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Francisco Bezanilla

Concepts (341)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Ion Channel Gating
60
2025
302
9.940
Why?
Membrane Potentials
44
2024
405
5.270
Why?
Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels
24
2025
43
5.190
Why?
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
18
2024
111
3.270
Why?
Oocytes
37
2023
211
2.970
Why?
Ion Channels
14
2023
256
2.970
Why?
Action Potentials
18
2025
581
2.410
Why?
Potassium Channels
19
2021
346
2.380
Why?
Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
8
2024
19
2.230
Why?
Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
6
2017
43
1.970
Why?
Xenopus laevis
26
2025
137
1.890
Why?
Sodium Channels
11
2024
130
1.750
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
22
2019
378
1.720
Why?
Protein Conformation
28
2025
914
1.510
Why?
Animals
97
2025
28155
1.490
Why?
Cell Membrane
19
2024
664
1.480
Why?
Neurons
16
2024
1582
1.400
Why?
Fluorescent Dyes
8
2015
257
1.250
Why?
Xenopus
23
2020
119
1.210
Why?
Axons
7
2018
179
1.120
Why?
Electrophysiology
11
2018
390
1.110
Why?
Potassium
11
2024
232
1.060
Why?
Decapodiformes
9
2018
46
1.050
Why?
Kinetics
23
2020
1492
1.030
Why?
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
10
2018
100
1.020
Why?
Fluorometry
4
2015
30
0.980
Why?
Sodium
9
2020
329
0.950
Why?
Scorpion Venoms
6
2017
25
0.930
Why?
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
9
2024
304
0.910
Why?
Models, Molecular
22
2018
1353
0.910
Why?
Protein Subunits
10
2018
120
0.840
Why?
Mutation
17
2025
4272
0.830
Why?
Models, Biological
12
2013
1768
0.830
Why?
Ear Auricle
1
2023
2
0.810
Why?
Thermodynamics
7
2023
325
0.790
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
13
2016
729
0.770
Why?
Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase
8
2020
88
0.750
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
20
2017
2012
0.750
Why?
Temperature
9
2025
424
0.730
Why?
Ciona intestinalis
5
2021
21
0.700
Why?
Ions
8
2023
78
0.670
Why?
Isoleucine
4
2024
18
0.660
Why?
Electric Conductivity
9
2023
142
0.630
Why?
Electrophysiological Phenomena
2
2017
50
0.610
Why?
Ion Transport
6
2023
84
0.600
Why?
Lipid Bilayers
7
2015
146
0.590
Why?
Neurophysiology
1
2018
14
0.570
Why?
Protein Structure, Secondary
9
2019
337
0.560
Why?
Laboratories
1
2018
46
0.560
Why?
Kv1.2 Potassium Channel
4
2024
23
0.560
Why?
Gold
5
2019
44
0.550
Why?
Protein Multimerization
1
2019
191
0.550
Why?
Kv1.3 Potassium Channel
2
2017
13
0.540
Why?
Rats
16
2020
4072
0.530
Why?
Luminescent Proteins
2
2015
141
0.520
Why?
Receptor, Muscarinic M2
3
2016
13
0.500
Why?
Protein Domains
6
2019
161
0.500
Why?
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
6
2015
274
0.490
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
10
2017
422
0.490
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
7
2019
101
0.480
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
8
2014
878
0.460
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2017
1133
0.440
Why?
Protein Binding
9
2017
1534
0.440
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
15
2015
2910
0.440
Why?
Lanthanoid Series Elements
5
2018
12
0.440
Why?
Indocyanine Green
1
2014
25
0.430
Why?
Electric Capacitance
2
2012
7
0.410
Why?
Energy Transfer
4
2017
25
0.410
Why?
Cell Membrane Permeability
4
2015
121
0.410
Why?
Drug Approval
1
2014
68
0.410
Why?
United States Food and Drug Administration
1
2014
142
0.400
Why?
Molecular Imaging
1
2014
72
0.400
Why?
Radio Waves
1
2013
20
0.400
Why?
Movement
4
2012
304
0.390
Why?
RNA Editing
2
2004
46
0.380
Why?
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
5
2008
82
0.380
Why?
Infrared Rays
1
2012
18
0.370
Why?
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
2
2011
147
0.360
Why?
Fluorescence
7
2019
100
0.350
Why?
Ultraviolet Rays
2
2024
192
0.330
Why?
Metal Nanoparticles
3
2019
35
0.310
Why?
