A morphogenetic gradient of hunchback protein organizes the expression of the gap genes Krüppel and knirps in the early Drosophila embryo

A non-radioactive in situ hybridization method for the localization of specific RNAs in Drosophila embryos reveals translational control of the segmentation gene hunchback

1989 • 2,555 citations

The molecular genetics of embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila

1988 • 1,048 citations

The molecular basis for metameric pattern in the Drosophila embryo

1987 • 1,028 citations

The bicoid protein determines position in the Drosophila embryo in a concentration-dependent manner

1988 • 1,022 citations

A gradient of bicoid protein in Drosophila embryos

1988 • 1,015 citations

The bicoid protein is a positive regulator of hunchback transcription in the early Drosophila embryo

1989 • 672 citations

The gradient morphogen bicoid is a concentration-dependent transcriptional activator

1989 • 655 citations

Determination of Anteroposterior Polarity in Drosophila

1987 • 651 citations

Abdominal segmentation, pole cell formation, and embryonic polarity require the localized activity of oskar, a maternal gene in drosophila

1986 • 463 citations

Specification of the Basic Body Pattern in Insect Embryogenesis

1976 • 436 citations

Organization of anterior pattern in the Drosophila embryo by the maternal gene bicoid

1986 • 386 citations

Regulation of the Drosophila segmentation gene hunchback by two maternal morphogenetic centres

1988 • 366 citations

Genetic analysis of a drosophila neural cell adhesion molecule: Interaction of fasciclin I and abelson tyrosine kinase mutations

1990 • 340 citations

The Drosophila posterior-group gene nanos functions by repressing hunchback activity

1989 • 301 citations

hunchback, a gene required for segmentation of an anterior and posterior region of the Drosophila embryo

1987 • 289 citations

Differing strategies for organizing anterior and posterior body pattern in Drosophila embryos

1989 • 222 citations

Abdominal segmentation of the Drosophila embryo requires a hormone receptor-like protein encoded by the gap gene knirps

1988 • 217 citations

Posterior segmentation of the Drosophila embryo in the absence of a maternal posterior organizer gene

1989 • 198 citations

Structure of the Drosophila BicaudalD protein and its role in localizing the posterior determinant nanos

1989 • 185 citations

Cross-regulatory interactions among the gap genes of Drosophila

1986 • 168 citations

Differential regulation of the two transcripts from the Drosophila gap segmentation gene hunchback.

1988 • 149 citations

Krüppel requirement for knirps enhancement reflects overlapping gap gene activities in the Drosophila embryo

1989 • 140 citations

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THREE DOMINANT FEMALE-STERILE MUTATIONS LOCATED ON THE X CHROMOSOME OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1983 • 132 citations

Pole region-dependent repression of the Drosophila gap gene Krüppel by maternal gene products

1987 • 124 citations

Genetic analysis of pattern-formation in the embryo ofDrosophila melanogaster

1977 • 115 citations

Segmental polarity and identity in the abdomen of Drosophila is controlled by the relative position of gap gene expression

1989 • 18 citations