Everything about BF

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: BFA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, and BA.2.75.2Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Variation in factor B (BF) and complement component 2 (C2) genes is associated with age-related macular degenerationCited 799 times
5. Go sideways: FOA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: ARLA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Variation in factor B (BF) and complement component 2 (C2) genes is associated with age-related macular degeneration

  The AMD Genetics Clinical Study Group, Bert Gold, Joanna E Merriam · 2006 · Nature Genetics · 799 citations

• Solubilities and Diffusivities of Carbon Dioxide in Ionic Liquids: [bmim][PF 6 ] and [bmim][BF 4 ]

  Mark B. Shiflett, A. Yokozeki · 2005 · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · 615 citations

• Winged helix transcription factor BF-1 is essential for the development of the cerebral hemispheres

  Shouhong Xuan, Carlos A Baptista, Gabriela Balas · 1995 · Neuron · 522 citations

• Targeting of cre to the Foxg1 (BF-1) Locus Mediates loxP Recombination in the Telencephalon and Other Developing Head Structures

  Jean M Hébert, Susan K McConnell · 2000 · Developmental Biology · 499 citations

• Essential role of stromal mesenchyme in kidney morphogenesis revealed by targeted disruption of Winged Helix transcription factor BF-2.

  V Hatini, S O Huh, D Herzlinger · 1996 · Genes & Development · 444 citations

• Synthesis of BF 2 chelates of tetraarylazadipyrromethenes and evidence for their photodynamic therapeutic behaviour

  John Killoran, Lorcan Allen, John F. Gallagher · 2002 · Chem. Commun. · 418 citations

• Conductivities, Volumes, Fluorescence, and Aggregation Behavior of Ionic Liquids [C4mim][BF4] and [Cnmim]Br (n = 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) in Aqueous Solutions

  Jianji Wang, Huiyong Wang, Sheli Zhang · 2007 · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 392 citations

• Crystal Structures and Emission Properties of the BF2 Complex 1-Phenyl-3-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-propane-1,3-dione: Multiple Chromisms, Aggregation- or Crystallization-Induced Emission, and the Self-Assembly Effect

  Petra Galer, Romana C. Korošec, Maja Vidmar · 2014 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 379 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, and BA.2.75.2

  Panke Qu, John P. Evans, Julia N. Faraone · 2023 · Cell Host & Microbe · 248 citations

• Estimating the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BF.7 in Beijing after adjustment of the zero-COVID policy in November–December 2022

  Kathy Leung, Eric H. Y. Lau, Carlos K. H. Wong · 2023 · Nature Medicine · 158 citations

• Calibration-free mid-infrared exhaled breath sensor based on BF-QEPAS for real-time ammonia measurements at ppb level

  Biao Li, Chaofan Feng, Hongpeng Wu · 2022 · Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical · 99 citations

• Normative data for the LPFS‐BF 2.0 derived from the Danish general population and relationship with psychosocial impairment

  Laura C. Weekers, Martin Sellbom, Joost Hutsebaut · 2022 · Personality and Mental Health · 70 citations

• Highly stable Pebax® Renew® thin-film nanocomposite membranes with metal organic framework ZIF-94 and ionic liquid [Bmim][BF 4 ] for CO 2 capture

  Lidia Martínez-Izquierdo, Carlos Téllez, Joaquín Coronas · 2022 · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 69 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · 1936
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen R. Covey · 1989
• BlinkMalcolm Gladwell · 2004
• Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 2011
• OutliersMalcolm Gladwell · 2008
• EcritsJacques Lacan, Alan Sheridan · 1966
• InfluenceRobert B. Cialdini · 1983
• The Mismeasure of ManStephen Jay Gould, Stephen Jay Gould · 1981

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