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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
891
11.140
Why?
Epistasis, Genetic
10
2024
92
4.120
Why?
Receptors, Steroid
13
2022
43
3.930
Why?
Phylogeny
41
2025
1275
3.530
Why?
Proteins
12
2024
817
3.180
Why?
Receptors, Estrogen
11
2016
417
1.740
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
16
2024
2093
1.720
Why?
Mutation
23
2025
4371
1.690
Why?
Ligands
17
2020
478
1.640
Why?
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
7
2015
144
1.570
Why?
Hemoglobins
2
2025
196
1.470
Why?
Models, Genetic
9
2025
983
1.370
Why?
Protein Multimerization
7
2025
196
1.200
Why?
Transcription Factors
6
2025
1731
1.190
Why?
Response Elements
5
2017
65
1.140
Why?
Directed Molecular Evolution
3
2018
21
1.100
Why?
Selection, Genetic
7
2025
537
1.010
Why?
DNA
10
2024
1332
1.010
Why?
Models, Molecular
16
2025
1375
1.000
Why?
Estrogens
5
2012
203
0.920
Why?
Genotype
3
2025
1882
0.900
Why?
Drosophila melanogaster
3
2019
632
0.880
Why?
Protein Binding
12
2024
1562
0.850
Why?
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
4
2015
11
0.840
Why?
Vertebrates
1
2025
113
0.830
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4
2018
463
0.810
Why?
Protein Conformation
10
2021
935
0.790
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2020
1167
0.770
Why?
Hormones
4
2012
144
0.730
Why?
Phenotype
2
2025
2580
0.720
Why?
Animals, Genetically Modified
2
2019
187
0.710
Why?
Lampreys
4
2016
15
0.710
Why?
Gene Regulatory Networks
3
2018
321
0.700
Why?
Aurora Kinases
1
2020
19
0.680
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
5
2021
435
0.680
Why?
Animals
39
2025
28924
0.680
Why?
Biological Evolution
7
2023
1030
0.660
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
1
2020
102
0.660
Why?
Sequence Alignment
6
2025
360
0.660
Why?
Multiprotein Complexes
1
2020
108
0.640
Why?
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
1
2019
42
0.630
Why?
DNA-Binding Proteins
3
2022
1269
0.620
Why?
Likelihood Functions
9
2017
257
0.600
Why?
Protein Domains
4
2022
165
0.590
Why?
Substrate Specificity
6
2017
368
0.580
Why?
HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
1
2018
46
0.550
Why?
Models, Biological
5
2012
1814
0.550
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
1
2018
66
0.550
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2019
523
0.550
Why?
Gene Duplication
9
2021
129
0.540
Why?
Bayes Theorem
6
2010
404
0.530
Why?
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
3
2010
125
0.530
Why?
Polymorphism, Genetic
2
2023
828
0.520
Why?
Ethanol
1
2019
270
0.520
Why?
Biophysics
2
2014
157
0.500
Why?
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases
2
2017
21
0.500
Why?
Homeodomain Proteins
3
2018
563
0.490
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
4
2020
70
0.490
Why?
Trans-Activators
1
2018
448
0.480
Why?
Computer Simulation
5
2025
1158
0.470
Why?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
1
2018
301
0.460
Why?
Receptors, Androgen
2
2010
120
0.460
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
12
2015
3041
0.430
Why?
Ostreidae
1
2014
3
0.430
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
6
2014
527
0.420
Why?
Protein Stability
4
2020
106
0.390
Why?
Fungi
1
2012
67
0.350
Why?
Endocrine System
1
2011
16
0.340
Why?
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
1
2010
50
0.330
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
6
2023
337
0.320
Why?
Protein Engineering
2
2009
150
0.320
Why?
Immunoglobulins
2
2021
144
0.320
Why?
Aldosterone
2
2007
56
0.310
Why?
Probability
2
2007
366
0.310
Why?
Transcriptional Activation
2
2010
303
0.300
Why?
Annelida
1
2008
2
0.300
Why?
Hydroxycorticosteroids
1
2008
2
0.300
Why?