Membrane Proteins
3
2011
1264
0.310
Why?
KCNQ Potassium Channels
1
2009
7
0.300
Why?
Clione
1
2009
2
0.300
Why?
Histidine
4
2019
70
0.290
Why?
HEK293 Cells
3
2024
696
0.290
Why?
Biophysical Phenomena
4
2021
124
0.290
Why?
Nanostructures
2
2020
89
0.290
Why?
Silicon
2
2019
20
0.290
Why?
Nanotechnology
2
2019
73
0.280
Why?
Humans
33
2024
93511
0.280
Why?
Locomotion
1
2009
145
0.270
Why?
Lasers
3
2020
101
0.260
Why?
Protons
3
2015
102
0.260
Why?
Ligands
4
2017
476
0.260
Why?
Magnesium
3
2014
173
0.260
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
4
2017
474
0.250
Why?
Photic Stimulation
2
2019
509
0.250
Why?
Models, Chemical
3
2014
185
0.240
Why?
Cells, Cultured
7
2019
2850
0.240
Why?
Cnidarian Venoms
2
2017
19
0.230
Why?
Muscle Proteins
3
2017
129
0.230
Why?
Archaeal Proteins
1
2005
26
0.220
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
1
2005
309
0.220
Why?
Valine
1
2004
46
0.220
Why?
Cysteine
5
2013
145
0.210
Why?
Protein Engineering
1
2005
150
0.210
Why?
Thermotoga maritima
2
2014
16
0.210
Why?
Kv1.1 Potassium Channel
3
2014
11
0.210
Why?
Cation Transport Proteins
2
2014
61
0.200
Why?
Ouabain
2
2015
24
0.200
Why?
Models, Neurological
1
2006
408
0.190
Why?
Mutagenesis
2
2023
192
0.190
Why?
Mutant Proteins
4
2012
98
0.190
Why?
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits
2
2020
11
0.190
Why?
Eukaryotic Cells
1
2003
43
0.190
Why?
Muscle Contraction
2
2023
256
0.190
Why?
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
2
2021
98
0.180
Why?
Nanowires
2
2020
6
0.180
Why?
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
1
2002
84
0.180
Why?
Nervous System
1
2002
92
0.180
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2002
295
0.170
Why?
Calcium Channels
1
2002
180
0.170
Why?
Escherichia coli Proteins
1
2002
179
0.170
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
5
2018
331
0.170
Why?
Tryptophan
1
2021
105
0.170
Why?
Graphite
1
2020
12
0.160
Why?
Female
13
2021
48698
0.160
Why?
Chlorzoxazone
1
2020
6
0.160
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2012
297
0.160
Why?
Models, Theoretical
2
2018
494
0.160
Why?
4-Aminopyridine
2
2018
33
0.160
Why?
Spinocerebellar Degenerations
1
2020
19
0.160
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2002
563
0.160
Why?
Genes, Reporter
2
2012
275
0.150
Why?
Transfection
3
2020
880
0.150
Why?
Cell Line
4
2020
2464
0.150
Why?
Melanins
1
2019
22
0.150
Why?
Sequence Alignment
2
2017
352
0.150
Why?
Chile
1
2018
9
0.150
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2021
521
0.140
Why?
Citrulline
1
2018
10
0.140
Why?
Phenylurea Compounds
1
2019
97
0.140
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
2
2012
100
0.140
Why?
Neurosciences
1
2019
51
0.140
Why?
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
1
2018
11
0.140
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
5
2016
520
0.140
Why?
Semiconductors
1
2018
12
0.140
Why?
Cerebellum
1
2020
248
0.140
Why?
Optical Phenomena
1
2017
8
0.140
Why?
Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Agonists
1
2017
2
0.140
Why?
Biocompatible Materials
1
2019
202
0.140
Why?
Static Electricity
5
2018
94
0.140
Why?
Arginine
1
2018
141
0.140
Why?
Demyelinating Diseases
1
2018
48
0.130
Why?
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
4
2018
493
0.130
Why?
Fluorine Radioisotopes
1
2018
26
0.130
Why?
Molecular Structure
3
2017
307
0.130
Why?
Ganglia, Spinal
4
2019
72
0.130
Why?
Protein Folding
2
2017
292
0.130
Why?
Chickens
1
2017
206
0.130
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2018
314
0.130
Why?
RNA, Messenger
2
2003
2026
0.130
Why?
Threonine
1
2017
33
0.130
Why?
Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
1
2018
121
0.130
Why?
Cell Communication
1
2018
216
0.130
Why?
Cholesterol
1
2019
364
0.130
Why?
Water
2
2012
307
0.130
Why?
Electrodes
2
2009
97
0.120
Why?
Polymers
1
2018
218
0.120
Why?
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel beta Subunits
1
2016
5
0.120
Why?
Pyrimidines
1
2019
384
0.120
Why?
Shaw Potassium Channels
1
2015
5
0.120
Why?
Mitochondria
1
2020
612
0.120
Why?
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
2
2008
163
0.120
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
1
2018
349
0.120
Why?
Protein Biosynthesis
1
2018
376
0.120
Why?
Algorithms
3
2012
1953
0.110
Why?
Optics and Photonics
1
2015
26
0.110
Why?
Adenosine Diphosphate
1
2015
61
0.110
Why?
Lymphocytes
1
2017
454
0.110
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
1
2019
603
0.110
Why?
Rhodamines
2
2011
20
0.110
Why?
Recombinant Proteins
4
2020
988
0.110
Why?
Time Factors
6
2015
5410
0.100
Why?
Biological Transport
3
2014
404
0.100
Why?
Loligo
1
2013
2
0.100
Why?
Sea Anemones
1
2013
16
0.100
Why?
Microinjections
2
2013
68
0.100
Why?
Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
1
2013
4
0.100
Why?
KCNQ1 Potassium Channel
1
2013
7
0.100
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
539
0.100
Why?
Nanoparticles
1
2015
198
0.100
Why?
Terbium
1
2012
4
0.100
Why?
Coordination Complexes
1
2012
20
0.090
Why?
Ear, Inner
1
2013
36
0.090
Why?
Markov Chains
3
2015
135
0.090
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
2
2005
948
0.090
Why?
KCNQ2 Potassium Channel
1
2012
4
0.090
Why?
Neural Conduction
2
2002
71
0.090
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
2
2014
587
0.090
Why?
Pertussis Toxin
1
2011
31
0.090
Why?
Brain
2
2019
2391
0.090
Why?
Allosteric Site
1
2011
23
0.090
Why?
Boron Compounds
3
2018
17
0.090
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2012
209
0.090
Why?
Diffusion
1
2011
90
0.090
Why?
Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
2
2015
23
0.090
Why?
Hydrolysis
1
2011
141
0.090
Why?
Hot Temperature
1
2012
218
0.090
Why?
Staining and Labeling
2
2008
158
0.080
Why?
Adenosine Triphosphate
1
2011
319
0.080
Why?
Mice
6
2020
12269
0.080
Why?
Equipment Design
3
2019
416
0.080
Why?
Electricity
2
2016
24
0.080
Why?
Electric Stimulation
3
2013
344
0.080
Why?
Myocardium
1
2013
570
0.080
Why?
Electrochemical Techniques
2
2020
6
0.080
Why?
Antarctic Regions
1
2009
10
0.070
Why?
Photochemical Processes
2
2020
15
0.070
Why?
Aerobiosis
1
2009
21
0.070
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2011
555
0.070
Why?
Computer Simulation
4
2012
1118
0.070
Why?
Picrates
2
2005
12
0.070
Why?
Permeability
1
2009
143
0.070
Why?
Biophysics
3
2020
153
0.070
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
1
2009
137
0.070
Why?
Gene Transfer Techniques
1
2009
154
0.070
Why?
Swimming
1
2009
64
0.070
Why?
Software
1
2012
670
0.070
Why?
Enzyme Activation
1
2009
674
0.070
Why?
Neurotoxins
1
2007
44
0.070
Why?
COS Cells
2
2004
164
0.070
Why?
Insect Proteins
1
2007
90
0.060
Why?
Electrochemistry
1
2006
60
0.060
Why?
Prokaryotic Cells
1
2006
14
0.060
Why?
Animals, Newborn
2
2020
522
0.060
Why?
Genetic Vectors
2
2020
422
0.060
Why?
Immunologic Techniques
1
2005
25
0.060
Why?
Calcium
3
2016
1176
0.060
Why?
Boronic Acids
1
2005
55
0.060
Why?
Protein Stability
2
2017
103
0.060
Why?
Imidazoles
1
2005
138
0.060
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2011
585
0.060
Why?
Dimethylpolysiloxanes
1
2004
12
0.050
Why?
Silicones
1
2004
21
0.050
Why?
Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
1
2004
76
0.050
Why?
