999
442
0.720
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
5
2005
135
0.720
Why?
Prokaryotic Cells
2
2020
15
0.710
Why?
Cognition
2
2020
594
0.700
Why?
Viruses
1
2021
75
0.690
Why?
Plants
2
2020
118
0.670
Why?
Genetic Variation
6
2015
1392
0.640
Why?
Genomic Islands
1
2019
14
0.630
Why?
Retroelements
3
2016
49
0.590
Why?
DNA, Bacterial
16
2009
247
0.590
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
3
2016
87
0.580
Why?
Selection, Genetic
8
2021
526
0.520
Why?
Neoplasms
2
2021
3114
0.500
Why?
Genes, Bacterial
10
1999
199
0.500
Why?
Cell Physiological Phenomena
1
2015
25
0.490
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2015
273
0.450
Why?
Molecular Biology
3
2021
90
0.450
Why?
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
3
2023
42
0.420
Why?
Gene Rearrangement
4
2009
176
0.410
Why?
RNA
2
2015
589
0.410
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
9
2014
2002
0.410
Why?
beta-Galactosidase
9
1999
70
0.380
Why?
Lac Operon
9
2009
46
0.380
Why?
Homeostasis
1
2014
450
0.370
Why?
Animals
15
2022
27974
0.350
Why?
Proteins
1
2015
803
0.330
Why?
Base Sequence
12
2015
2317
0.330
Why?
Bacteriophage mu
7
2009
17
0.320
Why?
DNA Replication
9
2013
173
0.320
Why?
Genomics
3
2022
804
0.300
Why?
Mutation
12
2021
4199
0.290
Why?
Bacteriology
1
2007
2
0.290
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
5
2002
219
0.280
Why?
Plasmids
11
2009
288
0.280
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
4
2012
322
0.270
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
2
2016
668
0.270
Why?
Pseudomonas
6
1985
52
0.250
Why?
Biofilms
2
2023
47
0.240
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
5
2009
643
0.210
Why?
Models, Genetic
6
2005
966
0.210
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
5
1999
559
0.210
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
7
2015
3017
0.200
Why?
Humans
15
2021
92175
0.200
Why?
Phylogeny
2
2021
1228
0.190
Why?
Eukaryota
1
2022
47
0.190
Why?
Lysogeny
8
1999
11
0.190
Why?
Hybridization, Genetic
1
2022
106
0.180
Why?
Biology
1
2021
52
0.180
Why?
Bacteriophages
6
1983
53
0.180
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
7
2015
1076
0.150
Why?
Iron
1
1999
174
0.150
Why?
Signal Transduction
5
2007
3508
0.150
Why?
Species Specificity
4
2007
692
0.150
Why?
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
2
1997
80
0.150
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
4
1999
907
0.150
Why?
Bacteriophage lambda
6
1992
23
0.150
Why?
Escherichia coli Proteins
2
1999
184
0.140
Why?
Mutagenesis, Insertional
3
2009
115
0.140
Why?
DNA, Viral
5
1984
253
0.140
Why?
Alkanes
4
1984
8
0.140
Why?
Proteus mirabilis
1
1996
4
0.130
Why?
R Factors
4
1984
6
0.130
Why?
RNA, Untranslated
1
2016
66
0.130
Why?
Exons
2
2005
453
0.130
Why?
Embryo, Mammalian
1
2016
224
0.130
Why?
Periodicity
1
1996
119
0.130
Why?
Genes
3
1982
307
0.120
Why?
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
3
1983
207
0.120
Why?
Reproduction
1
2016
201
0.120
Why?
Transduction, Genetic
7
1993
161
0.120
Why?
Coliphages
3
1979
59
0.110
Why?
Replicon
3
1983
7
0.110
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
1
2016
315
0.110
Why?
Serine Endopeptidases
2
1999
146
0.110
Why?
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
1
2013
39
0.110
Why?
Microbiota
1
2019
413
0.110
Why?
Proviruses
1
1993
15
0.110
Why?
Heat-Shock Proteins
2
1999
183
0.110
Why?
Cells
1
2013
31
0.110
Why?
Virus Activation
3
2009
42
0.100
Why?
Drug Resistance, Microbial
6
1992
75
0.100
Why?
DNA Polymerase I
1
1992
9
0.100
Why?
Immunity, Innate
1
2016
438
0.100
Why?
Philosophy
1
2012
9
0.100
Why?
Hydrocarbons
2
1984
11
0.100
Why?
Genetics
1
1992
24
0.100
Why?
Symbiosis
1
2013
131
0.100
Why?
Mutation Rate
1
2012
50
0.100
Why?
Virus Diseases
1
2012
97
0.090
Why?
DNA Damage
1
2013
381
0.090
Why?
History, 20th Century
2
2007
317
0.090
Why?
Time Factors
4
2013
5426
0.080
Why?
Gene Expression
2
1991
1312
0.080
Why?
Galactosidases
1
1988
14
0.070
Why?
Cybernetics
1
2007
1
0.070
Why?
Gene Amplification
2
1989
137
0.070
Why?
Colony Count, Microbial
1
2007
46
0.070
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
4
1999
1163
0.070
Why?
Operon
2
1984
50
0.070
Why?
History, 21st Century
1
2007
187
0.070
Why?
Bacillus subtilis
2
1998
89
0.060
Why?
Repressor Proteins
3
1999
433
0.060
Why?
Genome, Human
1
1991
798
0.060
Why?
Cell Division
3
1998
700
0.060
Why?
Blastocyst
1
2005
35
0.060
Why?
