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| 2 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,701 |
| 3 | The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis | Nature | 1997 | 3,519 |
| 4 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy | Autophagy | 2012 | 3,122 |
| 5 | The role of autophagy during the early neonatal starvation period | Nature | 2004 | 2,630 |
| 6 | Impairment of starvation-induced and constitutive autophagy in Atg7-deficient mice | Journal of Cell Biology | 2005 | 2,180 |
| 7 | In Vivo Analysis of Autophagy in Response to Nutrient Starvation Using Transgenic Mice Expressing a Fluorescent Autophagosome Marker | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 2004 | 2,115 |
| 8 | Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental influences | Aquaculture | 2002 | 2,104 |
| 9 | A ubiquitin-like system mediates protein lipidation | Nature | 2000 | 1,790 |
| 10 | Dynamics and diversity in autophagy mechanisms: lessons from yeast | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology | 2009 | 1,498 |
| 11 | A protein conjugation system essential for autophagy | Nature | 1998 | 1,468 |
| 12 | DMY is a Y-specific DM-domain gene required for male development in the medaka fish | Nature | 2002 | 1,311 |
| 13 | Dissection of Autophagosome Formation Using Apg5-Deficient Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells | Journal of Cell Biology | 2001 | 1,282 |
| 14 | Role of Bcl-2 family proteins in a non-apoptotic programmed cell death dependent on autophagy genes | Nature Cell Biology | 2004 | 1,277 |
| 15 | LC3, GABARAP and GATE16 localize to autophagosomal membrane depending on form-II formation | Journal of Cell Science | 2004 | 1,256 |
| 16 | Photoinhibition of photosystem II under environmental stress | Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics | 2007 | 1,231 |
| 17 | Bafilomycin A1 Prevents Maturation of Autophagic Vacuoles by Inhibiting Fusion between Autophagosomes and Lysosomes in Rat Hepatoma Cell Line, H-4-II-E Cells. | Cell Structure and Function | 1998 | 1,193 |
| 18 | Molecular dissection of autophagy: two ubiquitin-like systems | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology | 2001 | 1,190 |
| 19 | A Unified Nomenclature for Yeast Autophagy-Related Genes | Developmental Cell | 2003 | 1,147 |
| 20 | Tor, a Phosphatidylinositol Kinase Homologue, Controls Autophagy in Yeast | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1998 | 1,140 |
| 21 | Primary structure and functional expression of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-binding protein P400 | Nature | 1989 | 1,093 |
| 22 | Atg8, a Ubiquitin-like Protein Required for Autophagosome Formation, Mediates Membrane Tethering and Hemifusion | Cell | 2007 | 1,056 |
| 23 | Tor-Mediated Induction of Autophagy via an Apg1 Protein Kinase Complex | Journal of Cell Biology | 2000 | 1,027 |
| 24 | Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome | Cell | 2017 | 973 |
| 25 | The Atg12-Atg5 Conjugate Has a Novel E3-like Activity for Protein Lipidation in Autophagy | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2007 | 950 |
| 26 | Two Distinct Vps34 Phosphatidylinositol 3–Kinase Complexes Function in Autophagy and Carboxypeptidase Y Sorting inSaccharomyces cerevisiae | Journal of Cell Biology | 2001 | 944 |
| 27 | How do environmental stresses accelerate photoinhibition? | Trends in Plant Science | 2008 | 935 |
| 28 | The pre-autophagosomal structure organized by concerted functions of APG genes is essential for autophagosome formation | EMBO Journal | 2001 | 864 |
| 29 | Primary structure and functional expression from complementary DNA of a brain calcium channel | Nature | 1991 | 858 |
| 30 | The Reversible Modification Regulates the Membrane-Binding State of Apg8/Aut7 Essential for Autophagy and the Cytoplasm to Vacuole Targeting Pathway | Journal of Cell Biology | 2000 | 851 |
| 31 | Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis | Nature | 2016 | 849 |
| 32 | phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening | Nature | 2001 | 841 |
| 33 | Requirement of the Auxin Polar Transport System in Early Stages of Arabidopsis Floral Bud Formation. | Plant Cell | 1991 | 836 |
| 34 | Autophagosome Formation in Mammalian Cells. | Cell Structure and Function | 2002 | 833 |
| 35 | Methods for monitoring autophagy | International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 2004 | 830 |
| 36 | Formation Process of Autophagosome Is Traced with Apg8/Aut7p in Yeast | Journal of Cell Biology | 1999 | 827 |
| 37 | The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants | Science | 2011 | 794 |
| 38 | Mitochondria-Anchored Receptor Atg32 Mediates Degradation of Mitochondria via Selective Autophagy | Developmental Cell | 2009 | 778 |
| 39 | Beclin–phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase complex functions at the trans ‐Golgi network | EMBO Reports | 2001 | 775 |
| 40 | Membrane fluidity and its roles in the perception of environmental signals | Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes | 2004 | 761 |
| 41 | The DEFECTIVE IN ANTHER DEHISCENCE1 Gene Encodes a Novel Phospholipase A1 Catalyzing the Initial Step of Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis, Which Synchronizes Pollen Maturation, Anther Dehiscence, and Flower Opening in Arabidopsis | Plant Cell | 2001 | 727 |
| 42 | Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2013 | 717 |
| 43 | A requirement for neuropilin-1 in embryonic vessel formation | Development (Cambridge) | 1999 | 705 |
| 44 | Mutation of ARX causes abnormal development of forebrain and testes in mice and X-linked lissencephaly with abnormal genitalia in humans | Nature Genetics | 2002 | 647 |
| 45 | The role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants from stress: clues from transgenic plants | Plant, Cell and Environment | 2002 | 644 |
| 46 | Hierarchy of Atg proteins in pre-autophagosomal structure organization | Genes To Cells | 2007 | 602 |
| 47 | Regulation of oocyte maturation in fish | Development Growth and Differentiation | 2008 | 599 |
| 48 | A new paradigm for the action of reactive oxygen species in the photoinhibition of photosystem II | Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics | 2006 | 596 |
| 49 | A Plant Vacuolar Protease, VPE, Mediates Virus-Induced Hypersensitive Cell Death | Science | 2004 | 579 |
| 50 | The TAK1–NLK–MAPK-related pathway antagonizes signalling between β-catenin and transcription factor TCF | Nature | 1999 | 569 |
