T. E. Thompson

14.2k citations

177 papers · 13.1k · 4 hit papers · h-index 62

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Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
Biochemistry top 0.2%
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Papers in

Molecular Biology 146
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 133
- Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling 27
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 25
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research 16
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 30
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 26

Co-authors: Yechezkel Barenholz (30 shared papers)Y. Barenholz (11 shared papers)Barry R. Lentz (7 shared papers)M. B. Sankaram (8 shared papers)Winchil L.C. Vaz (10 shared papers)Thomas W. Tillack (12 shared papers)Chunbo Huang (8 shared papers)Rodney L. Biltonen (10 shared papers)
Journals: Biochemistry (62 papers)Biophysical Journal (20 papers)Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes (16 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (8 papers)Chemistry and Physics of Lipids (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Israel

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T. E. Thompson

170 papers receiving 11.9k citations

T. E. Thompson's Hit Papers

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Lateral diffusion in the liquid phases of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/cholesterol lipid bilayers: a free volume analysis 1992 · 510 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1992 Biochemistry
1977 Biochemistry
1976 Biochemistry
1976 Biochemistry

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1	A simple method for the preparation of homogeneous phospholipid vesicles Biochemistry ·Y. Barenholz, D.C. Gibbes, Burton J. Litman, J. Goll, T. E. Thompson, Francis D. Carlson Hit paper breakdown →	1977	821
2	Fluorescence depolarization studies of phase transitions and fluidity in phospholipid bilayers. 2. Two-component phosphatidylcholine liposomes Biochemistry ·Barry R. Lentz, Yechezkel Barenholz, T. E. Thompson Hit paper breakdown →	1976	731
3	Lateral diffusion in the liquid phases of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/cholesterol lipid bilayers: a free volume analysis Biochemistry ·Paulo F. Almeida, Winchil L.C. Vaz, T. E. Thompson Hit paper breakdown →	1992	510
4	A calorimetric and fluorescent probe study of the gel-liquid crystalline phase transition in small, single-lamellar dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles Biochemistry ·J. Suurkuusk, Barry R. Lentz, Y. Barenholz, Rodney L. Biltonen, T. E. Thompson Hit paper breakdown →	1976	452
5	Fluorescence depolarization studies of phase transitions and fluidity in phospholipid bilayers. 1. Single component phosphatidylcholine liposomes Biochemistry ·Barry R. Lentz, Y. Barenholz, T. E. Thompson	1976	370
6	Organization of Glycosphingolipids in Bilayers and Plasma Membranes of Mammalian Cells PubMed ·T. E. Thompson, Thomas W. Tillack	1985	360
7	Sphingomyelins in bilayers and biological membranes Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Yechezkel Barenholz, T. E. Thompson	1980	344
8	Interaction of cholesterol with various glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelin Biochemistry ·M. B. Sankaram, T. E. Thompson	1990	288
9	Studies on the anomalous thermotropic behavior of aqueous dispersions of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine-cholesterol mixtures Biochemistry ·Timothy N. Estep, Donald B. Mountcastle, Rodney L. Biltonen, T. E. Thompson	1978	275
10	Cholesterol-induced fluid-phase immiscibility in membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·M. B. Sankaram, T. E. Thompson	1991	274
11	Solubilization of bacterial membrane proteins using alkyl glucosides and dioctanoyl phosphatidylcholine Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Carl B. Baron, T. E. Thompson	1975	255
12	Modulation of phospholipid acyl chain order by cholesterol. A solid-state deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance study Biochemistry ·M. B. Sankaram, T. E. Thompson	1990	221
13	Mechanism of the spontaneous transfer of phospholipids between bilayers Biochemistry ·M. Roseman, T. E. Thompson	1980	207
14	Protonic conductance across phospholipid bilayer membranes induced by uncoupling agents for oxidative phosphorylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ulrich Hopfer, Albert L. Lehninger, T. E. Thompson	1968	197
15	Effect of surface curvature on stability, thermodynamic behavior, and osmotic activity of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine single lamellar vesicles Biochemistry ·Dov Lichtenberg, Ernesto Freire, Carla Schmidt, Y. Barenholz, Philip L. Felgner, T. E. Thompson	1981	184
16	Lateral diffusion and percolation in two-phase, two-component lipid bilayers. Topology of the solid-phase domains in-plane and across the lipid bilayer Biochemistry ·Paulo F. Almeida, Winchil L.C. Vaz, T. E. Thompson	1992	181
17	Fusion of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles Biochemistry ·Stephen E. Schullery, Carla Schmidt, Philip L. Felgner, Thomas W. Tillack, T. E. Thompson	1980	176
18	A calorimetric study of the thermotropic behavior of aqueous dispersions of natural and synthetic sphingomyelins Biochemistry ·Y. Barenholz, J. Suurkuusk, Donald B. Mountcastle, T. E. Thompson, Rodney L. Biltonen	1976	175
19	[45] Preparation of homogeneous, single-walled phosphatidylcholine vesicles Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Chunbo Huang, T. E. Thompson	1974	166
20	Sphingomyelins in bilayers and biological membranes Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes ·Yechezkel Barenholz, T. E. Thompson	1980	156

About T. E. Thompson

T. E. Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physiology, having authored 177 papers that have together received 13.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (133 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (27 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (26 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (21 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (18 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (17 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (11.0k citations), Biochemistry (880 citations), Cell Biology (1.2k citations), Spectroscopy (1.2k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.2k citations). T. E. Thompson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Yechezkel Barenholz, Y. Barenholz, Barry R. Lentz, M. B. Sankaram, Winchil L.C. Vaz, Thomas W. Tillack, Chunbo Huang, Rodney L. Biltonen, Paulo F. Almeida and Carla Schmidt. Their work appears in journals such as Biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, Journal of Molecular Biology and Chemistry and Physics of Lipids.

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