Towards understanding the control of the division cycle in animal cells

Cyclin is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway

1991 • 2,355 citations

The Cell in Development and Heredity

1925 • 1,750 citations

A major developmental transition in early xenopus embryos: I. characterization and timing of cellular changes at the midblastula stage

1982 • 1,635 citations

Cytoplasmic control of nuclear behavior during meiotic maturation of frog oocytes

1971 • 1,553 citations

Cyclin: A protein specified by maternal mRNA in sea urchin eggs that is destroyed at each cleavage division

1983 • 1,506 citations

Tyrosine phosphorylation of the fission yeast cdc2+ protein kinase regulates entry into mitosis

1989 • 1,237 citations

Cyclin synthesis drives the early embryonic cell cycle

1989 • 1,223 citations

Calcium Channels, Stores, and Oscillations

1990 • 1,208 citations

Feedback control of mitosis in budding yeast

1991 • 1,167 citations

Complementation used to clone a human homologue of the fission yeast cell cycle control gene cdc2

1987 • 1,153 citations

S. cerevisiae genes required for cell cycle arrest in response to loss of microtubule function

1991 • 1,125 citations

The role of cyclin synthesis and degradation in the control of maturation promoting factor activity

1989 • 1,114 citations

Transplantation of living nuclei from blastula cells into enucleated frogs’ eggs

1952 • 1,095 citations

Negative regulation of mitosis by wee1+, a gene encoding a protein kinase homolog

1987 • 1,004 citations

THE COMPARATIVE BEHAVIOR OF MAMMALIAN EGGS IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

1935 • 983 citations

cdc25+ functions as an inducer in the mitotic control of fission yeast

1986 • 973 citations

The nuclear envelope lamina is reversibly depolymerized during mitosis

1980 • 956 citations

Isolation of a human cyclin cDNA: Evidence for cyclin mRNA and protein regulation in the cell cycle and for interaction with p34cdc2

1989 • 920 citations

Purified maturation-promoting factor contains the product of a Xenopus homolog of the fission yeast cell cycle control gene cdc2+

1988 • 885 citations

cdc25 is a specific tyrosine phosphatase that directly activates p34cdc2

1991 • 870 citations

The Xenopus cdc2 protein is a component of MPF, a cytoplasmic regulator of mitosis

1988 • 829 citations

Activation of cdc2 protein kinase during mitosis in human cells: Cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation and subunit rearrangement

1988 • 786 citations

Mammalian Cell Fusion : Studies on the Regulation of DNA Synthesis and Mitosis

1970 • 759 citations

The biology of the cell cycle

1971 • 730 citations

Mammalian Cell Fusion : Induction of Premature Chromosome Condensation in Interphase Nuclei

1970 • 699 citations

Cyclin is a component of maturation-promoting factor from Xenopus

1990 • 674 citations

cdc2 protein kinase is complexed with both cyclin A and B: Evidence for proteolytic inactivation of MPF

1989 • 666 citations

The c-mos proto-oncogene product is a cytostatic factor responsible for meiotic arrest in vertebrate eggs

1989 • 654 citations

THE GENETIC CONTROL OF MEIOSIS

1976 • 653 citations

Purification of maturation-promoting factor, an intracellular regulator of early mitotic events.

1988 • 640 citations

Formation in Vitro of Sperm Pronuclei and Mitotic Chromosomes Induced by Amphibian Ooplasmic Components

1983 • 630 citations

Initiation of DNA replication in nuclei and purified DNA by a cell-free extract of Xenopus eggs

1986 • 622 citations

Function of c-mos proto-oncogene product in meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes

1988 • 617 citations

Monoclonal antibodies to mitotic cells.

1983 • 609 citations

A role for the nuclear envelope in controlling DNA replication within the cell cycle

1988 • 605 citations

Cell cycle dynamics of an M-phase-specific cytoplasmic factor in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.

1984 • 575 citations

MPF from starfish oocytes at first meiotic metaphase is a heterodimer containing one molecule of cdc2 and one molecule of cyclin B.

