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1982 • 1,065 citations

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1984 • 775 citations

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1991 • 724 citations

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1986 • 622 citations

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1989 • 613 citations

Monoclonal antibodies to mitotic cells.

1983 • 609 citations

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1984 • 575 citations

γ-Tubulin is a highly conserved component of the centrosome

1991 • 566 citations

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1990 • 558 citations

The subcellular organization of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells during the formation of a polarized epithelium.

1989 • 498 citations

γ-Tubulin is a centrosomal protein required for cell cycle-dependent microtubule nucleation

1992 • 447 citations

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1990 • 446 citations

γ-Tubulin is present in Drosophila melanogaster and homo sapiens and is associated with the centrosome

1991 • 405 citations

p34cdc2 is located in both nucleus and cytoplasm; part is centrosomally associated at G2/M and enters vesicles at anaphase.

1989 • 376 citations

Centrosome development in early mouse embryos as defined by an autoantibody against pericentriolar material

1983 • 323 citations

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1993 • 300 citations

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1987 • 292 citations

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1985 • 255 citations

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1984 • 246 citations

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1990 • 176 citations

Molecular components of the centrosome

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γ-Tubulin participates in the formation of the midbody during cytokinesis in mammalian cells

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1992 • 135 citations

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

1989 • 126 citations

Drosophila gamma-tubulin is part of a complex containing two previously identified centrosomal MAPs.

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The role of subunit entropy in cooperative assembly. Nucleation of microtubules and other two-dimensional polymers

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γ-Tubulin reorganization during mouse fertilization and early development

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1976 • 109 citations

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Nucleation of microtubules from mitotic centrosomes is modulated by a phosphorylated epitope

1990 • 108 citations

Regulation of microtubule dynamics and nucleation during polarization in MDCK II cells.

1990 • 107 citations

Cryoelectron Microscopy of Microtubules

1993 • 97 citations

Effects of brain microtubule‐associated proteins on microtubule dynamics and the nucleating activity of centrosomes

1990 • 96 citations

α‐, β‐, and γ‐tubulins: Sequence comparisons and structural constraints

1991 • 95 citations

In vitro microtubule-nucleating activity of spindle pole bodies in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: cell cycle-dependent activation in xenopus cell-free extracts

1992 • 89 citations

Heterogeneity in the Phosphorylation of Micro tubule‐Associated Protein MAP 1B During Rat Brair Development

1993 • 89 citations

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1986 • 79 citations

The Movement of the Egg Nucleus in Relation to the Sperm Aster in the Echinoderm Egg

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A High-Affinity Binding Protein for the Regulatory Subunit of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase II in the Centrosome of Human Cells

1993 • 73 citations

Cytasters induced within unfertilized sea-urchin eggs

1983 • 69 citations

A cell surface-associated centrosomal layer of microtubule-organizing material in the inner pillar cell of the mouse cochlea

1992 • 54 citations

Activity and stability of centrosomes in chinese hamster ovary cells in nucleation of microtubules in vitro

1984 • 52 citations

A centrosomal antigen localized on intermediate filaments and mitotic spindle poles

1990 • 50 citations

On the possibility of sperm aster involvement in dorso-ventral polarization and pronuclear migration in the amphibian egg

1977 • 50 citations

A novel mitotic spindle pole component that originates from the cytoplasm during prophase.

1986 • 46 citations

The ultrastructure of Xenopus spermatozoon

1986 • 42 citations

Structure and Functions of Isolated Centrosomes

1992 • 40 citations

The centriolar complex isolated from starfish spermatozoa

1981 • 31 citations

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1992 • 19 citations

Structure and functions of isolated centrosomes

1991 • 19 citations