Fish Proteins
1
2008
20
0.290
Why?
Amino Acids
2
2022
262
0.280
Why?
Humans
28
2025
95971
0.270
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
6
2015
750
0.270
Why?
Multigene Family
3
2019
213
0.270
Why?
Genome, Fungal
1
2007
36
0.260
Why?
Molecular Biology
1
2007
90
0.260
Why?
Estrogen Receptor alpha
2
2007
155
0.250
Why?
Computational Biology
3
2016
584
0.250
Why?
Cricetinae
4
2009
544
0.250
Why?
Octopodiformes
1
2006
24
0.240
Why?
Algorithms
4
2024
2011
0.220
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
2
2024
103
0.220
Why?
Markov Chains
1
2004
136
0.220
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2004
191
0.210
Why?
Aplysia
1
2003
6
0.210
Why?
Industrial Waste
1
2002
3
0.190
Why?
Hazardous Substances
1
2002
7
0.190
Why?
CHO Cells
3
2009
196
0.190
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
42
0.180
Why?
Bias
3
2023
139
0.180
Why?
Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein
1
2021
41
0.180
Why?
Receptors, Odorant
1
2021
38
0.170
Why?
Protein Aggregates
1
2020
28
0.170
Why?
Axons
1
2021
189
0.170
Why?
Smell
1
2021
121
0.170
Why?
Solvents
1
2020
91
0.170
Why?
Mutant Proteins
1
2020
99
0.160
Why?
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
2
2015
422
0.160
Why?
Heme
1
2020
64
0.160
Why?
Health Policy
1
2002
208
0.160
Why?
Fossils
1
2004
388
0.160
Why?
Protein Structure, Secondary
2
2014
342
0.160
Why?
Protein Subunits
1
2020
126
0.160
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
1
2021
209
0.160
Why?
Iron
1
2020
179
0.150
Why?
Cricetulus
2
2009
132
0.150
Why?
Invertebrates
1
2019
36
0.150
Why?
Glucocorticoids
2
2011
372
0.150
Why?
Nervous System
1
2019
92
0.140
Why?
Temperature
1
2019
426
0.140
Why?
Nucleotides
1
2018
99
0.140
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
2
2010
313
0.140
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?
Metabolic Networks and Pathways
1
2017
102
0.130
Why?
Oxidoreductases
1
2017
115
0.130
Why?
Body Patterning
1
2018
217
0.130
Why?
Base Sequence
2
2017
2344
0.130
Why?
Biometry
1
2017
72
0.130
Why?
Protozoan Proteins
1
2017
77
0.130
Why?
Uncertainty
1
2017
82
0.130
Why?
Steroids
2
2010
173
0.130
Why?
Chromatin
1
2019
446
0.120
Why?
Alleles
1
2019
1157
0.120
Why?
Guanylate Kinases
1
2016
12
0.120
Why?
Spindle Apparatus
1
2016
66
0.120
Why?
Fishes
2
2011
145
0.110
Why?
Cell Line
2
2010
2533
0.110
Why?
Hydrocortisone
2
2007
300
0.110
Why?
Oxygen
1
2020
787
0.110
Why?
Ribonuclease H
1
2014
8
0.110
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
539
0.110
Why?
Thermus thermophilus
1
2014
10
0.110
Why?
Membrane Proteins
1
2021
1277
0.110
Why?
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
1
2014
55
0.110
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
2
2024
922
0.110
Why?
Cell Lineage
1
2016
324
0.110
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
1
2018
676
0.110
Why?
Cell Cycle
1
2016
518
0.100
Why?
Cell Cycle Proteins
1
2016
412
0.100
Why?
Genome
2
2019
407
0.100
Why?
Progestins
1
2012
23
0.100
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2014
627
0.090
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2004
930
0.090
Why?
Mutagenesis
1
2012
202
0.090
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
2
2021
91
0.090
Why?
Cortodoxone
1
2011
2
0.090
Why?
Mineralocorticoids
1
2011
7
0.090
Why?