1989 • 550 citations

Genetic Control of the Cell-Division Cycle in Yeast, I. Detection of Mutants

1970 • 547 citations

cdc2 is a component of the M phase-specific histone H1 kinase: Evidence for identity with MPF

1988 • 535 citations

The clam embryo protein cyclin A induces entry into M phase and the resumption of meiosis in Xenopus oocytes

1986 • 534 citations

Specific activation of cdc25 tyrosine phosphatases by B-type cyclins: Evidence for multiple roles of mitotic cyclins

1991 • 509 citations

The cdc25 protein controls tyrosine dephosphorylation of the cdc2 protein in a cell-free system

1991 • 504 citations

The cell cycle control gene cdc2+ of fission yeast encodes a protein kinase potentially regulated by phosphorylation

1986 • 502 citations

Inhibitory effect of dibutyryl cAMP on mouse oocyte maturation in vitro

1974 • 498 citations

Isolation and Identification of Meiosis Inducing Substance in Starfish Asterias amurensis

1969 • 455 citations

An Outline of General Physiology.

1944 • 452 citations

Translation of cyclin mRNA is necessary for extracts of activated Xenopus eggs to enter mitosis

1989 • 438 citations

The three postblastoderm cell cycles of Drosophila embryogenesis are regulated in G2 by string

1990 • 434 citations

Control of Cell Division by Very Lysine Rich Histone (F1) Phosphorylation

1974 • 429 citations

Progesterone-stimulated meiotic cell division in Xenopus oocytes. Induction by regulatory subunit and inhibition by catalytic subunit of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase.

1977 • 419 citations

The Occurrence of Intercellular Bridges in Groups of Cells Exhibiting Synchronous Differentiation

1959 • 418 citations

Induction of nuclear envelope breakdown, chromosome condensation, and spindle formation in cell-free extracts.

1985 • 407 citations

The interaction of steroids with Rana pipiens oocytes in the induction of maturation

1971 • 400 citations

Expression and function of Drosophila cyclin a during embryonic cell cycle progression

1989 • 399 citations

Is calcium ionophore a universal activator for unfertilised eggs?

1974 • 388 citations

p13suc1 acts in the fission yeast cell division cycle as a component of the p34cdc2 protein kinase.

1987 • 387 citations

Regulation of the cell cycle during early Xenopus development

1984 • 376 citations

Free calcium increases explosively in activating medaka eggs.

1977 • 367 citations

Purification of MPF from starfish: Identification as the H1 histone kinase p34cdc2 and a possible mechanism for its periodic activation

1989 • 366 citations

Microtubule configurations during fertilization, mitosis, and early development in the mouse and the requirement for egg microtubule-mediated motility during mammalian fertilization.

1985 • 364 citations

Regulated replication of DNA microinjected into eggs of Xenopus laevis

1980 • 362 citations

Completion of DNA replication is monitored by a feedback system that controls the initiation of mitosis in vitro: Studies in Xenopus

1990 • 354 citations

REGULATORY GENES CONTROLLING MITOSIS IN THE FISSION YEAST SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE

1980 • 350 citations

RAS proteins can induce meiosis in xenopus oocytes

1985 • 341 citations

Identification of p34 and p13, human homologs of the cell cycle regulators of fission yeast encoded by cdc2+ and suc1+

1987 • 341 citations

Cell cycle control by the nucleo-cytoplasmic ratio in early Drosophila development

1986 • 338 citations

The Product of the mos Proto-Oncogene as a Candidate "Initiator" for Oocyte Maturation

1989 • 333 citations

Fission yeast p13 blocks mitotic activation and tyrosine dephosphorylation of the Xenopus cdc2 protein kinase

1989 • 327 citations

Activation at M-phase of a protein kinase encoded by a starfish homologue of the cell cycle control gene cdc2+

1988 • 314 citations

Sequence of the cell division gene CDC2 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe; patterns of splicing and homology to protein kinases

1984 • 313 citations

Cyclin is a component of the sea urchin egg M-phase specific histone H1 kinase.

1989 • 308 citations

Mitotic mutants ofAspergillus nidulans

1975 • 303 citations

Changes in somatic cell nuclei inserted into growing and maturing amphibian oocytes

1968 • 303 citations

Synthesis of Desoxyribonucleic Acid in Normal and Irradiated Cells and Its Relation to Chromosome Breakage

1986 • 301 citations

Effects of cycloheximide on a cytoplasmic factor initiating meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes

1975 • 294 citations

Relative roles of the pituitary, follicle cells, and progesterone in the induction of oocyte maturation in Rana pipiens

1967 • 291 citations

Selective translation of mRNA controls the pattern of protein synthesis during early development of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima

1980 • 281 citations

Okadaic acid, a potent inhibitor of type 1 and type 2A protein phosphatases, activates cdc2/H1 kinase and transiently induces a premature mitosis-like state in BHK21 cells.

