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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
338
9.920
Why?
Membrane Potentials
44
2024
442
5.290
Why?
Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels
24
2025
51
5.270
Why?
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
18
2024
127
3.290
Why?
Ion Channels
14
2023
260
3.020
Why?
Oocytes
37
2023
227
3.010
Why?
Action Potentials
18
2025
618
2.420
Why?
Potassium Channels
19
2021
359
2.400
Why?
Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
8
2024
19
2.280
Why?
Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
6
2017
52
1.990
Why?
Xenopus laevis
26
2025
143
1.930
Why?
Sodium Channels
11
2024
131
1.790
Why?
Patch-Clamp Techniques
22
2019
403
1.740
Why?
Protein Conformation
28
2025
935
1.540
Why?
Cell Membrane
19
2024
696
1.500
Why?
Animals
97
2025
28924
1.500
Why?
Neurons
16
2024
1654
1.400
Why?
Fluorescent Dyes
8
2015
262
1.270
Why?
Xenopus
23
2020
130
1.240
Why?
Axons
7
2018
189
1.140
Why?
Electrophysiology
11
2018
407
1.130
Why?
Decapodiformes
9
2018
46
1.070
Why?
Potassium
11
2024
271
1.060
Why?
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
10
2018
101
1.040
Why?
Kinetics
23
2020
1562
1.040
Why?
Fluorometry
4
2015
31
1.000
Why?
Sodium
9
2020
340
0.970
Why?
Scorpion Venoms
6
2017
25
0.960
Why?
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
9
2024
308
0.930
Why?
Models, Molecular
22
2018
1375
0.930
Why?
Protein Subunits
10
2018
126
0.860
Why?
Mutation
17
2025
4371
0.840
Why?
Models, Biological
12
2013
1814
0.840
Why?
Ear Auricle
1
2023
2
0.830
Why?
Thermodynamics
7
2023
329
0.800
Why?
Protein Structure, Tertiary
13
2016
750
0.780
Why?
Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase
8
2020
89
0.770
Why?
Amino Acid Sequence
20
2017
2093
0.760
Why?
Temperature
9
2025
426
0.750
Why?
Ciona intestinalis
5
2021
27
0.720
Why?
Ions
8
2023
80
0.690
Why?
Isoleucine
4
2024
19
0.670
Why?
Electric Conductivity
9
2023
147
0.650
Why?
Electrophysiological Phenomena
2
2017
52
0.620
Why?
Ion Transport
6
2023
87
0.620
Why?
Lipid Bilayers
7
2015
147
0.600
Why?
Neurophysiology
1
2018
14
0.590
Why?
Protein Structure, Secondary
9
2019
342
0.570
Why?
Laboratories
1
2018
48
0.570
Why?
Kv1.2 Potassium Channel
4
2024
25
0.570
Why?
Gold
5
2019
44
0.560
Why?
Protein Multimerization
1
2019
196
0.560
Why?
Kv1.3 Potassium Channel
2
2017
14
0.560
Why?
Rats
16
2020
4134
0.530
Why?
Luminescent Proteins
2
2015
145
0.530
Why?
Receptor, Muscarinic M2
3
2016
13
0.510
Why?
Protein Domains
6
2019
165
0.510
Why?
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
6
2015
282
0.500
Why?
Structure-Activity Relationship
10
2017
435
0.500
Why?
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
7
2019
102
0.490
Why?
Bacterial Proteins
8
2014
922
0.460
Why?
Binding Sites
10
2017
1167
0.450
Why?
Protein Binding
9
2017
1562
0.450
Why?
Lanthanoid Series Elements
5
2018
12
0.450
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
15
2015
3041
0.440
Why?
Indocyanine Green
1
2014
25
0.440
Why?
Electric Capacitance
2
2012
7
0.420
Why?
Energy Transfer
4
2017
26
0.420
Why?
Cell Membrane Permeability
4
2015
121
0.420
Why?
Drug Approval
1
2014
69
0.420
Why?
United States Food and Drug Administration
1
2014
146
0.410
Why?
Molecular Imaging
1
2014
72
0.410
Why?
Radio Waves
1
2013
20
0.410
Why?
Movement
4
2012
324
0.400
Why?
RNA Editing
2
2004
48
0.390
Why?
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
5
2008
85
0.380
Why?
Infrared Rays
1
2012
18
0.370
Why?
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
2
2011
147
0.370
Why?
Fluorescence
7
2019
106
0.360
Why?
Ultraviolet Rays
2
2024
198
0.330
Why?
Metal Nanoparticles
3
2019
34
0.320
Why?
