Rise and fall of crystallin gene messenger levels during fibroblast growth factor induced terminal differentiation of lens cells

DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors

1977 • 69,181 citations

A technique for radiolabeling DNA restriction endonuclease fragments to high specific activity

1983 • 26,063 citations

LENS CRYSTALLINS: THE EVOLUTION AND EXPRESSION OF PROTEINS FOR A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TISSUE

1988 • 770 citations

The c-fos transcript is targeted for rapid decay by two distinct mRNA degradation pathways.

1989 • 601 citations

A stem-loop in the 3′ untranslated region mediates iron-dependent regulation of transferrin receptor mRNA stability in the cytoplasm

1988 • 565 citations

Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Eye Lens.

1981 • 447 citations

Isolation of an additional member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor family, FGFR-3.

1991 • 415 citations

Rapid and quantitative preparation of cytoplasmic RNA from small numbers of cells

1988 • 406 citations

The Recruitment of Crystallins: New Functions Precede Gene Duplication

1991 • 335 citations

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) induces different responses in lens epithelial cells depending on its concentration

1989 • 324 citations

Two forms of the basic fibroblast growth factor receptor-like mRNA are expressed in the developing mouse brain.

1990 • 228 citations

Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors from Liver Vary in Three Structural Domains

1991 • 227 citations

A murine fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor expressed in CHO cells is activated by basic FGF and Kaposi FGF.

1990 • 196 citations

Cell division, cell elongation and distribution of α-, β- and γ-crystallins in the rat lens

1978 • 185 citations

The evolution of lenticular proteins: The β- and γ-crystallin super gene family

1988 • 177 citations

Lentropin, a protein that controls lens fiber formation, is related functionally and immunologically to the insulin-like growth factors.

1987 • 165 citations

Induction of Lens Fibre Differentiation by Acidic and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF)

1989 • 155 citations

Cell division, cell elongation and the co-ordination of crystallin gene expression during lens morphogenesis in the rat

1978 • 133 citations

Complete structure of the alpha B-crystallin gene: conservation of the exon-intron distribution in the two nonlinked alpha-crystallin genes.

1985 • 130 citations

Growth factors in the eye

1990 • 122 citations

Growth and Transparency in the Lens, an Epithelial Tissue, Stimulated by Pulses of PDGF

1988 • 120 citations

Crystallin gene expression during rat lens development

1989 • 83 citations

A six-amino acid deletion in basic fibroblast growth factor dissociates its mitogenic activity from its plasminogen activator-inducing capacity.

1991 • 83 citations

Structural analysis of lens epithelial explants induced to differentiate into fibres by fibroblast growth factor (FGF)

1989 • 80 citations

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

1987 • 77 citations

Complete structure of the hamster αA crystallin gene

1985 • 75 citations

Selective degradation of mRNA: the role of short-lived proteins in differential destabilization of insulin-induced creatine phosphokinase and myosin heavy chain mRNAs during rat skeletal muscle L6 cell differentiation.

1988 • 70 citations

Stabilization of mRNA templates in bovine lens epithelial cells

1967 • 65 citations

Developmental expression of crystallin genes: In situ hybridization reveals a differential localization of specific mRNAs

1987 • 64 citations

Differential regulation of γ-crystallin genes during mouse lens development

1987 • 56 citations

Classification of Rat Lens Crystallins and Identification of Proteins Encoded by Rat Lens mRNA

1982 • 47 citations

Age-related changes in fibre differentiation of rat lens epithelial explants exposed to fibroblast growth factor

1990 • 44 citations

Characterization of the rat γ-crystallin gene family and its expression in the eye lens

1985 • 41 citations

Insulin receptors and insulin-like growth factor I receptors are functional during organogenesis of the lens

1990 • 38 citations

Developmental and Physiological Pattern of Aldose Reductase mRNA Expression in Lens and Retina

1989 • 26 citations

DNA methylation as a regulatory mechanism in rat γ-crystallin gene expression

1991 • 25 citations

Aldose reductase mRNA is an epithelial cell-specific gene transcript in both normal and cataractous rat lens.

1990 • 19 citations

Messenger RNA stabilization in chicken lens development: A reexamination

1991 • 19 citations

Sequence divergence and selection of cap sites in the rat gamma-crystallin gene family

1986 • 13 citations