1990 • 280 citations

Effects of actinomycin D on macromolecule synthesis and early development in sea urchin eggs

1963 • 280 citations

Induction of synchronous cell division in mass cultures of Tetrahymena piriformis

1954 • 278 citations

Regulation of meiotic metaphase by a cytoplasmic maturation-promoting factor during mouse oocyte maturation

1988 • 270 citations

Changes in protein phosphorylation accompanying maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes

1977 • 269 citations

On the synthesis and destruction of A- and B-type cyclins during oogenesis and meiotic maturation in Xenopus laevis.

1991 • 262 citations

Changes in the cell cycle during early amphibian development

1966 • 259 citations

Meiotic initiation by the mos protein in Xenopus

1992 • 253 citations

Mitotic factors from mammalian cells induce germinal vesicle breakdown and chromosome condensation in amphibian oocytes.

1979 • 252 citations

Phosphorylation of Very‐Lysine‐Rich Histone in Physarum polycephalum

1973 • 250 citations

Partial purification and characterization of the maturation-promoting factor from eggs of Xenopus laevis

1980 • 246 citations

Morphological observations on growth and differentiation of Physarum polycephalum grown in pure culture

1961 • 244 citations

The role of cyclin B in meiosis I.

1989 • 241 citations

The requirements for protein synthesis and degradation, and the control of destruction of cyclins A and B in the meiotic and mitotic cell cycles of the clam embryo.

1992 • 236 citations

Involvement of cdc13+ in mitotic control in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: possible interaction of the gene product with microtubules.

1988 • 234 citations

INH, a negative regulator of MPF, is a form of protein phosphatase 2A

1991 • 231 citations

CELL CYCLE-SPECIFIC CHANGES IN HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION ASSOCIATED WITH CELL PROLIFERATION AND CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION

1974 • 223 citations

Triggering of cyclin degradation in interphase extracts of amphibian eggs by cdc2 kinase

1990 • 222 citations

Cloning and sequencing of the cyclin-related Cdc13 + gene and a cytological study of its role in fission yeast mitosis

1988 • 220 citations

The cyclic behavior of a cytoplasmic factor controlling nuclear membrane breakdown.

1978 • 216 citations

Role of the oocyte nucleus in physiological maturation in Rana pipiens

1969 • 212 citations

The Multiplicity of the Mitotic Centers and the Time-Course of Their Duplication and Separation

1960 • 210 citations

Regulation of MPF activity in vitro

1988 • 209 citations

Epistatic gene interactions in the control of division in fission yeast

1979 • 208 citations

Generality of the action of various maturation-promoting factors

1982 • 195 citations

The release of calcium in Arbacia eggs on fertilization

1937 • 185 citations

Okadaic acid, a specific protein phosphatase inhibitor, induces maturation and MPF formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes

1989 • 179 citations

Interaction between cdc13+ and cdc2+ in the control of mitosis in fission yeast; dissociation of the G1 and G2 roles of the cdc2+ protein kinase.

1987 • 177 citations

Centrosome duplication continues in cycloheximide-treated Xenopus blastulae in the absence of a detectable cell cycle.

1990 • 176 citations

Cyclin synthesis, modification and destruction during meiotic maturation of the starfish oocyte

1987 • 176 citations

Site of action of 1-methyladenine in inducing oocyte maturation in starfish

1975 • 174 citations

Independent inactivation of MPF and cytostatic factor (Mos) upon fertilization of Xenopus eggs

1991 • 174 citations

Action of hormones on germinal vesicle breakdown in frog (Rana pipiens) oocytes

1967 • 173 citations

Maturation-promoting factor induces nuclear envelope breakdown in cycloheximide-arrested embryos of Xenopus laevis.

1983 • 169 citations

On the origin and persistence of a cytoplasmic state inducing nuclear DNA synthesis in frogs' eggs.

1967 • 165 citations

Behaviour of Differentiated Nuclei in Heterokaryons of Animal Cells from Different Species

1965 • 160 citations

The effect of puromycin on protein metabolism and cell division in fertilized sea urchin eggs

1961 • 160 citations

Aster formation in eggs of Xenopus laevis. Induction by isolated basal bodies.

1975 • 158 citations

Studies on the appearance and nature of a maturation-inducing factor in the cytoplasm of amphibian oocytes exposed to progesterone

1974 • 157 citations

Meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes In Vitro: inhibition of maturation at specific stages of nuclear progression

1976 • 156 citations

Cyclin B targets p34cdc2 for tyrosine phosphorylation.

1991 • 152 citations

Activation of M-phase-specific histone H1 kinase by modification of the phosphorylation of its p34cdc2 and cyclin components.

1990 • 150 citations

The regulation of dna synthesis and mitosis in multinucleate frog eggs

1966 • 147 citations

STUDIES ON THE EVENTS RESULTING IN THE FORMATION OF AN EGG CHAMBER IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.

1964 • 143 citations

Involvement of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A in the control of M phase-promoting factor activity in starfish.

1989 • 141 citations

Control of programmed cyclin destruction in a cell-free system.

1989 • 138 citations

The induction of reversible and irreversible chromosome decondensation by protein synthesis inhibition during meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes

1983 • 137 citations

Activity of the maturation-promoting factor and the extent of protein phosphorylation oscillate simultaneously during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes

1983 • 137 citations

SYNCHRONIZATION OF MITOSIS BY THE FUSION OF THE PLASMODIA OF PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM

1966 • 133 citations

Ability of the c- mos Product to Associate with and Phosphorylate Tubulin

1991 • 132 citations

Hormone-induced release of intracellular Ca2+ triggers meiosis in starfish oocytes

1978 • 130 citations

Parthenogenetic activation of mouse oocytes induced by inhibitors of protein synthesis

1978 • 128 citations

Periodic DNA synthesis in cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs.

1987 • 127 citations

A post-ribosomal supernatant from activated Xenopus eggs that displays post-translationally regulated oscillation of its cdc2+ mitotic kinase activity.

1989 • 126 citations

Oscillation of MPF is accompanied by periodic association between cdc25 and cdc2-cyclin B

1992 • 119 citations

Studies on sulfhydryl groups during cell division of sea-urchin eggs

1966 • 115 citations

Role of spindle microtubules in the control of cell cycle timing.

1979 • 113 citations

The timing of synthesis of proteins required for mitosis in the cell cycle of the sea urchin embryo*1

1983 • 111 citations

On the coupling between DNA replication and mitosis

1989 • 111 citations

Activation of myelin basic protein kinases during echinoderm oocyte maturation and egg fertilization

1988 • 110 citations

Meiotic Arrest in Animal Oocytes

1985 • 109 citations

The origin of the germ cells in Drosophila melanogaster

1923 • 109 citations

Protein synthesis and the cell cycle: centrosome reproduction in sea urchin eggs is not under translational control.

1990 • 108 citations

Chromosome Cycles Turned on in Unfertilized Sea Urchin Eggs Exposed to NH ₄ OH

1974 • 108 citations

Ca and Mg control of cytostatic factors from Rana pipiens oocytes which cause metaphase and cleavage arrest

1977 • 106 citations

Initiation of meiotic maturation in Xenopus laevis oocytes by the combination of divalent cations and ionophore A23187

1975 • 106 citations

THE DEVELOPMENT OF HALF AND QUARTER EGGS OF ARBACIA PUNCTULATA AND OF STRONGLY CENTRIFUGED WHOLE EGGS

1932 • 106 citations

The cyclin B2 component of MPF is a substrate for the c-mosxe proto-oncogene product

1990 • 105 citations

Role of protein synthesis and proteases in production and inactivation of maturation-promoting activity during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes

1985 • 104 citations

Control of chromosome behavior in amphibian oocytes

1973 • 103 citations

Xenopus oocyte maturation does not require new cyclin synthesis.

1991 • 102 citations

Progression from meiosis I to meiosis II in Xenopus oocytes requires de novo translation of the mosxe protooncogene.

1991 • 100 citations

p40MO15, a cdc2-related protein kinase involved in negative regulation of meiotic maturation of Xenopus oocytes.

