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1990 • 929 citations

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1989 • 155 citations

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1995 • 154 citations

Evidence that fibroblast growth factor promotes lens fibre differentiation

1987 • 127 citations

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1989 • 80 citations

Differential expression of crystallin genes during development of the rat eye lens

1987 • 77 citations

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1992 • 73 citations

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1984 • 73 citations

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1996 • 65 citations

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1992 • 52 citations

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1991 • 49 citations

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1990 • 44 citations

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1993 • 39 citations

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