The Drosophila homologue of vertebrate myogenic-determination genes encodes a transiently expressed nuclear protein marking primary myogenic cells.

Primer-Directed Enzymatic Amplification of DNA with a Thermostable DNA Polymerase

1988 • 17,059 citations

Single-step purification of polypeptides expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase

1988 • 6,107 citations

Expression of a single transfected cDNA converts fibroblasts to myoblasts

1987 • 3,373 citations

Drosophila — A Practical Approach

1987 • 1,888 citations

Myogenin, a factor regulating myogenesis, has a domain homologous to MyoD

1989 • 1,286 citations

A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes

1984 • 1,066 citations

The molecular genetics of embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila

1988 • 1,048 citations

Comparison of the consensus sequence flanking translational start sites inDrosophilaand vertebrates

1987 • 966 citations

A novel human muscle factor related to but distinct from MyoD1 induces myogenic conversion in 10T1/2 fibroblasts.

1989 • 919 citations

MyoD1: A Nuclear Phosphoprotein Requiring a Myc Homology Region to Convert Fibroblasts to Myoblasts

1988 • 839 citations

The MyoD DNA binding domain contains a recognition code for muscle-specific gene activation

1990 • 794 citations

Identification of MRF4: a new member of the muscle regulatory factor gene family.

1989 • 779 citations

The engrailed locus of drosophila: Structural analysis of an embryonic transcript

1985 • 735 citations

Antibodies to horseradish peroxidase as specific neuronal markers in Drosophila and in grasshopper embryos.

1982 • 733 citations

Myf-6, a new member of the human gene family of myogenic determination factors: evidence for a gene cluster on chromosome 12.

1990 • 508 citations

Characterization and localization of the even-skipped protein of Drosophila.

1987 • 496 citations

Herculin, a fourth member of the MyoD family of myogenic regulatory genes.

1990 • 482 citations

The embryonic development of larval muscles in Drosophila

1990 • 451 citations

Control elements of the Drosophila segmentation gene fushi tarazu

1985 • 404 citations

Posterior localization of vasa protein correlates with, but is not sufficient for, pole cell development.

1990 • 374 citations

MyoD expression in the forming somites is an early response to mesoderm induction in Xenopus embryos.

1989 • 374 citations

Differential expression of myogenic determination genes in muscle cells: possible autoactivation by the Myf gene products.

1989 • 349 citations

Expression of a MyoD family member prefigures muscle pattern in Drosophila embryos.

1990 • 243 citations

A new Drosophila homeo box gene is expressed in mesodermal precursor cells of distinct muscles during embryogenesis.

1990 • 216 citations

Neural enhancer-like elements as specific cell markers in Drosophila

1989 • 181 citations

An avian muscle factor related to MyoD1 activates muscle-specific promoters in nonmuscle cells of different germ-layer origin and in BrdU-treated myoblasts.

1989 • 162 citations

Homeotic gene function in the muscles of Drosophila larvae

1986 • 119 citations

β3 tubulin expression characterizes the differentiating mesodermal germ layer during Drosophila embryogenesis

1988 • 118 citations

Alternative myosin hinge regions are utilized in a tissue-specific fashion that correlates with muscle contraction speed.

1990 • 115 citations

The Xenopus MyoD gene: an unlocalised maternal mRNA predates lineage- restricted expression in the early embryo

1990 • 85 citations

Muscle assembly in simple systems

1990 • 40 citations

F1 and F2: Two similar genes regulated differently during development of Drosophila melanogaster

1985 • 34 citations

Differentiation in vitro of larval and adult muscles from embryonic cells ofDrosophila

1978 • 28 citations