J. Thomas Parsons

21.9k citations

100 papers · 18.7k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 59

Co-authors: Michael D. Schaller Sarah J. Parsons Martin A. Schwartz Alan Rick Horwitz Bradley S. Cobb Albert B. Reynolds Jeffrey D. Hildebrand Alan F. Horwitz
Topics: Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (42 papers)Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (41 papers)Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (23 papers)
Cited by: Immunology and Allergy Cell Biology Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Chemical Reviews Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Canada Czechia

In The Last Decade

J. Thomas Parsons

100 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cell adhesion: integrating cytoskeletal dynamics and cellular tension

2010 1.5k citations J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
pp125FAK a structurally distinctive protein-tyrosine kinase associated with focal adhesions.

1992 1.3k citations Michael D. Schaller, J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
Focal adhesion kinase: the first ten years

2003 1.1k citations J. Thomas Parsons profile →
FAK–Src signalling through paxillin, ERK and MLCK regulates adhesion disassembly

2004 1.1k citations J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
Autophosphorylation of the Focal Adhesion Kinase, ppl25^FAK, Directs SH2-Dependent Binding of pp60^src

1994 1.0k citations Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand et al. profile →
Src family kinases, key regulators of signal transduction

2004 748 citations Sarah J. Parsons, J. Thomas Parsons Oncogene profile →
Adhesion assembly, disassembly and turnover in migrating cells – over and over and over again

2002 619 citations J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
Integrin-dependent phosphorylation and activation of the protein tyrosine kinase pp125FAK in platelets.

1992 592 citations Michael D. Schaller, J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
HDAC6 Modulates Cell Motility by Altering the Acetylation Level of Cortactin

2007 588 citations J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cas and NEDD9 Contribute to Tumor Progression through Dynamic Regulation of the Cytoskeleton 2012 ·Genes & Cancer ·(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons,Amy H. Bouton	34
2	Cellular Characterization of a Novel Focal Adhesion Kinase Inhibitor 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Jill K. Slack‐Davis,Karen H. Martin,Robert W. Tilghman,Marcin Iwanicki,Ethan Ung,Christopher Autry,Michael J. Luzzio,Beth Cooper,John C. Kath,W. Gregory Roberts,J. Thomas Parsons	408
3	Focal adhesion kinase as a regulator of cell tension in the progression of cancer 2007 ·Seminars in Cancer Biology ·Robert W. Tilghman,J. Thomas Parsons	125
4	Cortactin Interacts with WIP in Regulating Arp2/3 Activation and Membrane Protrusion 2003 ·Current Biology ·(unknown),Scott A. Weed,Alissa M. Weaver,Andrei V. Karginov,Eric A. Bissonette,John A. Cooper,J. Thomas Parsons	149
5	Dynamin2 and Cortactin Regulate Actin Assembly and Filament Organization 2002 ·Current Biology ·Dorothy A. Schafer,Scott A. Weed,Derk D. Binns,Andrei V. Karginov,J. Thomas Parsons,John A. Cooper	163
6	The Association of ASAP1, an ADP Ribosylation Factor-GTPase Activating Protein, with Focal Adhesion Kinase Contributes to the Process of Focal Adhesion Assembly 2002 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Yunhao Liu,Joost C. Loijens,Karen H. Martin,Andrei V. Karginov,J. Thomas Parsons	137
7	Interaction of Cortactin and N-WASp with Arp2/3 Complex 2002 ·Current Biology ·Alissa M. Weaver,John E. Heuser,Andrei V. Karginov,(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons,John A. Cooper	227
8	Alterations in the focal adhesion kinase/Src signal transduction pathway correlate with increased migratory capacity of prostate carcinoma cells 2001 ·Oncogene ·Jill K. Slack,Reid B. Adams,Joshua D. Rovin,Eric A. Bissonette,(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons	175
9	Serine Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase in Interphase and Mitosis: A Possible Role in Modulating Binding to p130^Cas 2001 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown),Alan Richardson,Erik Schaefer,J. Thomas Parsons	72
10	Cortactin promotes and stabilizes Arp2/3-induced actin filament network formation 2001 ·Current Biology ·Alissa M. Weaver,Andrei V. Karginov,(unknown),Scott A. Weed,Yan Li,J. Thomas Parsons,John A. Cooper	486
11	A Role for Focal Adhesion Kinase in Phenylephrine-induced Hypertrophy of Rat Ventricular Cardiomyocytes 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Joan M. Taylor,Joshua D. Rovin,J. Thomas Parsons	120
12	Characterization of Graf, the GTPase-activating Protein for Rho Associated with Focal Adhesion Kinase 1998 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Joan M. Taylor,Jeffrey D. Hildebrand,Christopher P. Mack,Michael Cox,J. Thomas Parsons	64
13	Modular Domains of Focal Adhesion-Associated Proteins 1998 ·Current topics in microbiology and immunology ·Joan M. Taylor,Alan Richardson,J. Thomas Parsons	11
14	[9] Assay and purification of focal adhesion kinase 1998 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Judith Lacoste,(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons	4
15	Src family protein tyrosine kinases: cooperating with growth factor and adhesion signaling pathways 1997 ·Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·J. Thomas Parsons,Sarah J. Parsons	341
16	Interaction of Focal Adhesion Kinase with Cytoskeletal Protein Talin 1995 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons,Jeffrey D. Hildebrand,Michael D. Schaller,Jun‐Lin Guan	328
17	SH2 domain specificity and activity modified by a single residue 1994 ·Nature ·Luc E. M. Marengère,Zhou Songyang,Gerald Gish,Michael D. Schaller,J. Thomas Parsons,Michael Stern,Lewis C. Cantley,Tony Pawson	152
18	Identification and Characterization of Novel Substrates for Protein Tyrosine Kinases 1993 ·Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology ·Michael D. Schaller,Amy H. Bouton,Daniel C. Flynn,J. Thomas Parsons	31
19	Tyrosine phosphorylation of three cellular proteins correlates with transformation of rat 1 cells by pp60^src 1991 ·Molecular Carcinogenesis ·Amy H. Bouton,Steven B. Kanner,Richard Vines,J. Thomas Parsons	4
20	Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for the Virion Polypeptide, p27, of Avian Retroviruses 1984 ·Hybridoma ·Sarah J. Parsons,(unknown),Constance M. Ely,J. Thomas Parsons,David C. Benjamin	5

About J. Thomas Parsons

J. Thomas Parsons is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, having authored 100 papers that have together received 18.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (42 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (41 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology and Allergy (8.2k citations), Cell Biology (8.6k citations) and Molecular Biology (10.4k citations). J. Thomas Parsons has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Czechia. Frequent co-authors include Michael D. Schaller, Sarah J. Parsons, Martin A. Schwartz, Alan Rick Horwitz, Bradley S. Cobb, Albert B. Reynolds, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand, Alan F. Horwitz, Donna J. Webb and Cheryl A. Borgman. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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