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|---|
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| 2 | CTR1, a negative regulator of the ethylene response pathway in arabidopsis, encodes a member of the Raf family of protein kinases | Cell | 1993 | 1,841 |
| 3 | Insulin Resistance and a Diabetes Mellitus-Like Syndrome in Mice Lacking the Protein Kinase Akt2 (PKBbeta ) | Science | 2001 | 1,652 |
| 4 | The Sequential Action of miR156 and miR172 Regulates Developmental Timing in Arabidopsis | Cell | 2009 | 1,405 |
| 5 | Actin filaments and the growth, movement, and spread of the intracellular bacterial parasite, Listeria monocytogenes. | Journal of Cell Biology | 1989 | 1,271 |
| 6 | -Synuclein Blocks ER-Golgi Traffic and Rab1 Rescues Neuron Loss in Parkinson's Models | Science | 2006 | 1,268 |
| 7 | Plant–soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges | Journal of Ecology | 2013 | 1,259 |
| 8 | Cellular organisation of the Arabidopsis thaliana root | Development (Cambridge) | 1993 | 1,238 |
| 9 | Chaperone Suppression of alpha -Synuclein Toxicity in a Drosophila Model for Parkinson's Disease | Science | 2002 | 1,206 |
| 10 | HY4 gene of A. thaliana encodes a protein with characteristics of a blue-light photoreceptor | Nature | 1993 | 1,198 |
| 11 | EIN2, a Bifunctional Transducer of Ethylene and Stress Responses in Arabidopsis | Science | 1999 | 1,172 |
| 12 | Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs | Plant Cell | 2008 | 1,158 |
| 13 | Nuclear events in ethylene signaling: a transcriptional cascade mediated by ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3 and ETHYLENE-RESPONSE-FACTOR1 | Genes and Development | 1998 | 1,144 |
| 14 | Exploiting the triple response of Arabidopsis to identify ethylene-related mutants. | Plant Cell | 1990 | 1,126 |
| 15 | Ataxin-2 intermediate-length polyglutamine expansions are associated with increased risk for ALS | Nature | 2010 | 1,117 |
| 16 | Assignment of 30 Microsatellite Loci to the Linkage Map of Arabidopsis | Genomics | 1994 | 1,105 |
| 17 | Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition | Nature | 2014 | 1,024 |
| 18 | Temporal regulation of shoot development in Arabidopsis thalianaby miR156 and its target SPL3 | Development (Cambridge) | 2006 | 1,002 |
| 19 | Recognition of peptidoglycan from the microbiota by Nod1 enhances systemic innate immunity | Nature Medicine | 2010 | 966 |
| 20 | Mathematical Population Genetics | Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics | 2004 | 964 |
| 21 | Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes | Nature | 2008 | 960 |
| 22 | Activation of the Ethylene Gas Response Pathway in Arabidopsis by the Nuclear Protein ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3 and Related Proteins | Cell | 1997 | 928 |
| 23 | Cryptochromes: Blue Light Receptors for Plants and Animals | Science | 1999 | 923 |
| 24 | PLANT COMPETITION UNDERGROUND | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 1997 | 889 |
| 25 | Akt1/PKBα Is Required for Normal Growth but Dispensable for Maintenance of Glucose Homeostasis in Mice | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2001 | 845 |
| 26 | Evolution of high mutation rates in experimental populations of E. coli | Nature | 1997 | 840 |
| 27 | Neotropical Anachronisms: The Fruits the Gomphotheres Ate | Science | 1982 | 835 |
| 28 | SGS3 and SGS2/SDE1/RDR6 are required for juvenile development and the production of trans-acting siRNAs in Arabidopsis | Genes and Development | 2004 | 827 |
| 29 | Suppression of polyglutamine-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila by the molecular chaperone HSP70 | Nature Genetics | 1999 | 815 |
| 30 | Diversity of ageing across the tree of life | Nature | 2014 | 800 |
| 31 | Lysosomal Physiology | Annual Review of Physiology | 2015 | 768 |
| 32 | Structural evidence for direct interaction between the molecular components of the transverse tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum junction in skeletal muscle. | Journal of Cell Biology | 1988 | 751 |
| 33 | Fossils, genes and the evolution of animal limbs | Nature | 1997 | 750 |
| 34 | Cell Motility by Labile Association of Molecules | Journal of General Physiology | 1967 | 736 |
| 35 | A Plastid of Probable Green Algal Origin in Apicomplexan Parasites | Science | 1997 | 726 |
| 36 | A review of the global burden, novel diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine targets for cryptosporidium | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2015 | 725 |
| 37 | The ethylene signal transduction pathway in plants | Science | 1995 | 705 |
| 38 | WHEN IS IT COEVOLUTION? | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1980 | 700 |
| 39 | Differential Effects of Culture on Imprinted H19 Expression in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo1 | Biology of Reproduction | 2000 | 687 |
| 40 | THE IMPACT OF PREDATION ON LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN TRINIDADIAN GUPPIES ( POECILIA RETICULATA ) | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1982 | 680 |
| 41 | A Sibship Test for Linkage in the Presence of Association: The Sib Transmission/Disequilibrium Test | American Journal of Human Genetics | 1998 | 672 |
| 42 | A pathway for the biogenesis of trans-acting siRNAs in Arabidopsis | Genes and Development | 2005 | 658 |
| 43 | Plant ABC proteins – a unified nomenclature and updated inventory | Trends in Plant Science | 2008 | 652 |
| 44 | Expanded Polyglutamine Protein Forms Nuclear Inclusions and Causes Neural Degeneration in Drosophila | Cell | 1998 | 640 |
| 45 | PATTERNS OF GROWTH IN BIRDS | Ibis | 1968 | 634 |
| 46 | Molecular mechanisms of memory acquisition, consolidation and retrieval | Current Opinion in Neurobiology | 2001 | 631 |
| 47 | Specificity in Two-Component Signal Transduction Pathways | Annual Review of Genetics | 2007 | 629 |
| 48 | Influences of microbiota on intestinal immune system development | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1999 | 613 |
| 49 | Developmental regulation of zebrafish MyoD in wild-type, no tail and spadetail embryos | Development (Cambridge) | 1996 | 608 |
| 50 | Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons | Current Biology | 2010 | 605 |
