Steel-Dickie mutation encodes a c-kit ligand lacking transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains.

Single-Step Method of RNA Isolation by Acid Guanidinium Thiocyanate–Phenol–Chloroform Extraction

1987 • 64,270 citations

Genomic sequencing.

1984 • 8,343 citations

Generation of single-stranded DNA by the polymerase chain reaction and its application to direct sequencing of the HLA-DQA locus.

1988 • 1,582 citations

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

1990 • 1,448 citations

The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

1988 • 1,390 citations

The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

1988 • 1,336 citations

The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the SI locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus

1990 • 1,208 citations

Hereditary Anemias of the Mouse: A Review for Geneticists

1979 • 1,141 citations

A novel form of TNF/cachectin is a cell surface cytotoxic transmembrane protein: Ramifications for the complex physiology of TNF

1988 • 1,105 citations

Identification of a ligand for the c-kit proto-oncogene

1990 • 970 citations

Human transforming growth factor-α: Precursor structure and expression in E. coli

1984 • 888 citations

Molecular cloning of mast cell growth factor, a hematopoietin that is active in both membrane bound and soluble forms

1990 • 870 citations

Identification, purification, and biological characterization of hematopoietic stem cell factor from buffalo rat liver-conditioned medium

1990 • 837 citations

Primary structure and functional expression of rat and human stem cell factor DNAs

1990 • 779 citations

The kit ligand: A cell surface molecule altered in steel mutant fibroblasts

1990 • 777 citations

Mast cell growth factor maps near the steel locus on mouse chromosome 10 and is deleted in a number of steel alleles

1990 • 632 citations

Organization, distribution, and stability of endogenous ecotropic murine leukemia virus DNA sequences in chromosomes of Mus musculus

1982 • 611 citations

Molecular bases of dominant negative and loss of function mutations at the murine c-kit/white spotting locus: W37, Wv, W41 and W.

1990 • 599 citations

Nucleotide sequence of epidermal growth factor cDNA predicts a 128,000-molecular weight protein precursor

1983 • 520 citations

Structure of a Mouse Submaxillary Messenger RNA Encoding Epidermal Growth Factor and Seven Related Proteins

1983 • 448 citations

Cloning and sequence analysis of a cDNA for rat transforming growth factor-α

1985 • 388 citations

The Cellular Basis of the Genetically Determined Hemopoietic Defect in Anemic Mice of Genotype Sl/Sld

1965 • 345 citations

Purification and characterization of vaccinia virus growth factor

1985 • 238 citations

Studies of Sl/Sl d↔ + / + mouse aggregation chimaeras : II. Effect of the steel locus on spermatogenesis

1988 • 50 citations

Biosynthesis of Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (CSF-1): Differential Processing of CSF-1 Precursors Suggests Alternative Mechanisms for Stimulating CSF-1 Receptors

1989 • 29 citations

Studies of SI/Sl d ↔ + /+ mouse aggregation chimaeras : I. Different distribution patterns between melanocytes and mast cells in the skin

1988 • 19 citations