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Edwin L. Ferguson

Concepts (162)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Drosophila Proteins
19
2014
488
2.570
Why?
Body Patterning
8
2016
209
1.670
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
9
2013
599
1.420
Why?
Drosophila
12
2014
498
1.280
Why?
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
10
2016
126
1.240
Why?
Repressor Proteins
4
2014
403
0.830
Why?
Insect Proteins
7
2001
88
0.800
Why?
Transforming Growth Factor beta
9
2010
301
0.790
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
4
2014
536
0.770
Why?
Germ Cells
2
2012
126
0.640
Why?
Signal Transduction
12
2010
3241
0.550
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
3
2001
179
0.450
Why?
Insect Hormones
5
1996
28
0.440
Why?
Glycoproteins
3
2001
234
0.440
Why?
rac GTP-Binding Proteins
1
2012
25
0.440
Why?
Stem Cell Niche
1
2012
21
0.430
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
2
2016
296
0.420
Why?
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
4
2008
109
0.420
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
6
2016
623
0.410
Why?
Caenorhabditis elegans
4
2008
223
0.400
Why?
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
3
2007
165
0.380
Why?
Morphogenesis
8
1999
192
0.380
Why?
Embryo, Nonmammalian
6
2013
193
0.350
Why?
Membrane Proteins
3
2013
1196
0.340
Why?
Animals
29
2016
26582
0.310
Why?
Receptors, Cell Surface
3
1998
286
0.300
Why?
Stem Cells
2
2012
351
0.290
Why?
Xenopus laevis
2
1997
137
0.290
Why?
Proteins
5
2001
777
0.260
Why?
Cell Differentiation
4
2012
1458
0.250
Why?
Transcription Factors
3
2007
1565
0.250
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
9
2014
3030
0.230
Why?
Caenorhabditis
3
1989
7
0.230
Why?
Chromosome Mapping
5
2007
1074
0.230
Why?
MAP Kinase Signaling System
2
2013
192
0.210
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
4
2007
1208
0.210
Why?
Smad4 Protein
4
2010
23
0.200
Why?
Ligands
3
2012
433
0.200
Why?
Ubiquitin
1
2001
93
0.190
Why?
Base Sequence
6
2014
2330
0.180
Why?
Trans-Activators
3
2001
429
0.180
Why?
Mutation
10
2008
3968
0.180
Why?
Xenopus
2
1996
125
0.170
Why?
Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta
1
1998
40
0.170
Why?
Zygote
3
1996
40
0.160
Why?
Ovary
2
2012
258
0.150
Why?
Diptera
1
2016
44
0.140
Why?
Genes
3
1997
305
0.140
Why?
Genes, Regulator
2
1997
65
0.130
Why?
Phenotype
4
2014
2378
0.130
Why?
Embryonic Development
1
1995
74
0.130
Why?
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4
3
2001
15
0.130
Why?
Ectoderm
4
1996
29
0.120
Why?
Zebrafish
1
1997
309
0.120
Why?
Early Growth Response Transcription Factors
1
2014
1
0.120
Why?
Genes, Insect
4
1998
183
0.120
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
4
2008
557
0.120
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
1
2013
181
0.110
Why?
Interphase
1
2012
34
0.110
Why?
Centrosome
1
2012
22
0.110
Why?
Embryonic Induction
4
2008
17
0.110
Why?
Adherens Junctions
1
2012
34
0.110
Why?
Cell Cycle Checkpoints
1
2012
63
0.110
Why?
Testis
1
2012
152
0.100
Why?
Cell Polarity
1
2012
115
0.100
Why?
Smad Proteins, Receptor-Regulated
1
2010
1
0.100
Why?
Enzyme Activation
1
2012
692
0.100
Why?
Muscular Dystrophies
1
2010
54
0.100
Why?
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
3
2001
416
0.100
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
6
1998
2062
0.090
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
2
2004
86
0.090
Why?
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
1
2012
279
0.090
Why?
Cell Nucleus
1
2012
579
0.090
Why?
Epidermal Growth Factor
1
2008
119
0.080
Why?
Wnt Proteins
1
2008
123
0.080
Why?
Gastrula
2
2001
27
0.080
Why?
Heart
1
2010
539
0.080
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2010
449
0.080
Why?
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
1
2007
55
0.080
Why?
Helminth Proteins
2
1997
12
0.070
Why?
Chromosomes
1
2007
96
0.070
Why?
Xenopus Proteins
2
1997
34
0.070
Why?
Tolloid-Like Metalloproteinases
2
2005
2
0.070
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
1
2007
305
0.070
Why?
Female
7
2012
44532
0.070
Why?
RNA Interference
1
2007
369
0.070
Why?
Mesoderm
3
1998
108
0.070
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
1
2007
736
0.070
Why?
Recombinant Proteins
2
1998
1014
0.070
Why?
Dimerization
1
2005
143
0.060
Why?
Cell Count
1
2004
195
0.060
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
1
2010
2232
0.060
Why?
Genes, Reporter
1
2004
268
0.060
Why?
Protein Transport
1
2005
411
0.060
Why?
Male
6
2012
40965
0.060
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
1992
1920
0.060
Why?
Suppression, Genetic
2
1997
30
0.060
Why?
Carrier Proteins
2
1996
673
0.060
Why?
Down-Regulation
1
2004
504
0.050
Why?
Fetal Death
1
2001
56
0.050
Why?
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
1
2001
37
0.050
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
3
1998
646
0.050
Why?
Ligases
1
2001
45
0.050
Why?
Gene Dosage
1
2001
207
0.050
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
1
2005
1753
0.050
Why?
RNA, Messenger
3
1996
1981
0.050
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2007
1749
0.050
Why?
DNA Primers
2
1998
543
0.040
Why?
Wings, Animal
1
1999
95
0.040
Why?
Genes, Lethal
1
1998
53
0.040
Why?
Time Factors
1
2007
5210
0.040
Why?
Intestines
1
2001
411
0.040
Why?
Genes, Helminth
1
1997
7
0.040
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
1998
199
0.040
Why?
Ovarian Neoplasms
1
2004
744
0.040
Why?
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
1
1998
157
0.040
Why?
Multigene Family
1
1998
202
0.040
Why?
Sequence Alignment
1
1998
351
0.040
Why?
Heterozygote
1
1998
365
0.040
Why?
Activin Receptors
1
1996
3
0.040
Why?
Microinjections
1
1996
70
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Growth Factor
1
1996
52
0.040
Why?
Larva
1
2016
118
0.040
Why?
Growth Substances
1
1996
80
0.040
Why?
Zebrafish Proteins
1
1997
144
0.030
Why?
Mechanoreceptors
1
1995
35
0.030
Why?
Species Specificity
1
1996
678
0.030
Why?
Membrane Glycoproteins
2
1997
428
0.030
Why?
Genes, Homeobox
2
1998
81
0.030
Why?
Cell Line
2
1987
2468
0.020
Why?
Toll-Like Receptors
1
1992
92
0.020
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
1
1997
813
0.020
Why?
Mice, Inbred DBA
1
2010
148
0.020
Why?
Disorders of Sex Development
1
1989
18
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression
2
1991
1284
0.020
Why?
Crosses, Genetic
1
1989
171
0.020
Why?
Frizzled Receptors
1
2008
15
0.020
Why?
Myocardium
1
2010
529
0.020
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2008
273
0.020
Why?
Recombination, Genetic
1
1989
439
0.020
Why?
Humans
4
2010
86643
0.020
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2010
1924
0.020
Why?
Restriction Mapping
2
1995
157
0.010
Why?
Biomarkers
1
2008
1718
0.010
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
1998
210
0.010
Why?
Mosaicism
1
1997
67
0.010
Why?
Receptors, Notch
1
1997
120
0.010
Why?
Mice
1
2010
11352
0.010
Why?
Temperature
1
1997
396
0.010
Why?
Enhancer Elements, Genetic
1
1998
266
0.010
Why?
Binding Sites
1
1998
1098
0.010
Why?
Blood Proteins
1
1995
144
0.010
Why?
Microtubules
1
1995
119
0.010
Why?
Axons
1
1995
174
0.010
Why?
Introns
1
1995
289
0.010
Why?
Touch
1
1995
89
0.010
Why?
Exons
1
1995
450
0.010
Why?
DNA
1
1998
1294
0.010
Why?
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
1
1991
245
0.010
Why?
Molecular Weight
1
1991
332
0.010
Why?
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1991
135
0.010
Why?
Protein Biosynthesis
1
1991
378
0.010
Why?
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