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1984 • 2,529 citations

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1991 • 1,908 citations

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1991 • 1,655 citations

Localization of mitochondria in living cells with rhodamine 123.

1980 • 1,529 citations

Transfer of purified herpes virus thymidine kinase gene to cultured mouse cells

1977 • 1,411 citations

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1989 • 1,268 citations

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1989 • 820 citations

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1992 • 790 citations

Identification of icsA, a plasmid locus of Shigella flexneri that governs bacterial intra- and intercellular spread through interaction with F-actin.

1989 • 724 citations

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1993 • 697 citations

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1992 • 533 citations

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1992 • 411 citations

Listeria monocytogenes moves rapidly through the host-cell cytoplasm by inducing directional actin assembly.

1990 • 321 citations

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1990 • 301 citations

virG, a plasmid-coded virulence gene of Shigella flexneri: identification of the virG protein and determination of the complete coding sequence

1989 • 240 citations

Directional actin polymerization associated with spotted fever group Rickettsia infection of Vero cells

1993 • 237 citations

Polarized distribution of Listeria monocytogenes surface protein ActA at the site of directional actin assembly

1993 • 196 citations

Vectors for efficient expression in mammalian fibroblastoid, myeloid and lymphoid cells via transfection or infection

1988 • 170 citations

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1992 • 164 citations

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1993 • 137 citations

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1992 • 105 citations

Localization of the ActA polypeptide of Listeria monocytogenes in infected tissue culture cell lines: ActA is not associated with actin "comets"

1993 • 91 citations

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1993 • 87 citations

Complete sequence of human vinculin and assignment of the gene to chromosome 10.

1990 • 72 citations

Enzymatic amplification and characterization of large DNA fragments from genomic DNA

1988 • 19 citations

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