KCNQ Potassium Channels
1
2009
7
0.310
Why?
Membrane Proteins
3
2011
1277
0.310
Why?
Clione
1
2009
2
0.310
Why?
Histidine
4
2019
75
0.300
Why?
Biophysical Phenomena
4
2021
125
0.300
Why?
HEK293 Cells
3
2024
706
0.300
Why?
Nanostructures
2
2020
89
0.300
Why?
Silicon
2
2019
20
0.290
Why?
Nanotechnology
2
2019
73
0.290
Why?
Humans
33
2024
95971
0.280
Why?
Locomotion
1
2009
146
0.270
Why?
Lasers
3
2020
103
0.270
Why?
Protons
3
2015
104
0.270
Why?
Ligands
4
2017
478
0.270
Why?
Magnesium
3
2014
177
0.260
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
4
2017
483
0.250
Why?
Photic Stimulation
2
2019
514
0.250
Why?
Models, Chemical
3
2014
187
0.250
Why?
Cells, Cultured
7
2019
2943
0.240
Why?
Cnidarian Venoms
2
2017
19
0.230
Why?
Muscle Proteins
3
2017
134
0.230
Why?
Archaeal Proteins
1
2005
26
0.230
Why?
Green Fluorescent Proteins
1
2005
313
0.220
Why?
Cysteine
5
2013
146
0.220
Why?
Valine
1
2004
62
0.220
Why?
Protein Engineering
1
2005
150
0.220
Why?
Thermotoga maritima
2
2014
16
0.210
Why?
Kv1.1 Potassium Channel
3
2014
11
0.210
Why?
Cation Transport Proteins
2
2014
70
0.200
Why?
Ouabain
2
2015
25
0.200
Why?
Mutagenesis
2
2023
202
0.200
Why?
Mutant Proteins
4
2012
99
0.200
Why?
Models, Neurological
1
2006
434
0.200
Why?
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits
2
2020
11
0.190
Why?
Eukaryotic Cells
1
2003
44
0.190
Why?
Muscle Contraction
2
2023
294
0.190
Why?
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
2
2021
103
0.190
Why?
Nanowires
2
2020
6
0.180
Why?
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
1
2002
89
0.180
Why?
Nervous System
1
2002
92
0.180
Why?
Protein Isoforms
1
2002
297
0.180
Why?
Calcium Channels
1
2002
183
0.180
Why?
Tryptophan
1
2021
105
0.180
Why?
Amino Acid Substitution
5
2018
337
0.180
Why?
Escherichia coli Proteins
1
2002
191
0.180
Why?
Graphite
1
2020
13
0.160
Why?
Chlorzoxazone
1
2020
6
0.160
Why?
Mutation, Missense
2
2012
302
0.160
Why?
Spinocerebellar Degenerations
1
2020
19
0.160
Why?
4-Aminopyridine
2
2018
37
0.160
Why?
Models, Theoretical
2
2018
503
0.160
Why?
Female
13
2021
49938
0.160
Why?
Escherichia coli
1
2002
627
0.160
Why?
Genes, Reporter
2
2012
281
0.160
Why?
Transfection
3
2020
907
0.150
Why?
Cell Line
4
2020
2533
0.150
Why?
Melanins
1
2019
22
0.150
Why?
Chile
1
2018
9
0.150
Why?
Sequence Alignment
2
2017
360
0.150
Why?
Drosophila Proteins
2
2021
523
0.150
Why?
Citrulline
1
2018
10
0.140
Why?
Protein Structure, Quaternary
2
2012
103
0.140
Why?
Phenylurea Compounds
1
2019
99
0.140
Why?
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
1
2018
11
0.140
Why?
Neurosciences
1
2019
53
0.140
Why?
Crystallography, X-Ray
5
2016
527
0.140
Why?
Semiconductors
1
2018
12
0.140
Why?
Cerebellum
1
2020
253
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
199
0.140
Why?
Static Electricity
5
2018
97
0.140
Why?
Arginine
1
2018
144
0.140
Why?
Fluorine Radioisotopes
1
2018
25
0.140
Why?
Demyelinating Diseases
1
2018
51
0.140
Why?
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
4
2018
509
0.140
Why?
Molecular Structure
3
2017
309
0.140
Why?
Ganglia, Spinal
4
2019
76
0.130
Why?
Protein Folding
2
2017
295
0.130
Why?
Chickens
1
2017
212
0.130
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2018
326
0.130
Why?
Threonine
1
2017
34
0.130
Why?
Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
1
2018
124
0.130
Why?
RNA, Messenger
2
2003
2092
0.130
Why?
