Jeffries Wyman
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Jeffries Wyman was an American biologist and biochemist known for his influential work on protein structure and allosteric regulation, including collaborations with Jacques Monod.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeffries Wyman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11120922 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffries Wyman Context triple: [Jacques Monod, coAuthor, Jeffries Wyman]
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A.
John Jay Smith
John Jay Smith was a 19th-century American librarian, editor, and civic leader best known for helping pioneer the rural cemetery movement in the United States.
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B.
William Easton
William Easton is a fictional health insurance executive who becomes a central victim of Jigsaw’s moral tests in the Saw horror film franchise.
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C.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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D.
George Jacobs Jr.
George Jacobs Jr. was a member of the Jacobs family involved in the Salem witch trials of 1692, known primarily as the son of accused witch George Jacobs Sr.
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E.
Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur Aylesworth was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffries Wyman Target entity description: Jeffries Wyman was an American biologist and biochemist known for his influential work on protein structure and allosteric regulation, including collaborations with Jacques Monod.
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A.
John Jay Smith
John Jay Smith was a 19th-century American librarian, editor, and civic leader best known for helping pioneer the rural cemetery movement in the United States.
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B.
William Easton
William Easton is a fictional health insurance executive who becomes a central victim of Jigsaw’s moral tests in the Saw horror film franchise.
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C.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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D.
George Jacobs Jr.
George Jacobs Jr. was a member of the Jacobs family involved in the Salem witch trials of 1692, known primarily as the son of accused witch George Jacobs Sr.
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E.
Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur Aylesworth was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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biochemist ⓘ biologist ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Jacques Monod
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Jean-Pierre Changeux ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
allosteric regulation
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biochemistry ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ protein chemistry ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
cooperative binding
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hemoglobin ⓘ ligand binding equilibria ⓘ protein conformational change ⓘ thermodynamics of macromolecules ⓘ |
| influenced |
research on cooperative ligand binding in proteins
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the development of modern allosteric models ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to the theory of allostery
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contributions to the understanding of protein structure ⓘ quantitative thermodynamic treatment of ligand binding ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
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| notableWork |
collaborative work on allosteric proteins with Jacques Monod
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studies on hemoglobin structure and function ⓘ theory of allosteric regulation of proteins ⓘ thermodynamic analysis of protein conformational transitions ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Harvard University
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Institut Pasteur ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jeffries Wyman Description of subject: Jeffries Wyman was an American biologist and biochemist known for his influential work on protein structure and allosteric regulation, including collaborations with Jacques Monod.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.