Drosophila development

The molecular genetics of embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila

1988 • 1,048 citations

The bicoid protein is a positive regulator of hunchback transcription in the early Drosophila embryo

1989 • 672 citations

The gradient morphogen bicoid is a concentration-dependent transcriptional activator

1989 • 655 citations

The product of the Drosophila gene vasa is very similar to eukaryotic initiation factor-4A

1988 • 625 citations

A protein component of Drosophila polar granules is encoded by vasa and has extensive sequence similarity to ATP-dependent helicases

1988 • 602 citations

Determination of spatial domains of zygotic gene expression in the Drosophila embryo by the affinity of binding sites for the bicoid morphogen

1989 • 432 citations

The Drosophila gene torso encodes a putative receptor tyrosine kinase

1989 • 327 citations

The Drosophila posterior-group gene nanos functions by repressing hunchback activity

1989 • 301 citations

Early and late periodic patterns of even skipped expression are controlled by distinct regulatory elements that respond to different spatial cues

1989 • 273 citations

Sequence-specific DNA-binding activities of the gap proteins encoded by hunchback and Krüppel in Drosophila

1989 • 270 citations

Autoregulatory and gap gene response elements of the even-skipped promoter of Drosophila.

1989 • 254 citations

Function of torso in determining the terminal anlagen of the Drosophila embryo

1988 • 228 citations

Differing strategies for organizing anterior and posterior body pattern in Drosophila embryos

1989 • 222 citations

Cellular interactions in the developing Drosophila eye

1988 • 218 citations

Abdominal segmentation of the Drosophila embryo requires a hormone receptor-like protein encoded by the gap gene knirps

1988 • 217 citations

Cell-cell interaction in the drosophila retina: The bride of sevenless gene is required in photoreceptor cell R8 for R7 cell development

1988 • 209 citations

Posterior segmentation of the Drosophila embryo in the absence of a maternal posterior organizer gene

1989 • 198 citations

Requirement of the Drosophila raf homologue for torso function

1989 • 181 citations

Spatial regulation of the Antennapedia and Ultrabithorax homeotic genes during Drosophila early development.

1989 • 154 citations

Differential regulation of the two transcripts from the Drosophila gap segmentation gene hunchback.

1988 • 149 citations

Krüppel requirement for knirps enhancement reflects overlapping gap gene activities in the Drosophila embryo

1989 • 140 citations

Proliferation of both somatic and germ cells is affected in the Drosophila mutants of raf proto-oncogene.

1988 • 131 citations

Three hormone receptor-like Drosophila genes encode an identical DNA-binding finger.

1989 • 127 citations

Region-specific alleles of the Drosophila segmentation gene hairy.

1988 • 91 citations

Ubiquitous Expression of sevenless : Position-Dependent Specification of Cell Fate

1989 • 79 citations

Drosophila sex determination: A cascade of regulated splicing

1989 • 72 citations

Ommatidia in the developing Drosophila eye require and can respond to sevenless for only a restricted period

1989 • 69 citations

Drosophila nurse cells produce a posterior signal required for embryonic segmentation and polarity

1988 • 48 citations