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1993 • 1,523 citations

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1992 • 530 citations

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1996 • 341 citations

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1989 • 334 citations

A potential marker protease of invasiveness, seprase, is localized on invadopodia of human malignant melanoma cells.

1994 • 242 citations

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1996 • 232 citations

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1993 • 216 citations

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1995 • 207 citations

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1992 • 206 citations

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1995 • 188 citations

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1993 • 182 citations

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1994 • 165 citations

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1992 • 160 citations

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1992 • 154 citations

Tyrosine phosphorylation of membrane proteins mediates cellular invasion by transformed cells.

1992 • 136 citations

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1991 • 131 citations

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1990 • 116 citations

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