1990 • 99 citations

Inhibition of oocyte maturation by theophylline: Possible mechanism of action

1976 • 98 citations

Purification and characterization of maturation-promoting factor in fish

1992 • 96 citations

Progesterone induced maturation in oocytes of Xenopus laevis. Appearance of a ‘maturation promoting factor’ in enucleated oocytes

1973 • 95 citations

THE R OLE OF THE GERMINAL VESICLE IN OOECYTE MATURATION IN ANURANS AS REVEALED BY THE REMOVAL AND TRANSPLANTATION OF NUCLEI.

1964 • 95 citations

Effects of cycloheximide on the “autocatalytic” nature of the maturation promoting factor (MPF) in oocytes of Xenopus laevis

1975 • 95 citations

A cell division mutant of drosophila with a functionally abnormal spindle

1985 • 95 citations

Protein factor(s) from mitotic CHO cells induce meiotic maturation in Xenopus laevis oocytes

1980 • 95 citations

Cytoplasmic control of nuclear maturation in mouse oocytes

1977 • 94 citations

Chapter 3 Mitotic Synchrony in the Plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum and Mitotic Synchronization by Coalescence of Microplasmodia

1964 • 93 citations

INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM AND CELL CLEAVAGE IN EARLY EMBRYOS OF XENOPUS LAEVIS

1972 • 93 citations

Calcium, potassium, and sodium exchange by full-grown and maturing Xenopus laevis oocytes

1977 • 93 citations

Ovarian Progesterone Levels During in vitro Oocyte Maturation and Ovulation in Xenopus laevis

1975 • 93 citations

ON THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION AND THE ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF NORMAL LARVÆ (PLUTEI) FROM THE UNFERTILIZED EGGS OF THE SEA URCHIN

1899 • 93 citations

Proto-oncogene expression in germ cell development

1988 • 90 citations

Role for Protein Phosphorylation in Meiosis and in the Early Cleavage Phase of Amphibian Embryonic Development

1972 • 90 citations

Metaphase protein phosphorylation in Xenopus laevis eggs.

1987 • 90 citations

Temporal pattern of cleavage and the onset of gastrulation in amphibian embryos developed from eggs with the reduced cytoplasm

1981 • 88 citations

Induction of ovulation in vitro in Rana pipiens with steroids

1961 • 87 citations

Calcium transients during early development in single starfish (Asterias forbesi) oocytes.

1984 • 86 citations

An M-phase-specific protein kinase of Xenopus oocytes: Partial purification and possible mechanism of its periodic activation

1988 • 85 citations

Progesterone-induced maturational events in oocytes of Xenopus laevis *1I. Continuous necessity for diffusible calcium and magnesium

1971 • 84 citations

Experiments on cleavage and localization in the nemertine-egg

1903 • 83 citations

A cytostatic factor in amphibian oocytes: Its extraction and partial characterization

1974 • 76 citations

Method for the Preparation of Active Maturation Promoting Factor (MPF) from in vitro Matured Oocytes of Xenopus laevis

1978 • 74 citations

Induction of nuclear breakdown and meiosis in Spisula solidissima oocytes by calcium ionophore

1975 • 73 citations

INDUCTION OF PROPHASE IN INTERPHASE NUCLEI BY FUSION WITH METAPHASE CELLS

1972 • 70 citations

Mitosis-inducing factors are present in a latent form during interphase in the Xenopus embryo.

1988 • 69 citations

The pattern of cell division in the early development of the sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus

1978 • 69 citations

Increase of cellular constituents in X-irradiated mammalian cells

1958 • 69 citations

Action of actinomycin and puromycin upon frog oocyte maturation

1966 • 68 citations

Spermatozoan response to the toad egg matured after removal of germinal vesicle

1976 • 68 citations

MUTATIONS AFFECTING CELL DIVISION IN TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS. I. SELECTION AND GENETIC ANALYSIS

1976 • 68 citations

Microtubule cycles in oocytes of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima: An immunofluorescence study

1986 • 67 citations

Sequential forms of ATPase activity correlated with changes in cation binding and membrane potential from meiosis to first cleavage in R. pipiens

1971 • 67 citations

Properties of a cytostatic factor from Xenopus laevis eggs

1979 • 67 citations

Ha-rasVal-12,Thr-59 activates S6 kinase and p34cdc2 kinase in Xenopus oocytes: evidence for c-mosxe-dependent and -independent pathways.

