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Distinct morphogenetic functions of similar small GTPases: Drosophila Drac1 is involved in axonal outgrowth and myoblast fusion.

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P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila.

1989 • 679 citations

The embryonic development of larval muscles in Drosophila

1990 • 451 citations

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1992 • 370 citations

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1994 • 285 citations

Connectin: A homophilic cell adhesion molecule expressed on a subset of muscles and the motoneurons that innervate them in Drosophila

1992 • 282 citations

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1990 • 243 citations

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1992 • 227 citations

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1990 • 216 citations

Muscle pioneers: large mesodermal cells that erect a scaffold for developing muscles and motoneurones in grasshopper embryos

1983 • 141 citations

A central role for epidermal segment border cells in the induction of muscle patterning in the Drosophila embryo

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Identification of a fully-functional hobo transposable element and its use for germ-line transformation of Drosophila.

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A dual requirement for neurogenic genes in Drosophila myogenesis

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