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Cell Polarity

Cell polarity is the asymmetric organization of cellular components and organelles that establishes spatially and functionally distinct domains within a cell.

6.7K

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Cellular Polarity

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Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila

Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard, Eric Wieschaus · Nature · 1980 · 4.4K citations

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Sonic hedgehog mediates the polarizing activity of the ZPA

Robert D. Riddle, Randy L. Johnson, Ed Laufer et al. · Cell · 1993 · 2.3K citations

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Sonic hedgehog, a member of a family of putative signaling molecules, is implicated in the regulation of CNS polarity

Yann Echelard, Douglas J. Epstein, Benoit St‐Jacques et al. · Cell · 1993 · 2.2K citations

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Regulation of phyllotaxis by polar auxin transport

Didier Reinhardt, Eva-­Rachele Pesce, Pia A. Stieger et al. · Nature · 2003 · 1.5K citations

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Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals

Mototsugu Eiraku, Kiichi Watanabe, Mami Matsuo‐Takasaki et al. · Cell stem cell · 2008 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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  1. ER
    Enrique Rodríguez-Boulan

    Cornell University, United States

    45 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. MM
    Marek Mlodzik

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

    39 publications · 4.8K citations

    33

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  3. SO
    Shigeo Ohno

    Yokohama City University, Japan

    37 publications · 5.6K citations

    30

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  4. WJ
    W. James Nelson

    Stanford University, United States

    30 publications · 5.7K citations

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  5. DS
    Daniel St Johnston

    The Gurdon Institute, United Kingdom

    33 publications · 4.6K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    117 h-index

    692 publications

    104.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    87 h-index

    558 publications

    89.3K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    81 h-index

    484 publications

    70K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    79 h-index

    1.2K publications

    82.6K citations

  5. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    79 h-index

    405 publications

    56.3K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    70 h-index

    391 publications

    39.8K citations

  7. Inserm

    Paris, France

    69 h-index

    768 publications

    56.8K citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    65 h-index

    313 publications

    37.6K citations

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  1. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 448 publications · 66.9K citations

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  2. Development

    356 publications · 30.2K citations

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  3. Cell

    102 publications · 39.5K citations

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  4. Current Biology

    199 publications · 22.1K citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 228 publications · 25.3K citations

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See also

Cell Polarity

Molecular Regulators

Establishment Mechanisms

Functional Roles

Cellular Contexts

Polarity Disorders