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- Wnt signaling in oncogenesis and embryogenesis--a look outside the nucleus. (2000) (1341)
- Armadillo Coactivates Transcription Driven by the Product of the Drosophila Segment Polarity Gene dTCF (1997) (1306)
- Drosophila Tcf and Groucho interact to repress Wingless signalling activity (1998) (778)
- A repeating amino acid motif shared by proteins with diverse cellular roles (1994) (652)
- Molecular Genetics of the Bithorax Complex in Drosophila melanogaster (1983) (542)
- Cadherins in embryonic and neural morphogenesis (2000) (498)
- The segment polarity gene armadillo encodes a functionally modular protein that is the Drosophila homolog of human plakoglobin (1990) (479)
- wingless signal and Zeste-white 3 kinase trigger opposing changes in the intracellular distribution of Armadillo. (1994) (459)
- The vertebrate adhesive junction proteins beta-catenin and plakoglobin and the Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo form a multigene family with similar properties (1992) (411)
- β-Catenin as Oncogene--The Smoking Gun (1997) (334)
- An in vivo structure-function study of armadillo, the beta-catenin homologue, reveals both separate and overlapping regions of the protein required for cell adhesion and for wingless signaling (1996) (327)
- Armadillo is required for adherens junction assembly, cell polarity, and morphogenesis during Drosophila embryogenesis (1996) (324)
- Negative regulation of Armadillo, a Wingless effector in Drosophila. (1997) (315)
- Wnt signaling from development to disease: insights from model systems. (2009) (315)
- The positioning and segregation of apical cues during epithelial polarity establishment in Drosophila (2005) (307)
- The abdominal region of the bithorax complex (1985) (302)
- Noninvasive Imaging beyond the Diffraction Limit of 3D Dynamics in Thickly Fluorescent Specimens (2012) (288)
- The segment polarity gene armadillo interacts with the wingless signaling pathway in both embryonic and adult pattern formation. (1991) (275)
- Adherens junction-dependent and -independent steps in the establishment of epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila (2004) (273)
- extradenticle, a regulator of homeotic gene activity, is a homolog of the homeobox-containing human proto-oncogene pbx1 (1993) (262)
- A role for a novel centrosome cycle in asymmetric cell division (2007) (255)
- Phosphorylation of the Drosophila adherens junction protein Armadillo: roles for wingless signal and zeste-white 3 kinase. (1994) (253)
- A role for the Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo in cell adhesion and cytoskeletal integrity during oogenesis. (1993) (246)
- Mutations in the Drosophila gene extradenticle affect the way specific homeo domain proteins regulate segmental identity. (1990) (246)
- The Drosophila afadin homologue Canoe regulates linkage of the actin cytoskeleton to adherens junctions during apical constriction (2009) (240)
- The SCFSlimb ubiquitin ligase regulates Plk4/Sak levels to block centriole reduplication (2009) (239)
- Construction of large DNA segments in Escherichia coli. (1989) (221)
- Cell adhesion and signal transduction: the Armadillo connection. (1995) (219)
- Drosophila Apc2 Is a Cytoskeletally-Associated Protein That Regulates Wingless Signaling in the Embryonic Epidermis (1999) (203)
- The bithorax complex: control of segmental identity. (1987) (195)
- δ-catenin, an Adhesive Junction–associated Protein Which Promotes Cell Scattering (1999) (190)
- Puckered, a Drosophila MAPK phosphatase, ensures cell viability by antagonizing JNK-induced apoptosis (2005) (179)
- Localization and possible functions of Drosophila septins. (1995) (178)
- Can 1000 Reviews Be Wrong? Actin, α-Catenin, and Adherens Junctions (2005) (172)
- Drosophila APC2 and Armadillo participate in tethering mitotic spindles to cortical actin (2001) (167)
- Decisions, decisions: β-catenin chooses between adhesion and transcription (2005) (166)
- Regulatory elements of the bithorax complex that control expression along the anterior‐posterior axis. (1990) (164)
- The product of the Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo is part of a multi-protein complex resembling the vertebrate adherens junction. (1993) (156)
