| A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes RJ Roberts, M Belfort, T Bestor, AS Bhagwat, TA Bickle, J Bitinaite, ... Nucleic acids research 31 (7), 1805-1812, 2003 | 915 | 2003 |
| Introns as mobile genetic elements AM Lambowitz, M Belfort Annual review of biochemistry 62 (1), 587-622, 1993 | 795 | 1993 |
| Homing endonucleases: keeping the house in order M Belfort, RJ Roberts Nucleic acids research 25 (17), 3379-3388, 1997 | 665 | 1997 |
| Protein splicing elements: inteins and exteins--a definition of terms and recommended nomenclature. FB Perler, EO Davis, GE Dean, FS Gimble, WE Jack, N Neff, CJ Noren, ... Nucleic acids research 22 (7), 1125, 1994 | 567 | 1994 |
| Riboregulation in Escherichia coli: DsrA RNA acts by RNA:RNA interactions at multiple loci RA Lease, ME Cusick, M Belfort Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95 (21), 12456-12461, 1998 | 385 | 1998 |
| Group I and group II introns R Saldanha, G Mohr, M Belfort, AM Lambowitz The FASEB journal 7 (1), 15-24, 1993 | 371 | 1993 |
| Structural conventions for group I introns JM Burke, M Belfort, TR Cech, RW Davies, RJ Schweyen, DA Shub, ... Nucleic acids research 15 (18), 7217-7221, 1987 | 349 | 1987 |
| A genetic system yields self-cleaving inteins for bioseparations DW Wood, W Wu, G Belfort, V Derbyshire, M Belfort Nature biotechnology 17 (9), 889-892, 1999 | 345 | 1999 |
| Mechanisms of Intron Mobility (∗) M Belfort, PS Perlman Journal of Biological Chemistry 270 (51), 30237-30240, 1995 | 307 | 1995 |
| A bacterial group II intron encoding reverse transcriptase, maturase, and DNA endonuclease activities: biochemical demonstration of maturase activity and insertion of new … M Matsuura, R Saldanha, H Ma, H Wank, J Yang, G Mohr, S Cavanagh, ... Genes & development 11 (21), 2910-2924, 1997 | 291 | 1997 |
| Retrohoming of a bacterial group II intron: mobility via complete reverse splicing, independent of homologous DNA recombination B Cousineau, D Smith, S Lawrence-Cavanagh, JE Mueller, J Yang, ... Cell 94 (4), 451-462, 1998 | 286 | 1998 |
| Intervening sequence in the thymidylate synthase gene of bacteriophage T4. FK Chu, GF Maley, F Maley, M Belfort Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81 (10), 3049-3053, 1984 | 272 | 1984 |
| A trans-acting RNA as a control switch in Escherichia coli: DsrA modulates function by forming alternative structures RA Lease, M Belfort Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (18), 9919-9924, 2000 | 260 | 2000 |
| Escherichia coli protein analogs StpA and H‐NS: regulatory loops, similar and disparate effects on nucleic acid dynamics. A Zhang, S Rimsky, ME Reaban, H Buc, M Belfort The EMBO Journal 15 (6), 1340-1349, 1996 | 258 | 1996 |
| Mobile introns: pathways and proteins M Belfort, V Derbyshire, MM Parker, B Cousineau, AM Lambowitz Mobile DNA II, 759-783, 2007 | 253 | 2007 |
| The take and give between retrotransposable elements and their hosts A Beauregard, MJ Curcio, M Belfort Annual review of genetics 42 (1), 587-617, 2008 | 232 | 2008 |
| Escherichia coli proteins, including ribosomal protein S12, facilitate in vitro splicing of phage T4 introns by acting as RNA chaperones. T Coetzee, D Herschlag, M Belfort Genes & development 8 (13), 1575-1588, 1994 | 231 | 1994 |
| Genetic definition of a protein-splicing domain: functional mini-inteins support structure predictions and a model for intein evolution V Derbyshire, DW Wood, W Wu, JT Dansereau, JZ Dalgaard, M Belfort Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94 (21), 11466-11471, 1997 | 201 | 1997 |
| Rules for DNA target-site recognition by a lactococcal group II intron enable retargeting of the intron to specific DNA sequences G Mohr, D Smith, M Belfort, AM Lambowitz Genes & development 14 (5), 559-573, 2000 | 199 | 2000 |
| Retrotransposition of a bacterial group II intron B Cousineau, S Lawrence, D Smith, M Belfort Nature 404 (6781), 1018-1021, 2000 | 198 | 2000 |