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
1
2004
46
0.050
Why?
Peptides
1
2007
656
0.050
Why?
Archaea
1
2004
22
0.050
Why?
Biosensing Techniques
1
2004
81
0.050
Why?
Nicotinic Agonists
1
2004
73
0.050
Why?
Receptors, Nicotinic
1
2004
132
0.050
Why?
Flow Cytometry
1
2004
712
0.050
Why?
Osmolar Concentration
1
2002
168
0.050
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2003
191
0.050
Why?
Membrane Glycoproteins
1
2004
444
0.050
Why?
Cold Temperature
1
2002
159
0.050
Why?
Tropical Climate
1
2002
35
0.050
Why?
Crystallization
1
2002
216
0.050
Why?
Macromolecular Substances
1
2002
164
0.050
Why?
Calcium Signaling
1
2003
139
0.050
Why?
Hippocampus
1
2005
452
0.050
Why?
Climate
1
2002
61
0.050
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2002
88
0.040
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
1
2023
223
0.040
Why?
United States
1
2014
7619
0.040
Why?
Motor Neurons
1
2002
176
0.040
Why?
Species Specificity
1
2002
684
0.040
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
1
2003
329
0.040
Why?
Heart Rate
1
2023
505
0.040
Why?
Spheroids, Cellular
1
2020
31
0.040
Why?
Dependovirus
1
2020
37
0.040
Why?
Loss of Function Mutation
1
2020
49
0.040
Why?
Gene Knockdown Techniques
1
2020
254
0.040
Why?
Genome
1
2002
407
0.040
Why?
Base Sequence
1
2002
2220
0.040
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2020
543
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2005
3435
0.030
Why?
Radioactive Tracers
1
2018
6
0.030
Why?
Surface Properties
1
2018
126
0.030
Why?
Carbon
1
2017
96
0.030
Why?
Stereoisomerism
1
2017
102
0.030
Why?
Pilocarpine
1
2016
7
0.030
Why?
Chlorine
1
2016
8
0.030
Why?
Muscarinic Agonists
1
2016
22
0.030
Why?
Light
1
2018
288
0.030
Why?
NAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
1
2016
3
0.030
Why?
Scorpions
1
2016
6
0.030
Why?
Tyrosine
1
2016
131
0.030
Why?
Signal Transduction
2
2006
3502
0.030
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
1
2019
1245
0.030
Why?
Dimerization
1
2015
148
0.030
Why?
Macaca mulatta
1
2018
448
0.030
Why?
Acetylcholine
2
2006
158
0.030
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
1
2015
193
0.030
Why?
Dermoscopy
1
2014
7
0.030
Why?
Anisotropy
1
2014
63
0.030
Why?
Chromatography, Liquid
1
2014
104
0.030
Why?
Mass Spectrometry
1
2014
200
0.030
Why?
Cytoplasm
1
2014
278
0.020
Why?
Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging
1
2013
2
0.020
Why?
DNA Primers
1
2014
531
0.020
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
1
2015
502
0.020
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
1
2020
2495
0.020
Why?
Hydrogen Bonding
1
2012
154
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
1
2014
204
0.020
Why?
Nitrogen
1
2012
71
0.020
Why?
Up-Regulation
1
2014
730
0.020
Why?
Scattering, Radiation
1
2011
122
0.020
Why?
X-Rays
1
2011
138
0.020
Why?
Cricetulus
1
2011
122
0.020
Why?
CHO Cells
1
2011
187
0.020
Why?
Cricetinae
1
2011
532
0.020
Why?
Computational Biology
1
2014
578
0.020
Why?
Sodium Channel Blockers
1
2008
26
0.020
Why?
Motion
1
2008
94
0.020
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
1
2007
68
0.020
Why?
Adolescent
1
2020
9606
0.020
Why?
Receptor, Muscarinic M1
1
2006
2
0.020
Why?
Calibration
1
2006
106
0.020
Why?
Liposomes
1
2006
98
0.020
Why?
Cations, Divalent
1
2005
36
0.010
Why?
Molecular Probes
1
2005
37
0.010
Why?
Luminescent Measurements
1
2005
64
0.010
Why?
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1
1
2004
4
0.010
Why?
Systems Integration
1
2004
33
0.010
Why?
Equipment Failure Analysis
1
2004
88
0.010
Why?
Lysine
1
2005
182
0.010
Why?
Cell Separation
1
2004
200
0.010
Why?
Entropy
1
2003
42
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