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| 2 | The Draft Genome of Ciona intestinalis: Insights into Chordate and Vertebrate Origins | Science | 2002 | 1,539 |
| 3 | GDNF: a potent survival factor for motoneurons present in peripheral nerve and muscle | Science | 1994 | 1,200 |
| 4 | Characterization of a multicomponent receptor for GDNF | Nature | 1996 | 1,057 |
| 5 | Macrophages Facilitate Electrical Conduction in the Heart | Cell | 2017 | 703 |
| 6 | BDNF controls dopamine D3 receptor expression and triggers behavioural sensitization | Nature | 2001 | 535 |
| 7 | WNT signalling molecules act in axis formation in the diploblastic metazoan Hydra | Nature | 2000 | 530 |
| 8 | Mechanics of Epithelial Tissue Homeostasis and Morphogenesis | Science | 2013 | 528 |
| 9 | E-cadherin junctions as active mechanical integrators in tissue dynamics | Nature Cell Biology | 2015 | 479 |
| 10 | The bHLH Protein NEUROGENIN 2 Is a Determination Factor for Epibranchial Placode–Derived Sensory Neurons | Neuron | 1998 | 439 |
| 11 | Analysis of the L1-Deficient Mouse Phenotype Reveals Cross-Talk between Sema3A and L1 Signaling Pathways in Axonal Guidance | Neuron | 2000 | 396 |
| 12 | GOToolBox: functional analysis of gene datasets based on Gene Ontology | Genome Biology | 2004 | 319 |
| 13 | Virulence factors of the human opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens identified by in vivo screening | EMBO Journal | 2003 | 310 |
| 14 | Interdigital cell death can occur through a necrotic and caspase-independent pathway | Current Biology | 1999 | 300 |
| 15 | Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly | Science | 2022 | 295 |
| 16 | Mice Deficient in the Polysialyltransferase ST8SiaIV/PST-1 Allow Discrimination of the Roles of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Protein and Polysialic Acid in Neural Development and Synaptic Plasticity | Journal of Neuroscience | 2000 | 294 |
| 17 | Neural Tissue in Ascidian Embryos Is Induced by FGF9/16/20, Acting via a Combination of Maternal GATA and Ets Transcription Factors | Cell | 2003 | 290 |
| 18 | ERBIN: a basolateral PDZ protein that interacts with the mammalian ERBB2/HER2 receptor | Nature Cell Biology | 2000 | 273 |
| 19 | NCAM Is Essential for Axonal Growth and Fasciculation in the Hippocampus | Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences | 1997 | 270 |
| 20 | MASH1 activates expression of the paired homeodomain transcription factor Phox2a, and couples pan-neuronal and subtype-specific components of autonomic neuronal identity | Development (Cambridge) | 1998 | 240 |
| 21 | Crumbs homologue 1 is required for maintenance of photoreceptor cell polarization and adhesion during light exposure | Journal of Cell Science | 2004 | 220 |
| 22 | Heart Fields and Cardiac Morphogenesis | Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine | 2014 | 209 |
| 23 | A Single Rostrocaudal Colonization of the Rodent Intestine by Enteric Neuron Precursors Is Revealed by the Expression of Phox2b, Ret, and p75 and by Explants Grown under the Kidney Capsule or in Organ Culture | Developmental Biology | 1998 | 208 |
| 24 | Direct laser manipulation reveals the mechanics of cell contacts in vivo | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2015 | 199 |
| 25 | Cis and trans interactions of L1 with neuropilin-1 control axonal responses to semaphorin 3A | EMBO Journal | 2002 | 197 |
| 26 | Single-cell analysis of early progenitor cells that build coronary arteries | Nature | 2018 | 190 |
| 27 | Evolution of Multiple Sensory Systems Drives Novel Egg-Laying Behavior in the Fruit Pest Drosophila suzukii | Current Biology | 2017 | 189 |
| 28 | The vertebrate organizer: structure and molecules | Trends in Genetics | 1996 | 167 |
| 29 | Capturing Cardiogenesis in Gastruloids | Cell Stem Cell | 2021 | 167 |
| 30 | MafB deficiency causes defective respiratory rhythmogenesis and fatal central apnea at birth | Nature Neuroscience | 2003 | 154 |
| 31 | Oscillation and Polarity of E-Cadherin Asymmetries Control Actomyosin Flow Patterns during Morphogenesis | Developmental Cell | 2013 | 152 |
| 32 | Adhesion Disengagement Uncouples Intrinsic and Extrinsic Forces to Drive Cytokinesis in Epithelial Tissues | Developmental Cell | 2013 | 145 |
| 33 | Congenital coronary artery anomalies: a bridge from embryology to anatomy and pathophysiology—a position statement of the development, anatomy, and pathology ESC Working Group | Cardiovascular Research | 2016 | 143 |
| 34 | Grasping at molecular interactions and genetic networks in Drosophila melanogaster using FlyNets, an Internet database | Nucleic Acids Research | 1999 | 130 |
| 35 | Tropomyosin Isoforms Specify Functionally Distinct Actin Filament Populations In Vitro | Current Biology | 2017 | 127 |
| 36 | Genetic induction and mechanochemical propagation of a morphogenetic wave | Nature | 2019 | 124 |
| 37 | F3/contactin, a neuronal cell adhesion molecule implicated in axogenesis and myelination | Biology of the Cell | 2002 | 120 |
| 38 | Viscoelastic Dissipation Stabilizes Cell Shape Changes during Tissue Morphogenesis | Current Biology | 2017 | 120 |
| 39 | The Glycosylphosphatidyl Inositol-Anchored Adhesion Molecule F3/Contactin Is Required for Surface Transport of Paranodin/Contactin-Associated Protein (Caspr) | Journal of Cell Biology | 2000 | 119 |
| 40 | Mitochondrial fusion is required for regulation of mitochondrial DNA replication | PLoS Genetics | 2019 | 116 |
| 41 | Semaphorin3A-induced receptor endocytosis during axon guidance responses is mediated by L1 CAM | Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences | 2004 | 107 |
| 42 | A conserved role for the MEK signalling pathway in neural tissue specification and posteriorisation in the invertebrate chordate, the ascidianCiona intestinalis | Development (Cambridge) | 2003 | 106 |
| 43 | Cellular and molecular insights into Hox protein action | Development (Cambridge) | 2015 | 105 |
| 44 | Increased Intermale Aggression and Neuroendocrine Response in Mice Deficient for the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM) | European Journal of Neuroscience | 1997 | 101 |
| 45 | Delta–Notch Signaling in Odontogenesis: Correlation with Cytodifferentiation and Evidence for Feedback Regulation | Developmental Biology | 1998 | 101 |
| 46 | Pre-assembled Nuclear Pores Insert into the Nuclear Envelope during Early Development | Cell | 2016 | 101 |
| 47 | Distinct contributions of tensile and shear stress on E-cadherin levels during morphogenesis | Nature Communications | 2018 | 100 |
| 48 | Control of semaphorin signaling | Current Opinion in Neurobiology | 2002 | 99 |
| 49 | Clustering proteins from interaction networks for the prediction of cellular functions | BMC Bioinformatics | 2004 | 99 |
| 50 | Semaphorin 3E Suppresses Tumor Cell Death Triggered by the Plexin D1 Dependence Receptor in Metastatic Breast Cancers | Cancer Cell | 2013 | 99 |
