| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 2 | Cadherin cell adhesion receptors as a morphogenetic regulator | Science | 1991 | 3,164 |
| 3 | Structural determinants of water permeation through aquaporin-1 | Nature | 2000 | 1,584 |
| 4 | Chloroplast gene organization deduced from complete sequence of liverwort Marchantia polymorpha chloroplast DNA | Nature | 1986 | 1,552 |
| 5 | Codon usage and tRNA content in unicellular and multicellular organisms. | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 1985 | 1,518 |
| 6 | The cadherins: cell-cell adhesion molecules controlling animal morphogenesis | Development (Cambridge) | 1988 | 1,426 |
| 7 | Morphogenetic roles of classic cadherins | Current Opinion in Cell Biology | 1995 | 1,371 |
| 8 | Correlation between the abundance of Escherichia coli transfer RNAs and the occurrence of the respective codons in its protein genes: A proposal for a synonymous codon choice that is optimal for the E. coli translational system | Journal of Molecular Biology | 1981 | 1,363 |
| 9 | Cadherins: A Molecular Family Important in Selective Cell-Cell Adhesion | Annual Review of Biochemistry | 1990 | 1,239 |
| 10 | Cofilin phosphorylation by LIM-kinase 1 and its role in Rac-mediated actin reorganization | Nature | 1998 | 1,183 |
| 11 | Structure and gating mechanism of the acetylcholine receptor pore | Nature | 2003 | 1,178 |
| 12 | CRM1 is responsible for intracellular transport mediated by the nuclear export signal | Nature | 1997 | 1,142 |
| 13 | ER stress and diseases | FEBS Journal | 2007 | 978 |
| 14 | Aquaporin water channels – from atomic structure to clinical medicine | Journal of Physiology | 2002 | 960 |
| 15 | Transcriptional Induction of Mammalian ER Quality Control Proteins Is Mediated by Single or Combined Action of ATF6α and XBP1 | Developmental Cell | 2007 | 876 |
| 16 | Cadherins in cancer: implications for invasion and metastasis | Current Opinion in Cell Biology | 1993 | 872 |
| 17 | Correlation between the abundance of Escherichia coli transfer RNAs and the occurrence of the respective codons in its protein genes | Journal of Molecular Biology | 1981 | 856 |
| 18 | A conserved docking motif in MAP kinases common to substrates, activators and regulators | Nature Cell Biology | 2000 | 777 |
| 19 | Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid–amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere | Nature | 2013 | 774 |
| 20 | Comparative and functional anatomy of group II catalytic introns — a review | Gene | 1989 | 770 |
| 21 | Leptomycin B Inhibition of Signal-Mediated Nuclear Export by Direct Binding to CRM1 | Experimental Cell Research | 1998 | 758 |
| 22 | Cell binding function of E-cadherin is regulated by the cytoplasmic domain. | EMBO Journal | 1988 | 741 |
| 23 | Spatial segregation of interacting species | Journal of Theoretical Biology | 1979 | 739 |
| 24 | Transformation of cell adhesion properties by exogenously introduced E-cadherin cDNA | Nature | 1987 | 730 |
| 25 | Analyzing insect movement as a correlated random walk | Oecologia | 1983 | 713 |
| 26 | Adaptation to ER Stress Is Mediated by Differential Stabilities of Pro-Survival and Pro-Apoptotic mRNAs and Proteins | PLoS Biology | 2006 | 694 |
| 27 | DNA topoisomerase II is required for condensation and separation of mitotic chromosomes in S. pombe | Cell | 1987 | 693 |
| 28 | Functional role of internal water molecules in rhodopsin revealed by x-ray crystallography | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2002 | 688 |
| 29 | Developmental Defects in Mouse Embryos Lacking N-Cadherin | Developmental Biology | 1997 | 661 |
| 30 | Structure of the connexin 26 gap junction channel at 3.5 Å resolution | Nature | 2009 | 642 |
| 31 | Flamingo, a Seven-Pass Transmembrane Cadherin, Regulates Planar Cell Polarity under the Control of Frizzled | Cell | 1999 | 640 |
| 32 | Expressed recombinant cadherins mediate cell sorting in model systems | Cell | 1988 | 633 |
| 33 | Expression of N-cadherin adhesion molecules associated with early morphogenetic events in chick development | Nature | 1986 | 621 |
| 34 | Lipid–protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional AQP0 crystals | Nature | 2005 | 617 |
| 35 | Correlation between the abundance of yeast transfer RNAs and the occurrence of the respective codons in protein genes | Journal of Molecular Biology | 1982 | 607 |
| 36 | Visualization of the dynamic instability of individual microtubules by dark-field microscopy | Nature | 1986 | 571 |
| 37 | XBP1 | Journal of Cell Biology | 2004 | 567 |
| 38 | Identification of a neural α-catenin as a key regulator of cadherin function and multicellular organization | Cell | 1992 | 554 |
| 39 | The fission yeast dis2+ gene required for chromosome disjoining encodes one of two putative type 1 protein phosphatases | Cell | 1989 | 515 |
| 40 | Spatial and temporal expression pattern of N-cadherin cell adhesion molecules correlated with morphogenetic processes of chicken embryos | Developmental Biology | 1987 | 506 |
| 41 | The opsins | Genome Biology | 2005 | 506 |
| 42 | Sprouty1 and Sprouty2 provide a control mechanism for the Ras/MAPK signalling pathway | Nature Cell Biology | 2002 | 503 |
| 43 | Cell cycle-dependent specific positioning and clustering of centromeres and telomeres in fission yeast. | Journal of Cell Biology | 1993 | 500 |
| 44 | The 102 kd cadherin-associated protein: Similarity to vinculin and posttranscriptional regulation of expression | Cell | 1991 | 499 |
| 45 | The catenin/cadherin adhesion system is localized in synaptic junctions bordering transmitter release zones. | Journal of Cell Biology | 1996 | 489 |
| 46 | Farnesylated γ-subunit of photoreceptor G protein indispensable for GTP-binding | Nature | 1990 | 480 |
| 47 | Telomere-led premeiotic chromosome movement in fission yeast | Science | 1994 | 477 |
| 48 | Activation of the Protein Kinase ERK5/BMK1 by Receptor Tyrosine Kinases | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1999 | 475 |
| 49 | Surface of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by high-resolution electron crystallography | Nature | 1997 | 474 |
| 50 | Localization of specificity determining sites in cadherin cell adhesion molecules | Cell | 1990 | 472 |