- A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension (2011) (152)
- Diaphanous regulates myosin and adherens junctions to control cell contractility and protrusive behavior during morphogenesis (2008) (148)
- Drosophila p120catenin plays a supporting role in cell adhesion but is not an essential adherens junction component (2003) (147)
- Abelson kinase regulates epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila (2001) (147)
- Evidence for functional differentiation among Drosophila septins in cytokinesis and cellularization. (2000) (142)
- Enabled plays key roles in embryonic epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila (2007) (138)
- Abelson kinase (Abl) and RhoGEF2 regulate actin organization during cell constriction in Drosophila (2006) (137)
- Remodeling the zonula adherens in response to tension and the role of afadin in this response (2016) (134)
- Identification of APC2, a homologue of the adenomatous polyposis coli tumour suppressor (1999) (134)
- A multicomponent assembly pathway contributes to the formation of acentrosomal microtubule arrays in interphase Drosophila cells. (2008) (132)
- aPKC controls microtubule organization to balance adherens junction symmetry and planar polarity during development. (2007) (130)
- Beta-catenin as oncogene: the smoking gun. (1997) (129)
- Mammalian septins nomenclature. (2002) (125)
- Ena/VASP Enabled is a highly processive actin polymerase tailored to self-assemble parallel-bundled F-actin networks with Fascin (2014) (125)
- Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling Regulation and a Role for Biomolecular Condensates. (2019) (121)
- Rab11 Helps Maintain Apical Crumbs and Adherens Junctions in the Drosophila Embryonic Ectoderm (2009) (112)
- Decisions, decisions: beta-catenin chooses between adhesion and transcription. (2005) (112)
- Balancing different types of actin polymerization at distinct sites (2003) (111)
- extradenticle determines segmental identities throughout Drosophila development. (1995) (110)
- Can 1000 reviews be wrong? Actin, alpha-Catenin, and adherens junctions. (2005) (101)
- Traffic control (2003) (99)
- Regulation of Epithelial Morphogenesis by the G Protein–Coupled Receptor Mist and Its Ligand Fog (2013) (98)
- CellGeo: A computational platform for the analysis of shape changes in cells with complex geometries (2014) (96)
- Drosophila α-Catenin and E-cadherin Bind to Distinct Regions of Drosophila Armadillo* (1996) (96)
- Deconstructing the ßcatenin destruction complex: mechanistic roles for the tumor suppressor APC in regulating Wnt signaling (2011) (96)
- The anterobithorax and bithorax mutations of the bithorax complex. (1986) (92)
- Regulating Cell Proliferation--As Easy as APC (1996) (91)
- Roles of the C terminus of Armadillo in Wingless signaling in Drosophila. (1999) (91)
- Knowing your neighbors: Cell interactions determine intrasegmental patterning in Drosophila (1992) (90)
- Armadillo and dTCF: a marriage made in the nucleus. (1997) (90)
- Testing hypotheses for the functions of APC family proteins using null and truncation alleles in Drosophila (2006) (89)
- A novel GSK3-regulated APC:Axin interaction regulates Wnt signaling by driving a catalytic cycle of efficient βcatenin destruction (2015) (83)
- Scribble: A master scaffold in polarity, adhesion, synaptogenesis, and proliferation (2018) (81)
- Cancer, catenins, and cuticle pattern: a complex connection. (1993) (80)
- Drosophila APC2 and APC1 have overlapping roles in the larval brain despite their distinct intracellular localizations. (2002) (79)
- Sequences of the gypsy transposon of Drosophila necessary for its effects on adjacent genes. (1988) (77)
- Roles of Armadillo, a Drosophila catenin, during central nervous system development (1998) (76)
- The canonical Wg and JNK signaling cascades collaborate to promote both dorsal closure and ventral patterning. (2000) (75)
- Wnt signaling: Moving in a new direction (2000) (74)
- Wingless signaling: The inconvenient complexities of life (1998) (74)
- Exploring the roles of diaphanous and enabled activity in shaping the balance between filopodia and lamellipodia. (2009) (74)
- Cytoskeletal dynamics and cell signaling during planar polarity establishment in the Drosophila embryonic denticle (2006) (74)
- Not just glue: cell-cell junctions as cellular signaling centers. (1995) (73)
- Drosophila APC2 and APC1 play overlapping roles in wingless signaling in the embryo and imaginal discs. (2002) (71)
- Comment Traffic control : p 120-catenin acts as a gatekeeper to control the fate of classical cadherins in mammalian cells (2003) (69)
- How the cytoskeleton helps build the embryonic body plan: models of morphogenesis from Drosophila. (2009) (67)
- Acentrosomal Drosophila epithelial cells exhibit abnormal cell division, leading to cell death and compensatory proliferation. (2014) (65)
- Cell–cell signalling: Wingless lands at last (1996) (64)
- Enabled and Capping protein play important roles in shaping cell behavior during Drosophila oogenesis. (2009) (62)
- Enabled Negatively Regulates Diaphanous-Driven Actin Dynamics In Vitro and In Vivo (2014) (61)
- Original CIN: reviewing roles for APC in chromosome instability (2008) (60)
- Rap1 and Canoe/afadin are essential for establishment of apical–basal polarity in the Drosophila embryo (2013) (60)
- A model system for cell adhesion and signal transduction in Drosophila. (1993) (60)
- Membrane-tethered Drosophila Armadillo cannot transduce Wingless signal on its own. (1999) (59)
- Interphase centrosome organization by the PLP-Cnn scaffold is required for centrosome function (2015) (57)
- The single Drosophila ZO-1 protein Polychaetoid regulates embryonic morphogenesis in coordination with Canoe/afadin and Enabled (2011) (56)
- Cadherin sequences that inhibit beta-catenin signaling: a study in yeast and mammalian cells. (2001) (56)
- LITE microscopy: Tilted light-sheet excitation of model organisms offers high resolution and low photobleaching (2018) (56)
- Domains of cis-interaction in the bithorax complex. (1985) (55)
- Rho1 regulates Drosophila adherens junctions independently of p120ctn (2005) (54)
- The Ballet of Morphogenesis Unveiling the Hidden Choreographers (2002) (52)
- Talin Autoinhibition Is Required for Morphogenesis (2013) (52)
- A screen for mutations that suppress the phenotype of Drosophila armadillo, the beta-catenin homolog. (2000) (49)
- Novel roles for APC family members and Wingless/Wnt signaling during Drosophila brain development. (2007) (47)
- The Miraprep: A Protocol that Uses a Miniprep Kit and Provides Maxiprep Yields (2016) (43)
- Rap1 acts via multiple mechanisms to position Canoe and adherens junctions and mediate apical-basal polarity establishment (2017) (42)
- Drosophila alpha-catenin and E-cadherin bind to distinct regions of Drosophila Armadillo. (1996) (40)
- Identification of septin-interacting proteins and characterization of the Smt3/SUMO-conjugation system in Drosophila. (2002) (40)
- Supramolecular assembly of the beta-catenin destruction complex and the effect of Wnt signaling on its localization, molecular size, and activity in vivo (2018) (39)
- The actin regulators Enabled and Diaphanous direct distinct protrusive behaviors in different tissues during Drosophila development (2014) (38)
- The Drosophila Afadin and ZO-1 homologues Canoe and Polychaetoid act in parallel to maintain epithelial integrity when challenged by adherens junction remodeling (2019) (36)
- Signal transduction: Neither straight nor narrow (1999) (36)
- Regulation of Wnt signaling by the tumor suppressor adenomatous polyposis coli does not require the ability to enter the nucleus or a particular cytoplasmic localization (2012) (34)
- Terminal regions of beta-catenin come into view. (2008) (34)
- Developmental biology: Colon construction (2002) (34)
- Putting the model to the test: are APC proteins essential for neuronal polarity, axon outgrowth, and axon targeting? (2008) (34)
- Genetic and bioinformatic analysis of 41C and the 2R heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster: a window on the heterochromatin-euchromatin junction. (2004) (34)
- Oncogenes take wing (1987) (32)
- Centrosome and spindle assembly checkpoint loss leads to neural apoptosis and reduced brain size (2017) (31)
- Orchestrating morphogenesis: building the body plan by cell shape changes and movements (2020) (30)
- Using Bcr-Abl to examine mechanisms by which abl kinase regulates morphogenesis in Drosophila. (2008) (28)
- A method to stain nuclei of Drosophila for confocal microscopy. (1994) (27)
- Reconstituting regulation of the canonical Wnt pathway by engineering a minimal β-catenin destruction machine (2017) (24)
- Scribble and Discs-large direct initial assembly and positioning of adherens junctions during the establishment of apical-basal polarity (2019) (23)
- Teaching tumour suppressors new tricks (2000) (23)
- Cell biology: Which way is up? (2000) (21)
- Wnt signaling: The Naked truth? (2001) (19)
- APC2 and Axin promote mitotic fidelity by facilitating centrosome separation and cytoskeletal regulation (2013) (17)
- It takes more than two to tango: Dishevelled polymerization and Wnt signaling (2007) (16)
- Defining Components of the ßcatenin Destruction Complex and Exploring Its Regulation and Mechanisms of Action during Development (2012) (15)
- Regulating polarity by directing traffic: Cdc42 prevents adherens junctions from Crumblin' aPart (2008) (15)
- Travel Bulletin--Traffic Jams Cause Tumors (2000) (15)
- The argument for diversifying the NIH grant portfolio (2017) (14)
- Developmental biology: Birds of a feather flock together (1998) (14)
- Abelson kinase acts as a robust, multifunctional scaffold in regulating embryonic morphogenesis (2016) (12)
- Wnt regulation: exploring Axin-Disheveled interactions and defining mechanisms by which the SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase is recruited to the destruction complex (2019) (11)
- Cell Biology: A Tense but Good Day for Actin at Cell–Cell Junctions (2014) (11)
- Activated armadillo/beta-catenin does not play a general role in cell migration and process extension in Drosophila. (2001) (11)
- Multivalent interactions make adherens junction–cytoskeletal linkage robust during morphogenesis (2021) (10)
- Summary Rho 1 regulates Drosophila adherens junctions independently of p 120 ctn (2005) (10)
- Centrosome Loss Triggers a Transcriptional Program To Counter Apoptosis-Induced Oxidative Stress (2018) (10)
- Cell Adhesion: Separation of p120's Powers? (2007) (9)
- Wnt Signaling: The Many Interfaces of β-Catenin (2012) (9)
- Cytoskeletal Connections: Building Strong Cells in New Ways (2003) (8)
- A model system for cell adhesion and signal transduction in Drosophila. (1993) (8)
- Terminal Regions of β -Catenin Come into View (2008) (7)
- Abelson kinase’s intrinsically disordered region plays essential roles in protein function and protein stability (2021) (7)
- Cell biology. Travel bulletin--traffic jams cause tumors. (2000) (6)
- The Crk adapter protein is essential for Drosophila embryogenesis, where it regulates multiple actin-dependent morphogenic events (2019) (6)
- The two faces of hedgehog. (1994) (5)
- Micron-scale supramolecular myosin arrays help mediate cytoskeletal assembly at mature adherens junctions (2021) (5)
- Powering morphogenesis: multiscale challenges at the interface of cell adhesion and the cytoskeleton (2022) (5)
- Call to restore NIH's cap on grant funding (2017) (5)
- The wingless/Wnt-1 Signaling Pathway—New Insights into the Cellular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction (1996) (5)
- Science Signaling Podcast: 12 November 2013 (2013) (4)
- Chapter 3 How the Cytoskeleton Helps Build the Embryonic Body Plan (2009) (4)
- Reason to write (1989) (4)
- Actin and Apical Constriction: Some (Re)-Assembly Required. (2015) (3)
- Stem cells in the news: CNN and APC make headlines. (2003) (3)
- Cell shape by coercion: Par1 and aPKC put the squeeze on junctions. (2012) (3)
- Scribble and Dlg organize a protection racket to ensure apical–basal polarity (2020) (3)
- The product of the Drosophila melanogaster segment polarity gene armadillo is highly conserved in sequence and expression in the housefly Musca domestica (1993) (3)
- The Drosophila Afadin and ZO-1 homologs Canoe and Polychaetoid act in parallel to maintain epithelial integrity when challenged by adherens junction remodeling (2019) (2)
- THE ABDOMINAL REGION O FT HE BITHORAX COMPLEX (1985) (2)
- Scribble and Discs-large direct adherens junction positioning and supermolecular assembly to establish apical-basal polarity (2019) (2)
- Rap1 regulates apical contractility to allow embryonic morphogenesis without tissue disruption and acts in part via Canoe-independent mechanisms (2022) (2)
- APC2 and Axin promote mitotic fidelity by facilitating centrosome separation and cytoskeletal regulation (2013) (2)
- Modulating apical–basal polarity by building and deconstructing a Yurt (2018) (2)
- LITE microscopy: a technique for high numerical aperture, low photobleaching fluorescence imaging (2017) (1)
- Looking back on a life of unacknowledged privilege and a call to action (2021) (1)
- Nonparametric Identification of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (2003) (1)
- Arranging a Cellular Checkerboard (2011) (1)
- Noninvasive Imaging of 3 D Dynamics in Thickly Fluorescent Specimens Beyond the Diffraction Limit (2013) (1)
- Morphogenesis: Multitalented GTPases Seeking New Jobs (2009) (1)
- Author response: A novel GSK3-regulated APC:Axin interaction regulates Wnt signaling by driving a catalytic cycle of efficient βcatenin destruction (2015) (1)
- The Eighth Day of Creation: looking back across 40 years to the birth of molecular biology and the roots of modern cell biology (2020) (1)
- Forthcoming papers (1993) (0)
- The Art and Science of Cell Biology (ASCB 2 ) (2012) (0)
- The effect of Wnt signaling on the localization, molecular size and activity of the beta-catenin destruction complex in vivo (2017) (0)
- THE FACULTY AND THEIR RESEARCH (2008) (0)
- To condense or not to condense: Wnt regulation by centrosome-nucleated biomolecular condensates (2022) (0)
- Wingless can't fly so it hitches a ride with dynein. (2001) (0)
- Getting the Word Out on Effective Ways to Teach: the Promoting Active Learning & Mentoring (PALM) Research Coordination Network (2016) (0)
- Abelson kinase’s intrinsically disordered region plays essential roles in protein function and protein stability (2021) (0)
- Cell biology: Keeping the epithelium together when your neighbor divides (2022) (0)
- Drosophila (cid:97) -Catenin and E-cadherin Bind to Distinct Regions of Drosophila Armadillo* (1996) (0)
- Abelson kinase’s intrinsically disordered linker plays important roles in protein function and protein stability (2020) (0)
- Developing Strategies to Block Beta-Catenin Action in Signaling and Cell Adhesion during Carcinogenesis (2001) (0)
- What your PI forgot to tell you: why you actually might want a job running a research lab (2017) (0)
- Sustained teaching mentoring works and benefits mentors as well as those mentored: The Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network (2018) (0)
- Drosophila melanogaster Canoe PDZ domain in complex with Echinoid C-terminal region (2021) (0)
- Polychaetoid/ZO-1 strengthens cell junctions under tension while localizing differently than core adherens junction proteins (2023) (0)
- Decision letter: Quantitative live-cell imaging and computational modeling shed new light on endogenous WNT/CTNNB1 signaling dynamics (2021) (0)
- LIGHT-SHEET MICROSCOPY USING SELF-RECONSTRUCTING BEAMS AND THE STED-PRINCIPLE (2014) (0)
- Don't Blame Me—I'm Just a Cell Biologist (2008) (0)
- Decision letter: Limited dishevelled/Axin oligomerization determines efficiency of Wnt/β-catenin signal transduction (2020) (0)
- A role for a micron-scale supramolecular myosin array in adherens junction cytoskeletal assembly (2021) (0)
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Crumbs Regulates Rho-Kinase Dynamics to Assemble a Tissue Boundary. (2020) (0)
- Step-by-step Miraprep protocol. (2016) (0)
- Getting into shape: tissue tension drives oriented cell divisions during organogenesis (2019) (0)
- Rap1 uses Canoe-dependent and Canoe-independent mechanisms to regulate apical contractility and allow embryonic morphogenesis without tissue disruption (2022) (0)
- Decision letter: Inequalities in the distribution of National Institutes of Health research project grant funding (2021) (0)
- Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton during Drosophila oogenesis by Ena and Capping Protein (2008) (0)
- Exploring the evolution and function of Canoe’s intrinsically disordered region in linking cell-cell junctions to the cytoskeleton during embryonic morphogenesis (2023) (0)
- Report Talin Autoinhibition Is Required for Morphogenesis (2013) (0)
- The miracle of morphogenesis, cell adhesion, polarity and cytoskeletal regulation (2008) (0)
- Summary Identification of septin-interacting proteins and characterization of the Smt 3 / SUMO-conjugation system in Drosophila (0)
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