Embryonic expression of a haematopoietic growth factor encoded by the SI locus and the ligand for c-kit

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

Krisztina M. Zsebo, David A. Williams, E N Geissler et al. · Cell · 1990 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Genetics +14

The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

Benoı̂t Chabot, Dennis A. Stephenson, Verne M. Chapman et al. · Nature · 1988 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +12

The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

E N Geissler, Melanie A. Ryan, David E. Housman · Cell · 1988 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +11

Identification, purification, and biological characterization of hematopoietic stem cell factor from buffalo rat liver-conditioned medium

Krisztina M. Zsebo, Jette Wypych, Ian McNiece et al. · Cell · 1990 · 823 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Hematology +11

Primary structure and functional expression of rat and human stem cell factor DNAs

Francis H. Martin, Sidney V. Suggs, Keith E. Langley et al. · Cell · 1990 · 760 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +15