The ovo gene of Drosophila encodes a zinc finger protein required for female germ line development.

DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors

1977 • 69,181 citations

A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX

1984 • 14,824 citations

Improved tools for biological sequence comparison.

1988 • 11,455 citations

Transcriptional Regulation in Mammalian Cells by Sequence-Specific DNA Binding Proteins

1989 • 3,219 citations

Genetic Transformation of Drosophila with Transposable Element Vectors

1982 • 2,995 citations

A non-radioactive in situ hybridization method for the localization of specific RNAs in Drosophila embryos reveals translational control of the segmentation gene hunchback

1989 • 2,555 citations

RNA splice junctions of different classes of eukaryotes: sequence statistics and functional implications in gene expression

1987 • 2,333 citations

How eukaryotic transcriptional activators work

1988 • 1,924 citations

Isolation of cDNA encoding transcription factor Sp1 and functional analysis of the DNA binding domain

1987 • 1,640 citations

Transposition of Cloned P Elements into Drosophila Germ Line Chromosomes

1982 • 1,560 citations

A stable genomic source of P element transposase in Drosophila melanogaster.

1988 • 1,359 citations

Comparison of the consensus sequence flanking translational start sites inDrosophilaand vertebrates

1987 • 966 citations

Functional cDNA libraries from Drosophila embryos

1988 • 604 citations

Sequence, structure, and codon preference of theDrosophilaribosomal protein 49 gene

1984 • 523 citations

bag-of-marbles: a Drosophila gene required to initiate both male and female gametogenesis.

1990 • 394 citations

The white gene as a marker in a new P-element vector for gene transfer inDrosophila

1987 • 355 citations

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEX-LINKED FEMALE-STERILE MUTANTS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1975 • 312 citations

The Drosophila developmental gene snail encodes a protein with nucleic acid binding fingers

1987 • 312 citations

TWO CLOSELY LINKED MUTATIONS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER THAT ARE LETHAL TO OPPOSITE SEXES AND INTERACT WITH DAUGHTERLESS

1978 • 248 citations

The glass gene encodes a zinc-finger protein required by Drosophila photoreceptor cells

1989 • 227 citations

Proteins that bind to Drosophila chorion cis-regulatory elements: a new C2H2 zinc finger protein and a C2C2 steroid receptor-like component.

1990 • 221 citations

A multigene family encoding several “finger” structures is present and differentially active in mammalian genomes

1987 • 197 citations

The Human Genome Contains Hundreds of Genes Coding for Finger Proteins of the Krüppel Type

1989 • 184 citations

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS OF THE DROSOPHILA EGG I. IDENTIFICATION OF 59 SEX-LINKED CISTRONS WITH MATERNAL EFFECTS ON EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

1977 • 164 citations

The development and function of the female germ line in Drosophila melanogaster: A cell lineage study

1979 • 164 citations

The ovo locus is required for sex-specific germ line maintenance in Drosophila.

1987 • 153 citations

The Drosophila neurogenic locus mastermind encodes a nuclear protein unusually rich in amino acid homopolymers.

1990 • 138 citations

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THREE DOMINANT FEMALE-STERILE MUTATIONS LOCATED ON THE X CHROMOSOME OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1983 • 132 citations

Developmentally regulated alternative splicing of Drosophila integrin PS2 α transcripts

1989 • 124 citations

Sex determination in the germ line of Drosophila depends on genetic signals and inductive somatic factors*

1989 • 92 citations

Genetic evidence that the sans fille locus is involved in Drosophila sex determination.

1988 • 91 citations

Sex determination in Drosophila: the X-chromosomal gene liz is required for Sxl activity.

1988 • 86 citations

Mobilization of the gypsy and copia retrotransposons in Drosophila melanogaster induces reversion of the ovo ^D dominant female-sterile mutations: molecular analysis of revertant alleles

1989 • 83 citations

Genetic evidence that the ovo locus is involved in Drosophila germ line sex determination.

1990 • 68 citations

Cancer, Genes, and Development: The Drosophila Case

1982 • 65 citations

CLONAL ANALYSIS OF DOMINANT FEMALE-STERILE, GERMLINE-DEPENDENT MUTATIONS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1984 • 65 citations

Temporal regulation in development: negative and positive cis regulators dictate the precise timing of expression of a Drosophila chorion gene.

1988 • 52 citations