| Dominant forces in protein folding | Biochemistry | 1990 | 3.2K |
| Atomic charges derived from semiempirical methods | Journal of Computational Chemistry | 1990 | 2.7K |
| Solid phase peptide synthesis utilizing 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl amino acids | International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research | 1990 | 2K |
| Early detection of regional cerebral ischemia in cats: comparison of diffusion- and T2-weighted MRI and spectroscopy | Magnetic Resonance in Medicine | 1990 | 1.4K |
| A class I antigen, HLA-G, expressed in human trophoblasts | Science | 1990 | 1.2K |
| Functional antagonism between oncoprotein c-Jun and the glucocorticoid receptor | Cell | 1990 | 1.1K |
| Dwarf locus mutants lacking three pituitary cell types result from mutations in the POU-domain gene pit-1 | Nature | 1990 | 1.1K |
| cAMP-dependent protein kinase: framework for a diverse family of regulatory enzymes | Annual Review of Biochemistry | 1990 | 993 |
| Molecular switch for signal transduction: structural differences between active and inactive forms of protooncogenic ras proteins | Science | 1990 | 940 |
| A new redox cofactor in eukaryotic enzymes: 6-hydroxydopa at the active site of bovine serum amine oxidase | Science | 1990 | 627 |
| Improvements in protein secondary structure prediction by an enhanced neural network | Journal of Molecular Biology | 1990 | 626 |
| A cleavage method which minimizes side reactions following Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis | International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research | 1990 | 581 |
| Acid-induced folding of proteins | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 520 |
| Statistical thermodynamics of the cluster solid-liquid transition | Physical Review Letters | 1990 | 431 |
| Solution structure of an unusually stable RNA hairpin, 5'GGAC(UUCG)GUCC | Nature | 1990 | 408 |
| Cloning of a transcriptionally active human TATA binding factor | Science | 1990 | 330 |
| Evolutionary relationships and implications for the regulation of phospholipase A2 from snake venom to human secreted forms | Journal of Molecular Evolution | 1990 | 299 |
| Origins of structure in globular proteins | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 274 |
| Crystal structures of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase: the NADP+ holoenzyme and the folate.NADP+ ternary complex. Substrate binding and a model for the transition state | Biochemistry | 1990 | 261 |
| Chemical nucleases | Biochemistry | 1990 | 260 |
| Wave packet theory of dynamic absorption spectra in femtosecond pump–probe experiments | Journal of Chemical Physics | 1990 | 253 |
| Structure-based design of nonpeptide inhibitors specific for the human immunodeficiency virus 1 protease | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 251 |
| Brain G protein gamma subunits contain an all-trans-geranylgeranylcysteine methyl ester at their carboxyl termini | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 244 |
| Protein N-myristoylation in Escherichia coli: reconstitution of a eukaryotic protein modification in bacteria | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 236 |
| Electronic shell structure of group-IIIA metal atomic clusters | Physical Review Letters | 1990 | 236 |
