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| IL-4 directs the development of Th2-like helper effectors | Journal of Immunology | 1990 | 824 |
| Crystal structure of an HIV-binding recombinant fragment of human CD4 | Nature | 1990 | 526 |
| S. cerevisiae TFIIIB is the transcription initiation factor proper of RNA polymerase III, while TFIIIA and TFIIIC are assembly factors | Cell | 1990 | 480 |
| Maize regulatory gene opaque-2 encodes a protein with a "leucine-zipper" motif that binds to zein DNA | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 373 |
| extramacrochaetae, a negative regulator of sensory organ development in Drosophila, defines a new class of helix-loop-helix proteins | Cell | 1990 | 373 |
| Completion of DNA replication is monitored by a feedback system that controls the initiation of mitosis in vitro: studies in Xenopus | Cell | 1990 | 335 |
| Invasion resistance arises in strongly interacting species-rich model competition communities | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1990 | 326 |
| A lamin-independent pathway for nuclear envelope assembly | Journal of Cell Biology | 1990 | 301 |
| A dual function of the Notch gene in Drosophila sensillum development | Developmental Biology | 1990 | 298 |
| cDNA cloning of carrot extracellular beta-fructosidase and its expression in response to wounding and bacterial infection | Plant Cell | 1990 | 281 |
| Sequence and domain structure of talin | Nature | 1990 | 279 |
| The yield of DNA double-strand breaks produced intracellularly by ionizing radiation: a review | International Journal of Radiation Biology | 1990 | 273 |
| The structure and insertion of integral proteins in membranes | Annual Review of Cell Biology | 1990 | 268 |
| Mapping of the presumptive brain regions in the neural plate of Xenopus laevis | Journal of Neurobiology | 1990 | 253 |
| Lipofection of cDNAs in the embryonic vertebrate central nervous system | Neuron | 1990 | 249 |
| Reconstitution of biochemically altered nuclear pores: transport can be eliminated and restored | Cell | 1990 | 219 |
| Self-reactive gamma delta T cells are eliminated in the thymus | Nature | 1990 | 205 |
| An intrinsic tonoplast protein of protein storage vacuoles in seeds is structurally related to a bacterial solute transporter (GIpF) | Plant Cell | 1990 | 180 |
| THE DARWIN-FISHER THEORY OF SEXUAL SELECTION IN MONOGAMOUS BIRDS | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 1990 | 169 |
| Temperature-sensitive yeast mutants defective in mitochondrial inheritance | Journal of Cell Biology | 1990 | 155 |
| Differential phosphorylation of c-Abl in cell cycle determined by cdc2 kinase and phosphatase activity | Science | 1990 | 147 |
| High-pressure liquid chromatography of sialic acids on a pellicular resin anion-exchange column with pulsed amperometric detection: a comparison with six other systems | Analytical Biochemistry | 1990 | 144 |
| Evolutionary significance of ontogenetic colour change in animals | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 1990 | 132 |
| The subunit structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription factor IIIC probed with a novel photocrosslinking reagent. | EMBO Journal | 1990 | 131 |
