The short 5' untranslated region of the betaA3/A1-crystallin mRNA is responsible for leaky ribosomal scanning.

An analysis of 5'-noncoding sequences from 699 vertebrate messenger RNAs

1987 • 5,139 citations

The scanning model for translation: an update.

1989 • 3,525 citations

A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution

1998 • 1,945 citations

Fundamentals of molecular evolution

1991 • 1,721 citations

An analysis of vertebrate mRNA sequences: intimations of translational control.

1991 • 1,655 citations

A liver-enriched transcriptional activator protein, LAP, and a transcriptional inhibitory protein, LIP, are translated from the sam mRNA

1991 • 1,019 citations

CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein mRNA is translated into multiple proteins with different transcription activation potentials.

1993 • 372 citations

A 30-kDa alternative translation product of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha message: transcriptional activator lacking antimitotic activity.

1993 • 313 citations

Characterization of the full length cDNA for murine beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase. Novel features at the 5′-end predict two translational start sites at two in-frame AUGs.

1988 • 217 citations

Characterization and sequence of a mouse hsp70 gene and its expression in mouse cell lines

1990 • 187 citations

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

1989 • 155 citations

Identification of Downstream-Initiated c-Myc Proteins Which Are Dominant-Negative Inhibitors of Transactivation by Full-Length c-Myc Proteins

1997 • 136 citations

mRNA leader length and initiation codon context determine alternative AUG selection for the yeast gene MOD5.

1991 • 136 citations

A Constitutive Heat Shock Element-binding Factor Is Immunologically Identical to the Ku Autoantigen

1995 • 75 citations

Bovine β-crystallin complementary DNA clones

1984 • 66 citations

Characterization of the human beta-crystallin gene Hu beta A3/A1 reveals ancestral relationships among the beta gamma-crystallin superfamily.

1986 • 63 citations

Preferential conservation of the globular domains of the βA3/A1-crystallin polypeptide of the chicken eye lens

1986 • 61 citations

Production of rat soluble and membrane-bound catechol O-methyltransferase forms from bifunctional mRNAs

1993 • 60 citations

A single mRNA, transcribed from an alternative, erythroid-specific, promoter, codes for two non-myristylated forms of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase

1992 • 49 citations

The elusive role of the N-terminal extension of βA3- and βAl-crystallin

1996 • 37 citations

Cloning and characterization of a cow beta crystallin cDNA

1984 • 36 citations

Rat liver mitochondrial and cytosolic fumarases with identical amino acid sequences are encoded from a single mRNA with two alternative in-phase aug initiation sites

1990 • 31 citations

Truncation of βA3/A1-crystallin during Aging of the Bovine Lens; Possible Implications for Lens Optical Quality

1999 • 24 citations

Thermotolerance and heat shock proteins: Possible involvement of Ku autoantigen in regulating Hsp70 expression

1996 • 23 citations

Sequence Analysis of Four Acidic β-Crystallin Subunits of Amphibian Lenses: Phylogenetic Comparison between β- and γ-Crystallins

1996 • 17 citations