James H. Thomas

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

James H. Thomas is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, James H. Thomas has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Aging, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in James H. Thomas's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (64 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (23 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (17 papers). James H. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (64 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (23 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (17 papers). James H. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. James H. Thomas's co-authors include David Botstein, Michael Ailion, Takao Inoue, Peter Novick, Gerald R. Fink, Mark D. Rose, Joshua McElwee, Peter Swoboda, Ryan Emerson and Norma Neff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

James H. Thomas

132 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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A Saccharomyces cerevisiae genomic plasmid bank based on a centromere-containing shuttle vector

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Primate evolution of the recombination regulator PRDM9 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Jerrod J. Schwartz, David J. Roach, James H. Thomas, Jay Shendure	57
2	Coevolution of retroelements and tandem zinc finger genes 2011 ·Genome Research ·James H. Thomas, (unknown)	148
3	Livedo Reticularis and Bowel Ischemia after Carbon Dioxide Arteriography in a Patient with CREST Syndrome 2011 ·Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ·Philip L. Johnson, (unknown), Jill E. Arnold, James H. Thomas	11
4	Genetic Analysis of Dauer Formation in Caenorhabditis briggsae 2007 ·Genetics ·Takao Inoue, Michael Ailion, Shirley Poon, (unknown), James H. Thomas, Paul W. Sternberg	31
5	Efficient high-resolution deletion discovery in Caenorhabditis elegans by array comparative genomic hybridization 2007 ·Genome Research ·(unknown), Stéphane Flibotte, Mark L. Edgley, (unknown), Rebecca R. Selzer, Todd Richmond, (unknown), James H. Thomas, Donald G. Moerman	78
6	Concerted Evolution of Two Novel Protein Families in Caenorhabditis Species 2006 ·Genetics ·James H. Thomas	31
7	Recurrent symptomatic aortic sac seroma after open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair 2005 ·Journal of Vascular Surgery ·Robert Cuff, James H. Thomas	20
8	High Genetic Diversity in the Chemoreceptor Superfamily of Caenorhabditis elegans 2004 ·Genetics ·M. Kathryn Stewart, Nathan L Clark, Gennifer E. Merrihew, (unknown), James H. Thomas	41
9	NCR-1 and NCR-2, the C. elegans homologs of the human Niemann-Pick type C1 disease protein, function upstream of DAF-9 in the dauer formation pathways 2004 ·Development ·Jie Li, G. Baldwin Brown, Michael Ailion, Samuel Lee, James H. Thomas	75
10	XBX-1 Encodes a Dynein Light Intermediate Chain Required for Retrograde Intraflagellar Transport and Cilia Assembly inCaenorhabditis elegans 2003 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Jenny Schäfer, Courtney J. Haycraft, James H. Thomas, Bradley K. Yoder, Peter Swoboda	108
11	A Transmembrane Guanylyl Cyclase (DAF-11) and Hsp90 (DAF-21) Regulate a Common Set of Chemosensory Behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans 2000 ·Genetics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hong Tian, (unknown), James H. Thomas	287
12	Social Life and the Single Nucleotide 1998 ·Cell ·James H. Thomas	8
13	24 Feeding and Defecation 1997 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Leon Avery, James H. Thomas	108
14	Behavioral Defects in C. elegans egl-36 Mutants Result from Potassium Channels Shifted in Voltage-Dependence of Activation 1997 ·Neuron ·Duncan B. Johnstone, Aguan Wei, (unknown), Lawrence Salkoff, James H. Thomas	49
15	Chemosensory Neurons Function in Parallel to Mediate a Pheromone Response in C. elegans 1996 ·Neuron ·Wendy Schackwitz, Takao Inoue, James H. Thomas	261
16	Thermosensation: Some like it hot 1995 ·Current Biology ·James H. Thomas	3
17	THE ROLE OF PANCREATOGASTROSTOMY FOLLOWING PANCREATODUODENECTOMY FOR TRAUMA 1994 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Romano Delcore, Jay S. Stauffer, James H. Thomas, George E. Pierce	26
18	Sequence of C. elegans lag-2 reveals a cell-signalling domain shared with Delta and Serrate of Drosophila 1994 ·Nature ·Frans E. Tax, (unknown), James H. Thomas	221
19	Cell interactions coordinate the development of the C. elegans egg-laying system 1990 ·Cell ·James H. Thomas, Michael Stern, H. Robert Horvitz	122
20	Significance of tumor spread in adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of vater 1989 ·The American Journal of Surgery ·Romano Delcore, Carol S. Connor, James H. Thomas, Stanley R. Friesen, Arlo S. Hermreck	42

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