Thomas Shafee

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Thomas Shafee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Shafee has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Microbiology and 7 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Thomas Shafee's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (11 papers) and Wikis in Education and Collaboration (7 papers). Thomas Shafee is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (11 papers) and Wikis in Education and Collaboration (7 papers). Thomas Shafee collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and India. Thomas Shafee's co-authors include Mark R. Bleackley, Rohan G. T. Lowe, Marilyn A. Anderson, Stephen K. Dolan, Neil J. Shirley, Mark D. Hulett, Fung T. Lay, Nicole L. van der Weerden, Thanh Kha Phan and Kathy Parisi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Shafee

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Transcriptomics technologies

2017 656 citations Rohan G. T. Lowe, Neil J. Shirley et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Glycosyl transferase GT2 genes mediate the biosynthesis of an unusual (1,3;1,4)‐β‐glucan exopolysaccharide in the bacterium Sarcina ventriculi 2024 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Edwin R. Lampugnani, (unknown), Yin Ying Ho, Allison van de Meene, Jelle Lahnstein, (unknown), Rachel A. Burton, Geoffrey B. Fincher, Thomas Shafee, Antony Bacic, Jochen Zimmer, Xiaohui Xing, Vincent Bulone, Monika S. Doblin, Eric M. Roberts	1
2	Hyperpolarisation of Mitochondrial Membranes Is a Critical Component of the Antifungal Mechanism of the Plant Defensin, Ppdef1 2024 ·Journal of Fungi ·Kathy Parisi, James A. McKenna, Rohan G. T. Lowe, Karen S. Harris, Thomas Shafee, Rosemary F. Guarino, (unknown), Nicole L. van der Weerden, Mark R. Bleackley, Marilyn A. Anderson	11
3	Distinct functions of FASCICLIN-LIKE ARABINOGALACTAN PROTEINS relate to domain structure 2023 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), Thomas Shafee, (unknown), Julian Ratcliffe, Colleen P. MacMillan, Shawn D. Mansfield, Antony Bacic, Kim L. Johnson	17
4	Evolution of cnidarian trans‐defensins: Sequence, structure and exploration of chemical space 2019 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·(unknown), Thomas Shafee, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Raymond S. Norton	23
5	Mapping the chemical and sequence space of the ShKT superfamily 2019 ·Toxicon ·Thomas Shafee, (unknown), Raymond S. Norton	11
6	Wikidata: A large-scale collaborative ontological medical database 2019 ·Journal of Biomedical Informatics ·(unknown), Thomas Shafee, Mohamed Ali Hadj Taieb, Mohamed Ben Aouicha, Denny Vrandečić, (unknown), (unknown)	21
7	Salt-Tolerant Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of the Corn Defensin ZmD32 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), James A. McKenna, Peta J. Harvey, Pedro Quimbar, Donovan Garcia‐Ceron, Fung T. Lay, Thanh Kha Phan, Prem K. Veneer, (unknown), Kathy Parisi, Thomas Shafee, Nicole L. van der Weerden, Mark D. Hulett, David J. Craik, Marilyn A. Anderson, Mark R. Bleackley	61
8	Differences in protein structural regions that impact functional specificity in GT2 family β-glucan synthases 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Daniel P. Oehme, Thomas Shafee, Matthew T. Downton, Antony Bacic, Monika S. Doblin	23
9	Molecular basis for the production of cyclic peptides by plant asparaginyl endopeptidases 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Mark A. Jackson, Edward K. Gilding, Thomas Shafee, Karen S. Harris, Quentin Kaas, Simon Poon, Kuok Yap, (unknown), Riccardo Guarino, Lai Yue Chan, Thomas Durek, Marilyn A. Anderson, David J. Craik	98
10	The evolution, function and mechanisms of action for plant defensins 2018 ·Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology ·Kathy Parisi, Thomas Shafee, Pedro Quimbar, Nicole L. van der Weerden, Mark R. Bleackley, Marilyn A. Anderson	166
11	A Centipede Toxin Family Defines an Ancient Class of CSαβ Defensins 2018 ·Structure ·(unknown), Thomas Shafee, Peta J. Harvey, Chuchu Zhang, Steve Peigneur, Jennifer R. Deuis, Irina Vetter, Jan Tytgat, Marilyn A. Anderson, David J. Craik, Thomas Durek, Eivind A. B. Undheim	25
12	Evolution of Wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future 2017 ·Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) ·Thomas Shafee, Gwinyai Masukume, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James Heilman	1
13	Transcriptomics technologies breakdown → 2017 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Rohan G. T. Lowe, Neil J. Shirley, Mark R. Bleackley, Stephen K. Dolan, Thomas Shafee	656
14	Evolution of Wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future 2017 ·Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ·Thomas Shafee, Gwinyai Masukume, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James Heilman	64
15	WikiJournal of Medicine, the first Wikipedia-integrated academic journal 2017 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Thomas Shafee, (unknown), Gwinyai Masukume, (unknown)	1
16	Convergent evolution of defensin sequence, structure and function 2016 ·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences ·Thomas Shafee, Fung T. Lay, Thanh Kha Phan, Marilyn A. Anderson, Mark D. Hulett	159
17	Structural homology guided alignment of cysteine rich proteins 2016 ·SpringerPlus ·Thomas Shafee, Andrew Robinson, (unknown), Marilyn A. Anderson	16
18	The Defensins Consist of Two Independent, Convergent Protein Superfamilies 2016 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Thomas Shafee, Fung T. Lay, Mark D. Hulett, Marilyn A. Anderson	115
19	Biosynthesis of cyclotides 2015 ·Figshare ·Thomas Shafee, Karen S. Harris, Marilyn A. Anderson	5
20	Handicap‐Recover Evolution Leads to a Chemically Versatile, Nucleophile‐Permissive Protease 2015 ·ChemBioChem ·Thomas Shafee, Pietro Gatti‐Lafranconi, (unknown), Florian Hollfelder	9

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