| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes | Nature | 1984 | 1,137 |
| 2 | Homology of the eyeless gene of Drosophila to the Small eye gene in mice and Aniridia in humans | Science | 1994 | 1,062 |
| 3 | A Developmental Switch in the Response of DRG Neurons to ETS Transcription Factor Signaling | PLoS Biology | 2005 | 951 |
| 4 | Detection in situ of genomic regulatory elements in Drosophila. | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1987 | 774 |
| 5 | Pax 6: mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution | Trends in Genetics | 1999 | 706 |
| 6 | P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila. | Genes and Development | 1989 | 689 |
| 7 | Analysis of TALE superclass homeobox genes (MEIS, PBC, KNOX, Iroquois, TGIF) reveals a novel domain conserved between plants and animals | Nucleic Acids Research | 1997 | 564 |
| 8 | Influenza Virus NS1 Protein Interacts with the Cellular 30 kDa Subunit of CPSF and Inhibits 3′ End Formation of Cellular Pre-mRNAs | Molecular Cell | 1998 | 548 |
| 9 | A New Yeast Poly(A) Polymerase Complex Involved in RNA Quality Control | PLoS Biology | 2005 | 511 |
| 10 | Regulation and function of the Drosophila segmentation gene fushi tarazu | Cell | 1987 | 460 |
| 11 | The Biochemistry of 3′-End Cleavage and Polyadenylation of Messenger RNA Precursors | Annual Review of Biochemistry | 1992 | 446 |
| 12 | Homeotic Genes and the Homeobox | Annual Review of Genetics | 1986 | 443 |
| 13 | PAX-6IN DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION | Annual Review of Neuroscience | 1997 | 433 |
| 14 | P-element-mediated enhancer detection: an efficient method for isolating and characterizing developmentally regulated genes in Drosophila. | Genes and Development | 1989 | 412 |
| 15 | Redesigning the body plan of Drosophila by ectopic expression of the homoeotic gene Antennapedia | Nature | 1987 | 402 |
| 16 | Expression and function of the segmentation gene fushi tarazu during Drosophila neurogenesis | Science | 1988 | 352 |
| 17 | Molecular cloning and chromosome mapping of a mouse DNA sequence homologous to homeotic genes of drosophila | Cell | 1984 | 327 |
| 18 | A novel poly(A)-binding protein acts as a specificity factor in the second phase of messenger RNA polyadenylation | Cell | 1991 | 301 |
| 19 | ERM is required for transcriptional control of the spermatogonial stem cell niche | Nature | 2005 | 292 |
| 20 | An Adenosine Deaminase that Generates Inosine at the Wobble Position of tRNAs | Science | 1999 | 285 |
| 21 | Regulation of Antennapedia transcript distribution by the bithorax complex in Drosophila | Nature | 1984 | 274 |
| 22 | Motor Circuits in Action: Specification, Connectivity, and Function | Neuron | 2012 | 265 |
| 23 | Cloning of cDNAs encoding mammalian double-stranded RNA-specific adenosine deaminase | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 1995 | 252 |
| 24 | New Perspectives on Eye Development and the Evolution of Eyes and Photoreceptors | Journal of Heredity | 2005 | 240 |
| 25 | Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem | Nature | 2017 | 235 |
| 26 | Ultrastructural Analysis of Transcription and Splicing in the Cell Nucleus after Bromo-UTP Microinjection | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 1999 | 228 |
| 27 | Brainstem nucleus MdV mediates skilled forelimb motor tasks | Nature | 2014 | 228 |
| 28 | Structure of two genes at the gooseberry locus related to the paired gene and their spatial expression during Drosophila embryogenesis. | Genes and Development | 1987 | 227 |
| 29 | tadA, an essential tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase from Escherichia coli | EMBO Journal | 2002 | 227 |
| 30 | New perspectives on eye evolution | Current Opinion in Genetics and Development | 1995 | 225 |
| 31 | The human U1A snRNP protein regulates polyadenylation via a direct interaction with poly(A) polymerase | Cell | 1994 | 224 |
| 32 | 3′ cleavage and polyadenylation of mRNA precursors in vitro requires a poly(A) polymerase, a cleavage factor, and a snRNP | Cell | 1988 | 222 |
| 33 | ETS Gene Pea3 Controls the Central Position and Terminal Arborization of Specific Motor Neuron Pools | Neuron | 2002 | 222 |
| 34 | WW Domains Provide a Platform for the Assembly of Multiprotein Networks | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 2005 | 221 |
| 35 | Human Fip1 is a subunit of CPSF that binds to U-rich RNA elements and stimulates poly(A) polymerase | EMBO Journal | 2004 | 215 |
| 36 | A Role for Runx Transcription Factor Signaling in Dorsal Root Ganglion Sensory Neuron Diversification | Neuron | 2006 | 210 |
| 37 | Monosynaptic Rabies Virus Reveals Premotor Network Organization and Synaptic Specificity of Cholinergic Partition Cells | Neuron | 2010 | 209 |
| 38 | The Plk1-dependent Phosphoproteome of the Early Mitotic Spindle | Molecular and Cellular Proteomics | 2011 | 201 |
| 39 | Stable kinetochore–microtubule interactions depend on the Ska complex and its new component Ska3/C13Orf3 | EMBO Journal | 2009 | 196 |
| 40 | Plk4 trans-autophosphorylation regulates centriole number by controlling βTrCP-mediated degradation | Journal of Cell Science | 2010 | 194 |
| 41 | Motor antagonism exposed by spatial segregation and timing of neurogenesis | Nature | 2011 | 194 |
| 42 | Cleavage and polyadenylation factor CPF specifically interacts with the pre-mRNA 3′ processing signal AAUAAA. | EMBO Journal | 1991 | 191 |
| 43 | An interaction between U2AF 65 and CF Im links the splicing and 3′ end processing machineries | EMBO Journal | 2006 | 179 |
| 44 | Isolation of the paired gene of Drosophila and its spatial expression during early embryogenesis | Nature | 1986 | 178 |
| 45 | RNA-specific ribonucleotidyl transferases | Rna | 2007 | 176 |
| 46 | Purification and Characterization of Human Cleavage Factor Im Involved in the 3′ End Processing of Messenger RNA Precursors | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1996 | 174 |
| 47 | Poly(A) Tail Length Control Is Caused by Termination of Processive Synthesis | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 1995 | 169 |
| 48 | Mutational analysis of mammalian poly(A) polymerase identifies a region for primer binding and catalytic domain, homologous to the family X polymerases, and to other nucleotidyltransferases. | EMBO Journal | 1996 | 167 |
| 49 | Occurrence of sialic acids in Drosophila melanogaster | Science | 1992 | 165 |
| 50 | Human Pre-mRNA Cleavage Factor Im Is Related to Spliceosomal SR Proteins and Can Be Reconstituted In Vitro from Recombinant Subunits | Molecular Cell | 1998 | 164 |