Hydrogen Bonding
1
2011
154
0.090
Why?
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
1
2012
294
0.090
Why?
Porifera
1
2010
4
0.090
Why?
Extinction, Biological
1
2012
97
0.080
Why?
Opsins
1
2010
10
0.080
Why?
Thermodynamics
1
2011
329
0.080
Why?
Androgens
1
2010
179
0.080
Why?
Chordata, Nonvertebrate
1
2008
6
0.070
Why?
Databases, Genetic
1
2009
282
0.070
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2008
2876
0.070
Why?
Insecticide Resistance
1
2007
9
0.070
Why?
Transformation, Genetic
1
2007
41
0.070
Why?
Pigmentation
1
2007
77
0.060
Why?
Drug Resistance
1
2007
237
0.060
Why?
Adaptation, Biological
1
2007
90
0.060
Why?
Genes, Reporter
1
2007
281
0.060
Why?
Desoxycorticosterone
1
2006
18
0.060
Why?
Hagfishes
1
2006
5
0.060
Why?
Gene Expression
1
2010
1321
0.060
Why?
Estradiol
1
2007
256
0.060
Why?
Color Perception
1
2007
120
0.060
Why?
Genetic Vectors
1
2007
446
0.060
Why?
Perciformes
1
2006
38
0.060
Why?
Genomics
2
2023
855
0.060
Why?
Phosphatidylinositols
1
2005
21
0.060
Why?
Citrate (si)-Synthase
1
2024
3
0.060
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2021
3587
0.060
Why?
Genetic Variation
2
2003
1423
0.060
Why?
Statistics, Nonparametric
1
2005
309
0.060
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
1
2008
908
0.050
Why?
Gene Amplification
1
2004
143
0.050
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2007
594
0.050
Why?
DNA, Recombinant
1
2003
65
0.050
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2004
215
0.050
Why?
Genes, Duplicate
1
2003
20
0.050
Why?
Mice
4
2021
12559
0.050
Why?
Heuristics
1
2023
15
0.050
Why?
Xenopus
1
2003
130
0.050
Why?
Viruses
1
2023
75
0.050
Why?
Xenopus laevis
2
2003
143
0.050
Why?
Body Burden
1
2002
10
0.050
Why?
Public Health Practice
1
2002
11
0.050
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
1
2003
648
0.050
Why?
Transfection
1
2003
907
0.050
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2003
564
0.050
Why?
Odorants
1
2021
72
0.040
Why?
Water Pollutants, Chemical
1
2002
140
0.040
Why?
Air Pollutants
1
2002
109
0.040
Why?
Research Design
1
2004
631
0.040
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2004
2040
0.040
Why?
Software
1
2004
699
0.040
Why?
Rats
1
2006
4134
0.040
Why?
HEK293 Cells
1
2021
706
0.040
Why?
Dimerization
1
2019
150
0.040
Why?
Transcription, Genetic
1
2003
1192
0.040
Why?
Amphibians
1
1998
20
0.040
Why?
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
1
1998
164
0.030
Why?
Testosterone
1
1998
277
0.030
Why?
Species Specificity
1
1998
707
0.030
Why?
Mice, Knockout
1
2021
2163
0.030
Why?
Mammals
1
1998
261
0.030
Why?
Japan
1
2016
313
0.030
Why?
Transition Temperature
1
2014
10
0.030
Why?
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
1
2023
2494
0.030
Why?
HeLa Cells
1
2015
521
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2021
3489
0.030
Why?
Time Factors
1
2021
5577
0.020
Why?
Female
3
2006
49938
0.020
Why?
Protein Folding
1
2012
295
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
1
1998
2059
0.020
Why?
United States
1
2002
7762
0.020
Why?
RNA, Messenger
1
2012
2092
0.020
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
297
0.010
Why?
Automation
1
2002
114
0.010
Why?
Internet
1
2002
339
0.010
Why?
Zebrafish
1
2002
342
0.010
Why?
Cell Line, Tumor
1
2005
2785
0.010
Why?
Male
1
1998
45735
0.010
Why?
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