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Biology and Biochemistry

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76
Citations
24754
World Ranking
4982
National Ranking
2394

Medicine

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76
Citations
24757
World Ranking
18687
National Ranking
9311

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Keith L. Parker was affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research spanned primarily the field of Environmental Science, with focused contributions to subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their scholarly work covered key topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, and landslides and related hazards. This specialization was reflected in their publications and research interests.

Among their recent papers were:

  • You don't always have to be a coder, 2020, published in XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students
  • Validation of NWCG Wildfire Directional Indicators in Test Burns in Coastal California, 2023, published in Fire

Keith L. Parker frequently collaborated with co-authors, including Vytenis Babrauskas.

Their research was disseminated in venues such as:

  • XRDS Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students
  • Fire

Throughout their career, Keith L. Parker was recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Leptin Regulates Bone Formation via the Sympathetic Nervous System

    Shu Takeda;Florent Elefteriou;Regis Levasseur;Xiuyun Liu

  • A cell-specific nuclear receptor is essential for adrenal and gonadal development and sexual differentiation

    Xunrong Luo;Yayoi Ikeda;Keith L. Parker

  • Steroidogenic Factor 1: A Key Determinant of Endocrine Development and Function

    Keith L. Parker;Bernard P. Schimmer

  • Steroidogenic factor I, a key regulator of steroidogenic enzyme expression, is the mouse homolog of fushi tarazu-factor I.

    Deepak S. Lala;Douglas A. Rice;Keith L. Parker

  • Developmental expression of mouse steroidogenic factor-1, an essential regulator of the steroid hydroxylases.

    Y. Ikeda;Wen-Hui Shen;H. A. Ingraham;K. L. Parker

  • Nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 regulates the müllerian inhibiting substance gene: A link to the sex determination cascade

    Wen-Hui Shen;Chris C.D. Moore;Yayoi Ikeda;Keith L. Parker

  • The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 acts at multiple levels of the reproductive axis.

    Holly A. Ingraham;Deepak S. Lala;Yayoi Ikeda;Xunrong Luo

  • The LIM homeobox gene Lhx9 is essential for mouse gonad formation.

    Ohad S. Birk;Delane E. Casiano;Christopher A. Wassif;Tiziana Cogliati

  • Targeted disruption of the mouse gene encoding steroidogenic acute regulatory protein provides insights into congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia

    Kathleen M. Caron;Shiu Ching Soo;William C. Wetsel;Douglas M. Stocco

  • The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 is essential for the formation of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus.

    Yayoi Ikeda;Xunrong Luo;Rula Abbud;John H. Nilson

  • Stabilization of β-catenin in XY gonads causes male-to-female sex-reversal

    Danielle M. Maatouk;Leo DiNapoli;Ashley Alvers;Keith L. Parker

  • Characterization of the mouse FTZ-F1 gene, which encodes a key regulator of steroid hydroxylase gene expression

    Yayoi Ikeda;Deepak S. Lala;Xunrong Luo;Edward Kim

  • Steroidogenic factor 1: an essential mediator of endocrine development.

    Keith L. Parker;Douglas A. Rice;Deepak S. Lala;Yayoi Ikeda

  • Hormonal and developmental regulation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein.

    Barbara J. Clark;Shiu Ching Soo;Kathleen M. Caron;Yayoi Ikeda

  • Steroidogenic factor 1 and Dax-1 colocalize in multiple cell lineages: potential links in endocrine development.

    Yoi Ikeda;Amanda Swain;Thomas J. Weber;Kathryn E. Hentges

  • Mutation in the CYP21B gene (Ile-172----Asn) causes steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency

    Mounira Amor;Keith L. Parker;Hadas Globerman;Maria I. New

  • Knockout mice lacking steroidogenic factor 1 are a novel genetic model of hypothalamic obesity

    Gregor Majdic;Morag Young;Elise Gomez-Sanchez;Paul Anderson

  • Cell-Specific Knockout of Steroidogenic Factor 1 Reveals Its Essential Roles in Gonadal Function

    Pancharatnam Jeyasuria;Yayoi Ikeda;Soazik P. Jamin;Liping Zhao

  • A shared promoter element regulates the expression of three steroidogenic enzymes

    Douglas A. Rice;Andrea R. Mouw;Anne M. Bogerd;Keith L. Parker

  • STRUCTURE AND LOCALIZATION OF THE HUMAN GENE ENCODING SR-BI/CLA-1: EVIDENCE FOR TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL BY STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1

    Guoqing Cao;Christine K. Garcia;Kathleen L. Wyne;Roger A. Schultz

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil A. Hanley
Neil A. Hanley University of Manchester
Stuart A. Tobet
Stuart A. Tobet Colorado State University
Jonathan G. Seidman
Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University
David D. Chaplin
David D. Chaplin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Blanche Capel
Blanche Capel Duke University
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Douglas M. Stocco
Douglas M. Stocco Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Ken-ichirou Morohashi
Ken-ichirou Morohashi Kyushu University
Holly A. Ingraham
Holly A. Ingraham University of California, San Francisco

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