The making of a spermatozoon: A molecular perspective

Mammalian G1 cyclins

1993 • 1,990 citations

3 The sertoli cell

1992 • 938 citations

DNA methylation and gene activity

1988 • 904 citations

Cell-Cell Interactions in the Testis*

1991 • 660 citations

Experimental Approaches to Mammalian Embryonic Development

1987 • 596 citations

Structure and Utilization of Tubulin Isotypes

1988 • 474 citations

Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases: take your partners

1993 • 441 citations

Interactions Between Germ Cells and Sertoli Cells in the Testis

1995 • 417 citations

Physiology of Reproduction.

1971 • 395 citations

Chromosome pairing via multiple interstitial interactions before and during meiosis in yeast

1994 • 358 citations

The Sertoli-Germ Cell Communication Network in Mammals

1993 • 341 citations

Cell Cycle Regulation in the Yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe

1991 • 326 citations

Cloning and functional expression of a cyclic-nucleotide-gated channel from mammalian sperm

1994 • 312 citations

Immortalization of germ cells and somatic testicular cells using the SV40 large T antigen

1992 • 262 citations

Histones and Other Basic Nuclear Proteins

2024 • 247 citations

S. pombe mei2+ encodes an RNA-binding protein essential for premeiotic DNA synthesis and meiosis I, which cooperates with a novel RNA species meiRNA

1994 • 236 citations

Protamine 3'-untranslated sequences regulate temporal translational control and subcellular localization of growth hormone in spermatids of transgenic mice.

1989 • 235 citations

RAN1 + controls the transition from mitotic division to meiosis in fission yeast

1985 • 228 citations

Spermatid-specific expression of protamine 1 in transgenic mice.

1987 • 223 citations

Protein Secretions of Sertoli Cells

1988 • 207 citations

Sequence analysis of cytoplasmic mRNA-binding proteins of Xenopus oocytes identifies a family of RNA-binding proteins.

1992 • 204 citations

Immortalized germ cells undergo meiosis in vitro.

1994 • 199 citations

Mammalian Spermatogenesisin Vivoandin Vitro: A Partnership of Spermatogenic and Somatic Cell Lineages*

1994 • 193 citations

Poly(A) shortening accompanies the activation of translation of five mRNAs during spermiogenesis in the mouse

1989 • 192 citations

Xenopus Y-box transcription factors: molecular cloning, functional analysis and developmental regulation.

1990 • 192 citations

Microinjection of antisense c-mos oligonucleotides prevents meiosis II in the maturing mouse egg.

1989 • 182 citations

Mammalian spermatogenic gene expression

1987 • 179 citations

Transmeiotic differentiation of male germ cells in culture

1993 • 177 citations

Regulation of 'haploid expressed genes' in male germ cells

1990 • 176 citations

Anandamide (arachidonylethanolamide), a brain cannabinoid receptor agonist, reduces sperm fertilizing capacity in sea urchins by inhibiting the acrosome reaction.

1994 • 175 citations

Mouse Mos protooncogene product is present and functions during oogenesis.

1989 • 173 citations

Binding of a phosphoprotein to the 3' untranslated region of the mouse protamine 2 mRNA temporally represses its translation.

1993 • 157 citations

Mammalian Protamines: Structure and Molecular Interactions

1989 • 135 citations

GERMINAL-CELL LOSS IN NORMAL METAZOAN SPERMATOGENESIS

1973 • 135 citations

Transcriptional regulatory regions of testis-specific PGK2 defined in transgenic mice.

1989 • 131 citations

DNA Replication in the Chromosomes of Eukaryotes

1974 • 129 citations

Transgenic mice demonstrate a testis-specific promoter for angiotensin-converting enzyme

1991 • 125 citations

Sperm-specific expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is mediated by a 91-base-pair promoter containing a CRE-like element.

1993 • 115 citations

Different forms of soluble cytoplasmic mRNA binding proteins and particles in Xenopus laevis oocytes and embryos.

1991 • 113 citations

Analysis of the mouse protamine 1 promoter in transgenic mice.

1993 • 109 citations

Pachytene Spermatocyte Proteins Influence Sertoli Cell Function1

1988 • 105 citations

Isolation of the murine cyclin B2 cDNA and characterization of the lineage and temporal specificity of expression of the B1 and B2 cyclins during oogenesis, spermatogenesis and early embryogenesis

1993 • 102 citations

Cytochrome c: Immunofluorescent Localization of the Testis-Specific Form

1977 • 97 citations

Three Drosophila Beta-Tubulin Sequences: A Developmentally Regulated Isoform (β 3), the Testis-Specific Isoform (β 2), and an Assembly-Defective Mutation of the Testis-Specific Isoform (B2T⁸) Reveal Both an Ancient Divergence in Metazoan Isotypes and Structural Constraints for Beta-Tubulin Function

1987 • 95 citations

Genetic Control of Spermatogenesis in Mice

1987 • 95 citations

Incorporation of (3H)uridine by the chromatoid body during rat spermatogenesis.

1976 • 95 citations

Proteins Homologous to the Xenopus Germ Cell-Specific RNA-Binding Proteins p54/p56 Are Temporally Expressed in Mouse Male Germ Cells

1993 • 91 citations

Stage‐Specific expression of rat transition protein 2 mrna and possible localization to the chromatoid body of step 7 spermatids by in situ hybridization using a nonradioactive riboprobe

1992 • 88 citations

Storage of messenger RNA in eukaryotes: Envelopment with protein, translational barrier at 5′ side, or conformational masking by 3′ side?

1994 • 86 citations

Transcription of the testis-specific mouse protamine 2 gene in a homologous in vitro transcription system.

1990 • 80 citations

DNA binding, multimerization, and transcription stimulation by the Xenopus Y box proteins in vitro.

1992 • 80 citations

Cytoplasmic localization during storage and translation of the mrnas of transition protein 1 and protamine 1, two translationally regulated transcripts of the mammalian testis

1991 • 68 citations

Three Drosophila beta-tubulin sequences: a developmentally regulated isoform (beta 3), the testis-specific isoform (beta 2), and an assembly-defective mutation of the testis-specific isoform (B2t8) reveal both an ancient divergence in metazoan isotypes and structural constraints for beta-tubulin function.

1987 • 68 citations

Tau, the Neuronal Heat-Stable Microtubule-Associated Protein, is also Present in the Cross-Linked Microtubule Network of the Testicular Spermatid Manchette1

1992 • 67 citations

Two major components of synaptonemal complexes are specific for meiotic prophase nuclei

1988 • 66 citations

Gene Expression during Spermatogenesis

1993 • 66 citations

Development of the Germ Cell

1993 • 65 citations

Changes in mRNA length accompany translational regulation of the somatic and testis-specific cytochrome c genes during spermatogenesis in the mouse

1990 • 64 citations

Identification and Developmental Expression of a Smooth-Muscle γ-Actin in Postmeiotic Male Germ Cells of Mice

1989 • 64 citations

Actin and RNA are components of the chromatoid bodies in spermatids of the rat

1984 • 59 citations

Distinct patterns of expression of the D‐type cycling during testicular development in the mouse

1995 • 59 citations

Spermatogenic cell differentiation in vitro

1983 • 55 citations

Regulation of β‐tubulin function and expression in Drosophila spermatogenesis

1995 • 53 citations

Differentiation of Spermatogenic Cells from Vertebrates in Vitro

1987 • 53 citations

Poly (A) binding protein is bound to both stored and polysomal mRNAs in the mammalian testis

1995 • 53 citations

Utilization of an alternative transcription initiation site of somatic cytochrome c in the mouse produces a testis-specific cytochrome c mRNA.

1993 • 52 citations

Tracing the Incorporation of the Sperm Tail in the Mouse Zygote and Early Embryo Using an Anti-testicular α-Tubulin Antibody

1993 • 52 citations

Localization of a highly divergent mammalian testicular alpha tubulin that is not detectable in brain.

1988 • 52 citations

Factors involved in regulation of the RT7 promoter in a male germ cell-derived in vitro transcription system.

1992 • 50 citations

Identification and developmental expression of a smooth-muscle gamma-actin in postmeiotic male germ cells of mice.

1989 • 46 citations

Biochemical analysis of programmed cell death during premeiotic stages of spermatogenesis in vivo and in vitro

1995 • 41 citations

Expression of the rat protamine 2 gene is suppressed at the level of transcription and translation

1990 • 40 citations

Studies of metabolism of round spermatids: glucose as unfavorable substrate

1986 • 39 citations

Germ cell‐sertoli cell interactions: Regulation by germ cells of the stage‐specific expression of CP‐2/cathepsin LmRNA by sertoli cells

1995 • 38 citations

Culture of pachytene spermatocytes for analysis of meiosis

1995 • 38 citations

Genomic organization of a mouse glyceraldehyde 3‐phosphate dehydrogenase gene (Gapd‐s) expressed in post‐meiotic spermatogehic cells

1995 • 36 citations

Germ cell control of testin production is inverse to that of other Sertoli cell products.

1993 • 34 citations

Translational control in development: A perspective

1993 • 32 citations

Murine β1,4-galactosyltransferase: round spermatid transcripts are characterized by an extended 5′-untranslated region

1992 • 32 citations

A germ cell factor(s) modulates preproenkephalin gene expression in rat Sertoli cells

1992 • 31 citations

Cell interactions in testis development: Overexpression of c‐mos in spermatocytes leads to increased germ cell proliferation

1995 • 31 citations

A haploid and a diploid cell cycle coexist in an in vitro immortalized spermatogenic cell line

1995 • 31 citations

Genes in Mammalian Reproduction

1993 • 30 citations

Poly(A)+ Ribonucleic Acids are Enriched in Spermatocyte Nuclei but Not in Chromatoid Bodies in the Rat Testis1

1994 • 28 citations

A 29,000 Mr protein derived from round spermatids regulates Sertoli cell secretion

1993 • 26 citations

In Vitro Maintenance of Spermatogenesis in Xenopus Laevis Testis Explants Cultured in Serum-Free Media1

1987 • 25 citations

Nucleotide sequence of a mouse testis poly(A) binding protein cDNA

1992 • 25 citations

The CpG‐rich promoter of human LDH‐C is differentially methylated in expressing and nonexpressing tissues

1995 • 21 citations

Regulation of Spermatogenesis in the Adult Mammal: Gonadotropins and Androgens

1993 • 21 citations

Cellular Interactions in the Seminiferous Epithelium

1993 • 16 citations

Cellular localization of the mRNAs of the somatic and testis‐specific cytochromes c during spermatogenesis in the rat

1993 • 15 citations

Identification of two positive transcriptional elements within the 91‐base pair promoter for mouse testis angiotensin converting enzyme (testis ACE)

1995 • 14 citations

Support of Xenopus Laevis Spermatogenesis in Vitro by Different Energy Substrates1

1990 • 10 citations

The Cell Biology of the Sertoli Cell

1993 • 9 citations

Transcriptional regulation of Sertoli cell differentiation (transferrin promoter activation) during testicular development

1995 • 7 citations

Meiosis: Components and process in nuclear differentiation

1992 • 5 citations

The Process of Meiosis

1993 • 4 citations

Patterns of Expression and Potential Functions of Cellular Oncogenes and Heat Shock Protein Genes During Germ Cell Development

1993 • 2 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations