J. Thomas Parsons

16.3k citations

76 papers · 13.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 44

Co-authors: Michael D. Schaller Jeffrey D. Hildebrand Keith Burridge Mark H. Ginsberg Martin A. Schwartz Anne J. Ridley Gary G. Borisy Richard Firtel
Topics: Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (29 papers)Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers)Virus-based gene therapy research (13 papers)
Cited by: Immunology and Allergy Cell Biology Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Switzerland United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

J. Thomas Parsons

75 papers receiving 13.0k citations

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5 papers align trajectories

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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 Migration: Integrating Signals from Front to Back

2003 3.9k citations J. Thomas Parsons et al. profile →
Autophosphorylation of the focal adhesion kinase, pp125FAK, directs SH2-dependent binding of pp60src.

1994 785 citations Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
Cell adhesion or integrin clustering increases phosphorylation of a focal adhesion-associated tyrosine kinase.

1992 649 citations J. Thomas Parsons, Michael D. Schaller et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Focal Adhesion Kinase: a regulator of focal adhesion dynamics and cell movement

2000 568 citations J. Thomas Parsons, Karen H. Martin et al. Oncogene profile →
Focal adhesion kinase and paxillin bind to peptides mimicking beta integrin cytoplasmic domains.

1995 507 citations Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Simultaneous capture of single cell RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and CRISPR perturbation enables multiomic screens to identify gene regulatory relationships 2025 ·Cell Reports Methods ·(unknown),Yeqing Angela Yang,(unknown),K. Mäder,Volkan Sevi̇m,J. Thomas Parsons,(unknown),Hasnaa A. Elfawy,(unknown),Scot Federman,(unknown),(unknown),Eric D. Chow,Laralynne Przybyla	0
2	Human Parainfluenza Virus (HPIV) Detection in Hospitalized Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in the Western Cape, South Africa during 2014–2022 Reveals a Shift in Dominance of HPIV 3 and 4 Infections 2023 ·Diagnostics ·J. Thomas Parsons,Stephen N.J. Korsman,Heidi Smuts,Marvin Hsiao,Ziyaad Valley‐Omar,(unknown),Diana Hardie	6
3	SRChing for the substrates of Src 2013 ·Oncogene ·Albert B. Reynolds,S B Kanner,Amy H. Bouton,Michael D. Schaller,Scott A. Weed,Daniel C. Flynn,J. Thomas Parsons	35
4	The Reorientation of Cell Nucleus Promotes the Establishment of Front–Rear Polarity in Migrating Fibroblasts 2013 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons,Michael J. Weber,Marcin Iwanicki,Tomáš Vomastek	31
5	Mass spectrometric analysis identifies a cortactin–RCC2/TD60 interaction in mitotic cells 2012 ·Journal of Proteomics ·Pablo R. Grigera,Li Ma,Cheryl A. Borgman,Antônio F. M. Pinto,Nicholas E. Sherman,J. Thomas Parsons,Jay W. Fox	16
6	FRNK, the autonomously expressed C‐terminal region of focal adhesion kinase, is uniquely regulated in vascular smooth muscle: Analysis of expression in transgenic mice 2005 ·Journal of Cellular Biochemistry ·Haruko Hayasaka,(unknown),E. Daniel Hershey,Koh‐hei Masumoto,J. Thomas Parsons	18
7	Regulation of focal adhesion targeting and inhibitory functions of the FAK related protein FRNK using a novel estrogen receptor “switch” 2002 ·Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton ·Karen H. Martin,Scott A. Boerner,J. Thomas Parsons	14
8	Identification of two focal adhesion targeting sequences in the adapter molecule p130Cas 2000 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Mary T. Harte,(unknown),(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons,Amy H. Bouton	25
9	Focal Adhesion Kinase: a regulator of focal adhesion dynamics and cell movementbreakdown → 2000 ·Oncogene ·J. Thomas Parsons,Karen H. Martin,Jill K. Slack,Joan M. Taylor,Scott A. Weed	568
10	Chicken Macrophage Stimulating Protein Is a Ligand of the Receptor Protein-tyrosine Kinase Sea 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Robert C. Wahl,Rou-Yin Hsu,Janice L. Huff,Mary Anne Jelinek,Kui Chen,Paul Courchesne,Scott D. Patterson,J. Thomas Parsons,Andrew A. Welcher	19
11	Integrin-mediated signaling in normal and malignant cells: a role of protein tyrosine kinases 1996 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer ·Rajesh Malik,J. Thomas Parsons	24
12	The tyrosine kinase receptors Ron and Sea control "scattering" and morphogenesis of liver progenitor cells in vitro. 1996 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Enzo Médico,(unknown),Janice L. Huff,Mary Anne Jelinek,Antonia Follenzi,Giovanni Gaudino,J. Thomas Parsons,Paolo M. Comoglio	127
13	Integrin-mediated signalling: regulation by protein tyrosine kinases and small GTP-binding proteins 1996 ·Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·J. Thomas Parsons	252
14	Paxillin, a tyrosine phosphorylated focal adhesion-associated protein binds to the carboxyl terminal domain of focal adhesion kinase. 1995 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Jeffrey D. Hildebrand,Michael D. Schaller,J. Thomas Parsons	296
15	CD40 signaling pathway: anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody induces rapid dephosphorylation and phosphorylation of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins including protein tyrosine kinase Lyn, Fyn, and Syk and the appearance of a 28-kD tyrosine phosphorylated protein. 1994 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Mary Faris,Felicia Gaskin,J. Thomas Parsons,Shu Man Fu	117
16	プロトオンコジーンc‐seaはMet/肝細胞成長因子/scatter因子レセプターに関連する膜貫通プロテイン‐チロシンキナーゼをコードする 1993 ·Proc Natl Acad Sci USA ·Janice L. Huff,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),J. Thomas Parsons	42
17	Focal adhesion kinase: an integrin-linked protein tyrosine kinase 1993 ·Trends in Cell Biology ·Michael D. Schaller,J. Thomas Parsons	152
18	Identification and Sequence Analysis of cDNAs Encoding a 110-Kilodalton Actin Filament-Associated pp60 ^src Substrate 1993 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Daniel C. Flynn,Tzeng‐Horng Leu,Albert B. Reynolds,J. Thomas Parsons	30
19	Closing the GAP in a signal transduction pathway 1990 ·Trends in Genetics ·J. Thomas Parsons	17
20	Stable Association of Activated pp60 ^src with Two Tyrosine-Phosphorylated Cellular Proteins 1989 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Albert B. Reynolds,Steven B. Kanner,Hwa‐Chain Robert Wang,J. Thomas Parsons	159

About J. Thomas Parsons

J. Thomas Parsons is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology and Animal Science and Zoology, having authored 76 papers that have together received 13.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (29 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology and Allergy (5.7k citations), Cell Biology (6.2k citations) and Molecular Biology (7.1k citations). J. Thomas Parsons has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael D. Schaller, Jeffrey D. Hildebrand, Keith Burridge, Mark H. Ginsberg, Martin A. Schwartz, Anne J. Ridley, Gary G. Borisy, Richard Firtel, Alan Rick Horwitz and Alan Richardson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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