Reverse Transcription
1
2005
14
0.060
Why?
Heterochromatin
1
2005
24
0.060
Why?
Biotechnology
1
2005
28
0.060
Why?
Gene Library
1
2005
134
0.060
Why?
Genes, Immunoglobulin
1
2005
111
0.060
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacteria
1
1984
36
0.060
Why?
DNA, Complementary
1
2005
392
0.060
Why?
Oocytes
1
2005
221
0.060
Why?
Trimethoprim
3
1980
15
0.060
Why?
Genetic Techniques
1
1984
72
0.050
Why?
Chromosomes, Bacterial
2
1984
29
0.050
Why?
Agar
2
1996
8
0.050
Why?
Culture Media
2
1996
149
0.050
Why?
Genetic Complementation Test
3
1990
98
0.050
Why?
Morphogenesis
2
1996
207
0.040
Why?
Consensus Sequence
1
1999
65
0.040
Why?
Periplasmic Binding Proteins
1
1999
25
0.040
Why?
Iron-Binding Proteins
1
1999
15
0.040
Why?
Protease La
1
1999
4
0.040
Why?
Bacteriological Techniques
1
1999
39
0.040
Why?
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
1
1999
55
0.040
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
1
1985
1246
0.040
Why?
Chromosomes
3
1982
99
0.040
Why?
Cell Differentiation
1
2005
1590
0.040
Why?
Serratia
1
1998
1
0.040
Why?
Proteus
1
1998
2
0.040
Why?
ATP-Dependent Proteases
2
1999
5
0.040
Why?
Spores, Bacterial
1
1998
18
0.040
Why?
Glucose
2
1994
684
0.040
Why?
DNA Restriction Enzymes
3
1983
97
0.040
Why?
Bacterial Adhesion
1
1998
85
0.040
Why?
Protein Biosynthesis
1
1999
383
0.030
Why?
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
2
1997
173
0.030
Why?
Biomass
1
1996
36
0.030
Why?
Actinomycetales
1
1976
5
0.030
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
2
1987
146
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
1999
968
0.030
Why?
Cell Communication
1
1996
205
0.030
Why?
F Factor
1
1995
2
0.030
Why?
Lac Repressors
1
1995
2
0.030
Why?
Frameshift Mutation
1
1995
53
0.030
Why?
Lactose
1
1995
27
0.030
Why?
Kinetics
2
1990
1549
0.030
Why?
Enzyme Induction
1
1994
88
0.030
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
1994
202
0.030
Why?
Restriction Mapping
1
1992
152
0.030
Why?
DNA, Recombinant
2
1982
64
0.020
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
1994
923
0.020
Why?
Ciliophora
1
1992
1
0.020
Why?
Streptomycin
2
1982
5
0.020
Why?
Oxidation-Reduction
2
1984
402
0.020
Why?
Human Genome Project
1
1991
20
0.020
Why?
Chloramphenicol
2
1983
18
0.020
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1992
158
0.020
Why?
Genes, Viral
2
1982
108
0.020
Why?
Conjugation, Genetic
2
1980
23
0.020
Why?
Blotting, Southern
1
1989
127
0.020
Why?
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
1
1989
241
0.020
Why?
Alleles
1
1993
1138
0.020
Why?
Phenotype
2
1988
2497
0.020
Why?
Gene Frequency
1
1991
694
0.020
Why?
Video Recording
1
1989
204
0.020
Why?
Genes, Regulator
2
1997
65
0.020
Why?
Uridine
1
1966
58
0.020
Why?
Virus Replication
2
1979
323
0.020
Why?
Mitomycins
2
1976
13
0.020
Why?
Phosphates
1
1966
162
0.020
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
1
1985
68
0.010
Why?
Histocytochemistry
1
1984
130
0.010
Why?
Viral Interference
1
1984
3
0.010
Why?
Alcohols
1
1984
15
0.010
Why?
Clone Cells
1
1984
214
0.010
Why?
Staining and Labeling
1
1984
168
0.010
Why?
Fluoroacetates
1
1983
1
0.010
Why?
Amidohydrolases
1
1983
18
0.010
Why?
Oncogenic Viruses
1
1982
4
0.010
Why?
Trypanosoma
1
1982
3
0.010
Why?
Cell Membrane
1
1984
684
0.010
Why?
Sulfonamides
1
1982
328
0.010
Why?
Eukaryotic Cells
1
1980
44
0.010
Why?
United States
1
1992
7338
0.010
Why?
Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein
1
1999
2
0.010
Why?
Endopeptidase Clp
1
1999
4
0.010
Why?
Sigma Factor
1
1999
23
0.010
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
1
1982
454
0.010
Why?
Adenosine Triphosphatases
1
1999
154
0.010
Why?
Viral Proteins
1
1979
286
0.010
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
1
1982
618
0.010
Why?
Brevibacterium
1
1976
1
0.010
Why?
Nitrosoguanidines
1
1976
2
0.010
Why?
Arthrobacter
1
1976
2
0.010
Why?
Micrococcus
1
1976
8
0.010
Why?
Corynebacterium
1
1976
9
0.010
Why?
Genetic Linkage
1
1978
623
0.010
Why?
Carrier Proteins
1
1999
680
0.010
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
1997
530
0.010
Why?
DNA Viruses
1
1974
15
0.010
Why?
Centrifugation, Density Gradient
1
1974
112
0.010
Why?
Transformation, Genetic
1
1974
41
0.010
Why?
Models, Biological
1
1979
1784
0.010
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
1
1966
997
0.000
Why?
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