1990 • 66 citations

Induction of starfish oocyte maturation by disulfide-reducing agents

1973 • 65 citations

Evidence for the presence of inhibitors of mitotic factors during G1 period in mammalian cells.

1983 • 65 citations

Temperature-sensitive Mammalian Cell Line Blocked in Mitosis

1974 • 63 citations

CONDITIONAL MUTANTS IN CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII BLOCKED IN THE VEGETATIVE CELL CYCLE

1973 • 62 citations

Active maturation-promoting factor is present in mature mouse oocytes.

1985 • 62 citations

Roles of Divalent Cations in Maturation and Activation of Vertebrate Oocytes *

1977 • 62 citations

Distribution of the cytoplasmic activity inducing germinal vesicle breakdown in frog oocytes

1972 • 61 citations

Effects of actinomycin, puromycin and cycloheximide upon the maturation of amphibian ovocytes

1967 • 61 citations

Swelling of hen erythrocyte nuclei in cytoplasm from Xenopus eggs

1972 • 60 citations

The Role of “Cytostatic Factor (CSF)” in the Control of Oocyte Cell Cycles: A Summary of 20 Years of Study

1991 • 60 citations

Incorporation of Amino Acids During Maturation In Vitro by the Mouse Oocyte: Effect of Puromycin on Protein Synthesis

1972 • 55 citations

ANTIMITOTIC SUBSTANCES FROM OVARIES

1954 • 55 citations

Cell division and protein synthesis in Tetrahymena, as studied with p-fluorophenylalanine.

1962 • 54 citations

Control of chromosome behavior in amphibian oocytes. II. The effect of inhibitors of RNA and protein synthesis on the induction of chromosome condensation in transplanted brain nuclei by oocyte cytoplasm.

1976 • 54 citations

The formation of centrosomes in enucleated egg‐fragments

1905 • 53 citations

THE INITIATION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN EGGS OF RANA PIPIENS

1966 • 52 citations

Calcium influx following fertilization of Urechis caupo eggs

1977 • 52 citations

Preliminary characterization of maturation-promoting factor from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae *

1987 • 52 citations

Stabilization and enhancement of primary cytostatic factor (CSF) by ATP and NaF in amphibian egg cytosols

1988 • 52 citations

Activation of Xenopus Laevis eggs in the absence of intracellular Ca activity by the protein phosphorylation inhibitor, 6‐dimethylaminopurine (6‐DMAP)

1992 • 52 citations

Release of mature starfish oocytes from interphase arrest by microinjection of human centrosomes

1987 • 50 citations

Experiments on the initiation of division in Stentor coeruleus

1956 • 49 citations

Calcium uptake and release by dividing sea urchin eggs

1972 • 48 citations

Changes in protein phosphorylation during the cell cycle of Chinese hamster ovary cells.

1985 • 48 citations

Chimeras and nuclear transplantations in ciliates, stentor coeruleus X S. polymorphus

1953 • 48 citations

Is Cleavage Rate a Function of the Cytoplasm or of the Nucleus?

1933 • 47 citations

Dose-dependent relationship between oocyte cytoplasmic volume and transformation of sperm nuclei to metaphase chromosomes

1987 • 46 citations

Progesterone-Induced Meiotic Reinitation in vitro in Xenopus laevis Oocytes

1977 • 45 citations

Pelomyxa carolinensis Wilson. II. Nuclear division and plasmotomy

1947 • 45 citations

Maturation of Xenopus oocytes is not accompanied by electrode-detectable calcium changes

1985 • 45 citations

Artificial parthenogenesis and fertilization

1913 • 40 citations

Über den Einfluss der Samenzelle auf die Larvencharaktere der Echiniden

1903 • 39 citations

p-Fluoropheiiylalanine and ‘Division-related Proteins’

1974 • 38 citations

Calcium‐ and Cyclic AMP‐independent, Labile Protein Kinase Appearing during Starfish Oocyte Maturation: its Extraction and Partial Characterization*

