A perfect vulva every time: Gradients and signaling cascades in C. elegans

Floor plate and motor neuron induction by different concentrations of the amino-terminal cleavage product of sonic hedgehog autoproteolysis

1995 • 886 citations

The lin-12 locus specifies cell fates in caenorhabditis elegans

1983 • 598 citations

Graded changes in dose of a Xenopus activin A homologue elicit stepwise transitions in embryonic cell fate

1990 • 508 citations

The let-23 gene necessary for Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction encodes a tyrosine kinase of the EGF receptor subfamily

1990 • 420 citations

Pattern formation during vulval development in C. elegans

1986 • 411 citations

The gene lin-3 encodes an inductive signal for vulval development in C. elegans

1992 • 392 citations

lin-12, a nematode homeotic gene, is homologous to a set of mammalian proteins that includes epidermal growth factor

1985 • 369 citations

Activin signalling and response to a morphogen gradient

1994 • 328 citations

Reciprocal changes in expression of the receptor lin-12 and its ligand lag-2 prior to commitment in a C. elegans cell fate decision

1994 • 254 citations

Multiple intercellular signalling systems control the development of the Caenorhabditis elegans vulva

1991 • 246 citations

Cell autonomy of lin-12 function in a cell fate decision in C. elegans

1989 • 241 citations

Lateral inhibition during vulval induction in Caenorhabditis elegans

1988 • 218 citations

A MAP kinase homolog, mpk-1, is involved in ras-mediated induction of vulval cell fates in Caenorhabditis elegans.

1994 • 212 citations

Different Levels of the C. elegans growth factor LIN-3 promote distinct vulval precursor fates

1995 • 200 citations

Hedgehog and beyond

1995 • 149 citations

Sequential signalling during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction

1995 • 130 citations

lin-25, a gene required for vulval induction in Caenorhabditis elegans.

1995 • 61 citations