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| Telomerase catalytic subunit homologs from fission yeast and human TM Nakamura, GB Morin, KB Chapman, SL Weinrich, WH Andrews, ... Science 277 (5328), 955-959, 1997 | 3046 | 1997 |
| The noncoding RNA revolution—trashing old rules to forge new ones TR Cech, JA Steitz Cell 157 (1), 77-94, 2014 | 2236 | 2014 |
| Crystal structure of a group I ribozyme domain: principles of RNA packing JH Cate, AR Gooding, E Podell, K Zhou, BL Golden, CE Kundrot, ... Science 273 (5282), 1678-1685, 1996 | 1676 | 1996 |
| Reverse transcriptase motifs in the catalytic subunit of telomerase J Lingner, TR Hughes, A Shevchenko, M Mann, V Lundblad, TR Cech Science 276 (5312), 561-567, 1997 | 1653 | 1997 |
| Monovalent cation-induced structure of telomeric DNA: the G-quartet model JR Williamson, MK Raghuraman, TR Cech Cell 59 (5), 871-880, 1989 | 1490 | 1989 |
| Inhibition of telomerase by G-quartet DMA structures AM Zahler, JR Williamson, TR Cech, DM Prescott Nature 350 (6320), 718-720, 1991 | 1427 | 1991 |
| In vitro splicing of the ribosomal RNA precursor of Tetrahymena: involvement of a guanosine nucleotide in the excision of the intervening sequence TR Cech, AJ Zaug, PJ Grabowski Cell 27 (3), 487-496, 1981 | 1320 | 1981 |
| Pot1, the putative telomere end-binding protein in fission yeast and humans P Baumann, TR Cech Science 292 (5519), 1171-1175, 2001 | 1318 | 2001 |
| The RNA world: the nature of modern RNA suggests a prebiotic RNA RF Gesteland, T Cech, JF Atkins (No Title), 1999 | 1290 | 1999 |
| Self-splicing of group I introns TR Cech Annual review of biochemistry 59 (1), 543-568, 1990 | 1251 | 1990 |
| The chemical repertoire of natural ribozymes JA Doudna, TR Cech Nature 418 (6894), 222-228, 2002 | 979 | 2002 |
| Biological catalysis by RNA TR Cech, BL Bass Annual review of biochemistry 55 (1), 599-629, 1986 | 966 | 1986 |
| The POT1–TPP1 telomere complex is a telomerase processivity factor F Wang, ER Podell, AJ Zaug, Y Yang, P Baciu, TR Cech, M Lei Nature 445 (7127), 506-510, 2007 | 843 | 2007 |
| RNA ribozyme polymerases, dephosphorylases, restriction endoribonucleases and methods TR Cech, AJ Zaug, MD Been US Patent 4,987,071, 1991 | 795 | 1991 |
| The chemistry of self-splicing RNA and RNA enzymes TR Cech Science 236 (4808), 1532-1539, 1987 | 790 | 1987 |
| The intervening sequence RNA of Tetrahymena is an enzyme AJ Zaug, TR Cech Science 231 (4737), 470-475, 1986 | 749 | 1986 |
| Regulation of telomere length and function by a Myb-domain protein in fission yeast JP Cooper, ER Nimmo, RC Allshire, TR Cech Nature 385 (6618), 744-747, 1997 | 627 | 1997 |
| The generality of self-splicing RNA: relationship to nuclear mRNA splicing TR Cech Cell 44 (2), 207-210, 1986 | 612 | 1986 |
| Conserved sequences and structures of group I introns: building an active site for RNA catalysis—a review TR Cech Gene 73 (2), 259-271, 1988 | 606 | 1988 |