1985 • 38 citations

Microinjection of a Conserved Peptide Sequence of p34 ^cdc2 Induces a Ca ²⁺ Transient in Oocytes

1990 • 37 citations

Cell cycle timing in colchicine‐treated sea urchin eggs: Persistent coordination between the nuclear cycles and the rhythm of cortical stiffness

1984 • 37 citations

Furchung und bildung der keimanlage bei der mehlmotte ephestia kuehniella zell. Nebst einer allgemeinen �bersicht uber den verlauf der embryonalentwicklung

1931 • 37 citations

Characterization of protein kinases in mitotic and meiotic cell extracts

1984 • 36 citations

Suppression of chromosome condensation during meiotic maturation induces parthenogenetic development of mouse oocytes

1988 • 35 citations

Parallel pathways of cell cycle control during Xenopus egg activation.

1991 • 34 citations

PERIODIC CHANGES IN THE CONTENT OF PROTEIN-BOUND SULFHYDRYL GROUPS AND TENSION AT THE SURFACE OF STARFISH OOCYTES IN CORRELATION WITH THE MEIOTIC DIVISION CYCLE*

1976 • 34 citations

Inhibition by dibutyryl cyclic AMP of the transition to metaphase of mouse oocyte nuclei and its reversal by cell fusion to metaphase oocytes

1985 • 33 citations

A cyclin-abundance cycle-independent p34cdc2 tyrosine phosphorylation cycle in early sea urchin embryos.

1991 • 33 citations

Studies on Sulfhydryl Groups during Cell Division of Sea Urchin Egg

1962 • 31 citations

Extraction and preliminary characterization of maturation-promoting factor from starfish oocytes

1986 • 28 citations

Experimental Induction of Ovulation with Progesterone

1937 • 28 citations

The Stimulus for Maturation and for Ovulation of the Frog's Egg

1940 • 27 citations

Calcium-induced chromatin condensation and cyclin phosphorylation during chromatin condensation cycles in ammonia-activated sea urchin eggs

1989 • 27 citations

Cyclin B mRNA depletion only transiently inhibits the Xenopus embryonic cell cycle

1991 • 26 citations

Progesterone and cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulate in vivo the level of phosphorylation of two proteins (Mr 20,000 and Mr 32,000) in Xenopus oocytes

1986 • 25 citations

Protein synthesis requirement for maturation promoting factor (MPF) initiation of meiotic maturation in Rana oocytes

1979 • 25 citations

Analysis of isolated sea urchin nuclei incubated in egg cytosol

1978 • 23 citations

Development of Microtubule‐Dependence of the Chromosome Cycle at the Midblastula Transition in Xenopus laevis Embryos

1992 • 23 citations

Fertilization of nucleate and anucleate egg fragments in the mouse

1980 • 23 citations

Synthesis of Macromolecules and Maturation of Starfish Ovocytes

1967 • 22 citations

Molecular characteristics of cytostatic factors in amphibian egg cytosols

1989 • 22 citations

tpr-met Oncogene Product Induces Maturation-Producing Factor Activation in Xenopus Oocytes

1991 • 21 citations

Some effects on cell division in Pelomyxa carolinensis following x‐irradiation, treatment with bis (β‐chloroethyl)‐methyl amine and experimental plasmogamy (fusion)

1952 • 19 citations

Protein phosphorylation during oocyte maturation

1974 • 19 citations

Roles of Ca ions and ooplasmic factors in the resumption of metaphase-arrested meiosis in Rana pipiens oocytes.

1984 • 17 citations

Identification of mitosis-specific p65 dimer as a component of human M phase-promoting factor.

1990 • 17 citations

Sperm head decondensation by a high molecular weight fraction of sea urchin egg homogenate

1980 • 16 citations

Behavior of sperm nuclei injected into intact ripening and ripe toad oocytes and into oocytes ripening after removal of the germinal vesicle.

1975 • 10 citations

Cell division in the giant amoeba, pelomyxa carolinensis, following x‐irradiation. I. Therapeutic effects after fusion with either nonirradiated light or heavy halves of centrifuged amoebae immediately following exposure

1952 • 10 citations

Identification of an activator required for elevation of maturation-promoting factor (MPF) activity by gamma-S-ATP.

1990 • 9 citations

A novel mutation involved in the mitotic checkpoint in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

1993 • 7 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations