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| Isolation of micro-and macronuclei of Tetrahymena pyriformis MA Gorovsky, MC Yao, JB Keevert, GL Pleger Methods in cell biology 9, 311-327, 1975 | 416 | 1975 |
| Comparison of the sequences of macro- and micronuclear DNA of Tetrahymena pyriformis MC Yao, MA Gorovsky Chromosoma 48, 1-18, 1974 | 244 | 1974 |
| Programmed DNA deletion as an RNA-guided system of genome defense MC Yao, P Fuller, X Xi Science 300 (5625), 1581-1584, 2003 | 223 | 2003 |
| Pdd1p, a novel chromodomain-containing protein, links heterochromatin assembly and DNA elimination in Tetrahymena MT Madireddi, RS Coyne, JF Smothers, KM Mickey, MC Yao, CD Allis Cell 87 (1), 75-84, 1996 | 201 | 1996 |
| A single integrated gene for ribosomal RNA in a eucaryote, Tetrahymena pyriformis MC Yao, JG Gall Cell 12 (1), 121-132, 1977 | 197 | 1977 |
| Nongenic, bidirectional transcription precedes and may promote developmental DNA deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila DL Chalker, MC Yao Genes & development 15 (10), 1287-1298, 2001 | 190 | 2001 |
| DNA elimination in Tetrahymena: a developmental process involving extensive breakage and rejoining of DNA at defined sites MC Yao, J Choi, S Yokoyama, CF Austerberry, CH Yao Cell 36 (2), 433-440, 1984 | 190 | 1984 |
| A domesticated piggyBac transposase plays key roles in heterochromatin dynamics and DNA cleavage during programmed DNA deletion in Tetrahymena thermophila CY Cheng, A Vogt, K Mochizuki, MC Yao Molecular biology of the cell 21 (10), 1753-1762, 2010 | 174 | 2010 |
| Genome downsizing during ciliate development: nuclear division of labor through chromosome restructuring RS Coyne, DL Chalker, MC Yao Annual review of genetics 30 (1), 557-578, 1996 | 160 | 1996 |
| The controlling sequence for site-specific chromosome breakage in Tetrahymena MC Yao, CH Yao, B Monks Cell 63 (4), 763-772, 1990 | 157 | 1990 |
| Non-Mendelian, heritable blocks to DNA rearrangement are induced by loading the somatic nucleus of Tetrahymena thermophila with germ line-limited DNA DL Chalker, MC Yao Molecular and cellular biology, 1996 | 147 | 1996 |
| Transformation of Tetrahymena thermophila by microinjection of ribosomal RNA genes. MM Tondravi, MC Yao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 83 (12), 4369-4373, 1986 | 147 | 1986 |
| A Small Number of Cistrons for Ribosomal RNA in the Germinal Nucleus of a Eukaryote, Tetrahymena pyriformis MC Yao, AR Kimmel, MA Gorovsky Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 71 (8), 3082-3086, 1974 | 147 | 1974 |
| RNA-guided DNA deletion in Tetrahymena: an RNAi-based mechanism for programmed genome rearrangements MC Yao, JL Chao Annu. Rev. Genet. 39, 537-559, 2005 | 143 | 2005 |
| DNA elimination in ciliates: transposon domestication and genome surveillance DL Chalker, MC Yao Annual review of genetics 45, 227-246, 2011 | 142 | 2011 |
| Specific DNA rearrangements in synchronously developing nuclei of Tetrahymena. CF Austerberry, CD Allis, MC Yao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81 (23), 7383-7387, 1984 | 142 | 1984 |
| Repeated hexanucleotide CCCCAA is present near free ends of macronuclear DNA of Tetrahymena. MC Yao, CH Yao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 78 (12), 7436-7439, 1981 | 137 | 1981 |
| A conserved nucleotide sequence at the sites of developmentally regulated chromosomal breakage in Tetrahymena MC Yao, K Zheng, CH Yao Cell 48 (5), 779-788, 1987 | 135 | 1987 |
| Short inverted repeats initiate gene amplification through the formation of a large DNA palindrome in mammalian cells H Tanaka, SJ Tapscott, BJ Trask, MC Yao Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (13), 8772-8777, 2002 | 128 | 2002 |