Cell Communication
1
2018
220
0.130
Why?
Cholesterol
1
2019
370
0.130
Why?
Electrodes
2
2009
98
0.130
Why?
Water
2
2012
307
0.130
Why?
Polymers
1
2018
219
0.130
Why?
Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel beta Subunits
1
2016
5
0.130
Why?
Pyrimidines
1
2019
386
0.120
Why?
Shaw Potassium Channels
1
2015
8
0.120
Why?
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
2
2008
164
0.120
Why?
Mitochondria
1
2020
623
0.120
Why?
Positron-Emission Tomography
1
2018
353
0.120
Why?
Protein Biosynthesis
1
2018
399
0.120
Why?
Optics and Photonics
1
2015
26
0.110
Why?
Algorithms
3
2012
2011
0.110
Why?
Adenosine Diphosphate
1
2015
63
0.110
Why?
Lymphocytes
1
2017
489
0.110
Why?
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
1
2019
611
0.110
Why?
Rhodamines
2
2011
20
0.110
Why?
Recombinant Proteins
4
2020
1028
0.110
Why?
Time Factors
6
2015
5577
0.100
Why?
Biological Transport
3
2014
412
0.100
Why?
Loligo
1
2013
1
0.100
Why?
Sea Anemones
1
2013
16
0.100
Why?
Microinjections
2
2013
71
0.100
Why?
Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
1
2013
5
0.100
Why?
Drosophila
2
2018
539
0.100
Why?
KCNQ1 Potassium Channel
1
2013
17
0.100
Why?
Terbium
1
2012
4
0.100
Why?
Nanoparticles
1
2015
197
0.100
Why?
Coordination Complexes
1
2012
20
0.100
Why?
Ear, Inner
1
2013
37
0.100
Why?
Markov Chains
3
2015
136
0.100
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
2
2005
1010
0.090
Why?
KCNQ2 Potassium Channel
1
2012
5
0.090
Why?
Neural Conduction
2
2002
72
0.090
Why?
Cloning, Molecular
2
2014
648
0.090
Why?
Pertussis Toxin
1
2011
32
0.090
Why?
Allosteric Site
1
2011
23
0.090
Why?
Boron Compounds
3
2018
20
0.090
Why?
Conserved Sequence
1
2012
215
0.090
Why?
Brain
2
2019
2480
0.090
Why?
Diffusion
1
2011
95
0.090
Why?
Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
2
2015
27
0.090
Why?
Hydrolysis
1
2011
146
0.090
Why?
Hot Temperature
1
2012
217
0.090
Why?
Staining and Labeling
2
2008
173
0.090
Why?
Adenosine Triphosphate
1
2011
329
0.080
Why?
Equipment Design
3
2019
427
0.080
Why?
Mice
6
2020
12559
0.080
Why?
Electricity
2
2016
26
0.080
Why?
Electric Stimulation
3
2013
397
0.080
Why?
Myocardium
1
2013
596
0.080
Why?
Electrochemical Techniques
2
2020
7
0.080
Why?
Antarctic Regions
1
2009
10
0.080
Why?
Photochemical Processes
2
2020
15
0.080
Why?
Aerobiosis
1
2009
22
0.080
Why?
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
1
2011
564
0.080
Why?
Picrates
2
2005
12
0.080
Why?
Permeability
1
2009
144
0.070
Why?
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
1
2009
138
0.070
Why?
Biophysics
3
2020
157
0.070
Why?
Computer Simulation
4
2012
1158
0.070
Why?
Gene Transfer Techniques
1
2009
156
0.070
Why?
Swimming
1
2009
64
0.070
Why?
Software
1
2012
699
0.070
Why?
Enzyme Activation
1
2009
692
0.070
Why?
Neurotoxins
1
2007
48
0.070
Why?
COS Cells
2
2004
168
0.070
Why?
Insect Proteins
1
2007
90
0.070
Why?
Electrochemistry
1
2006
60
0.060
Why?
Prokaryotic Cells
1
2006
15
0.060
Why?
Animals, Newborn
2
2020
535
0.060
Why?
Immunologic Techniques
1
2005
27
0.060
Why?
Genetic Vectors
2
2020
446
0.060
Why?
Boronic Acids
1
2005
55
0.060
Why?
Calcium
3
2016
1205
0.060
Why?
Protein Stability
2
2017
106
0.060
Why?
Models, Statistical
2
2011
594
0.060
Why?
Dimethylpolysiloxanes
1
2004
12
0.060
Why?
Silicones
1
2004
21
0.060
Why?
Imidazoles
1
2005
145
0.060
Why?
Monosaccharide Transport Proteins
1
2004
76
0.060
Why?
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
1
2004
46
0.050
Why?
Peptides
1
2007
672
0.050
Why?
Archaea
1
2004
22
0.050
Why?
Biosensing Techniques
1
2004
81
0.050
Why?
Nicotinic Agonists
1
2004
74
0.050
Why?
Receptors, Nicotinic
1
2004
134
0.050
Why?
Osmolar Concentration
1
2002
181
0.050
Why?
Flow Cytometry
1
2004
727
0.050
Why?
Monte Carlo Method
1
2003
191
0.050
Why?
Membrane Glycoproteins
1
2004
453
0.050
Why?
Cold Temperature
1
2002
162
0.050
Why?
Tropical Climate
1
2002
35
0.050
Why?
Crystallization
1
2002
216
0.050
Why?
Macromolecular Substances
1
2002
179
0.050
Why?
Climate
1
2002
61
0.050
Why?
Calcium Signaling
1
2003
142
0.050
Why?
Hippocampus
1
2005
459
0.050
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2002
89
0.050
Why?
Synaptic Transmission
1
2023
233
0.040
Why?
United States
1
2014
7762
0.040
Why?
Motor Neurons
1
2002
178
0.040
Why?
Species Specificity
1
2002
707
0.040
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
1
2003
340
0.040
Why?
Heart Rate
1
2023
519
0.040
Why?
Spheroids, Cellular
1
2020
33
0.040
Why?
Dependovirus
1
2020
37
0.040
Why?
Loss of Function Mutation
1
2020
50
0.040
Why?
Gene Knockdown Techniques
1
2020
257
0.040
Why?
Genome
1
2002
407
0.040
Why?
Base Sequence
1
2002
2344
0.040
Why?
DNA Mutational Analysis
1
2020
548
0.040
Why?
Radioactive Tracers
1
2018
6
0.040
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2005
3489
0.040
Why?
Surface Properties
1
2018
131
0.030
Why?
Carbon
1
2017
97
0.030
Why?
Stereoisomerism
1
2017
104
0.030
Why?
Pilocarpine
1
2016
7
0.030
Why?
Chlorine
1
2016
8
0.030
Why?
Muscarinic Agonists
1
2016
23
0.030
Why?
Light
1
2018
297
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
132
0.030
Why?
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
1
2019
1264
0.030
Why?
Signal Transduction
2
2006
3587
0.030
Why?
Dimerization
1
2015
150
0.030
Why?
Acetylcholine
2
2006
181
0.030
Why?
Macaca mulatta
1
2018
485
0.030
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
1
2015
192
0.030
Why?
Dermoscopy
1
2014
7
0.030
Why?
Anisotropy
1
2014
65
0.030
Why?
Chromatography, Liquid
1
2014
104
0.030
Why?
Mass Spectrometry
1
2014
206
0.030
Why?
Cytoplasm
1
2014
288
0.030
Why?
Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging
1
2013
3
0.030
Why?
DNA Primers
1
2014
548
0.020
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
1
2015
516
0.020
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
1
2020
2542
0.020
Why?
Hydrogen Bonding
1
2012
154
0.020
Why?
Nitrogen
1
2012
79
0.020
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
1
2014
220
0.020
Why?
Scattering, Radiation
1
2011
121
0.020
Why?
Up-Regulation
1
2014
741
0.020
Why?
X-Rays
1
2011
139
0.020
Why?
Cricetulus
1
2011
132
0.020
Why?
CHO Cells
1
2011
196
0.020
Why?
Cricetinae
1
2011
544
0.020
Why?
Computational Biology
1
2014
584
0.020
Why?
Sodium Channel Blockers
1
2008
29
0.020
Why?
Motion
1
2008
98
0.020
Why?
Allosteric Regulation
1
2007
70
0.020
Why?
Receptor, Muscarinic M1
1
2006
2
0.020
Why?
Adolescent
1
2020
9888
0.020
Why?
Calibration
1
2006
108
0.020
Why?
Liposomes
1
2006
101
0.020
Why?
Cations, Divalent
1
2005
39
0.020
Why?
Molecular Probes
1
2005
37
0.010
Why?
Luminescent Measurements
1
2005
62
0.010
Why?
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1
1
2004
4
0.010
Why?
Systems Integration
1
2004
35
0.010
Why?
Equipment Failure Analysis
1
2004
89
0.010
Why?
Lysine
1
2005
190
0.010
Why?
Cell Separation
1
2004
205
0.010
Why?
Entropy
1
2003
43
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
193
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