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| Hybridization of denatured RNA and small DNA fragments transferred to nitrocellulose | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1980 | 7.7K |
| Glucocorticoid-induced thymocyte apoptosis is associated with endogenous endonuclease activation | Nature | 1980 | 4K |
| Detection and isolation of type C retrovirus particles from fresh and cultured lymphocytes of a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1980 | 3.9K |
| Reading senseless sentences: brain potentials reflect semantic incongruity | Science | 1980 | 3.4K |
| Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila | Nature | 1980 | 3.3K |
| Extraterrestrial cause for the cretaceous-tertiary extinction | Science | 1980 | 2.7K |
| Broad host range DNA cloning system for gram-negative bacteria: construction of a gene bank of Rhizobium meliloti | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1980 | 2.4K |
| Calmodulin plays a pivotal role in cellular regulation | Science | 1980 | 2.3K |
| Transforming gene product of Rous sarcoma virus phosphorylates tyrosine | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1980 | 2.2K |
| Microencapsulated islets as bioartificial endocrine pancreas | Science | 1980 | 2K |
| Leukotriene B, a potent chemokinetic and aggregating substance released from polymorphonuclear leukocytes | Nature | 1980 | 1.9K |
| DNA methylation and gene function | Science | 1980 | 1.9K |
| Human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines secrete the major plasma proteins and hepatitis B surface antigen | Science | 1980 | 1.8K |
| Preserved learning and retention of pattern-analyzing skill in amnesia: dissociation of knowing how and knowing that | Science | 1980 | 1.8K |
| Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space | Nature | 1980 | 1.8K |
| Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite | Nature | 1980 | 1.7K |
| The role of hormone receptors and GTP-regulatory proteins in membrane transduction | Nature | 1980 | 1.6K |
| Of human bonding: newborns prefer their mothers' voices | Science | 1980 | 1.6K |
| Peptidergic neurones | Nature | 1980 | 1.6K |
| Taxol stabilizes microtubules in mouse fibroblast cells | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1980 | 1.6K |
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| Metastatic potential correlates with enzymatic degradation of basement membrane collagen | Nature | 1980 | 1.5K |
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