| Totipotent migratory stem cells in a hydroid WA Müller, R Teo, U Frank Developmental biology 275 (1), 215-224, 2004 | 122 | 2004 |
| The hydroid Hydractinia: a versatile, informative cnidarian representative U Frank, T Leitz, WA Müller BioEssays 23 (10), 963-971, 2001 | 122 | 2001 |
| In vitro establishment of continuous cell cultures and cell lines from ten colonial cnidarians U Frank, C Rabinowitz, B Rinkevich Marine Biology 120, 491-499, 1994 | 102 | 1994 |
| Alloimmune maturation in the coral Stylophora pistillata is achieved through three distinctive stages, 4 months post–metamorphosis U Frank, U Oren, Y Loya, B Rinkevich Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1997 | 98 | 1997 |
| Wnt signaling in hydroid development: formation of the primary body axis in embryogenesis and its subsequent patterning G Plickert, V Jacoby, U Frank, WA Müller, O Mokady Developmental biology 298 (2), 368-378, 2006 | 96 | 2006 |
| Distinct mechanisms underlie oral vs aboral regeneration in the cnidarian Hydractinia echinata B Bradshaw, K Thompson, U Frank Elife 4, e05506, 2015 | 95 | 2015 |
| An evolutionary conserved role of Wnt signaling in stem cell fate decision R Teo, F Möhrlen, G Plickert, WA Müller, U Frank Developmental biology 289 (1), 91-99, 2006 | 94 | 2006 |
| Wnt signaling promotes oral but suppresses aboral structures in Hydractinia metamorphosis and regeneration DJ Duffy, G Plickert, T Kuenzel, W Tilmann, U Frank Development 137 (18), 3057-3066, 2010 | 90 | 2010 |
| Hydractinia, a pioneering model for stem cell biology and reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotency G Plickert, U Frank, WA Müller International Journal of Developmental Biology 56 (6-7-8), 519-534, 2012 | 89 | 2012 |
| Induced stem cell neoplasia in a cnidarian by ectopic expression of a POU domain transcription factor RC Millane, J Kanska, DJ Duffy, C Seoighe, S Cunningham, G Plickert, ... Development 138 (12), 2429-2439, 2011 | 82 | 2011 |
| Migration and differentiation potential of stem cells in the cnidarian Hydractinia analysed in eGFP-transgenic animals and chimeras T Künzel, R Heiermann, U Frank, W Müller, W Tilmann, M Bause, A Nonn, ... Developmental biology 348 (1), 120-129, 2010 | 76 | 2010 |
| The interstitial stem cells in Hydractinia and their role in regeneration JM Gahan, B Bradshaw, H Flici, U Frank Current opinion in genetics & development 40, 65-73, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Evolution of astacin‐like metalloproteases in animals and their function in development F Möhrlen, M Maniura, G Plickert, M Frohme, U Frank Evolution & development 8 (2), 223-231, 2006 | 59 | 2006 |
| Cnidarian interstitial cells: the dawn of stem cell research U Frank, G Plickert, WA Müller Stem cells in marine organisms, 33-59, 2009 | 54 | 2009 |
| A putative double role of a chitinase in a cnidarian: pattern formation and immunity B Mali, F Möhrlen, M Frohme, U Frank Developmental & Comparative Immunology 28 (10), 973-981, 2004 | 53 | 2004 |
| Transcription factor AP2 controls cnidarian germ cell induction TQ DuBuc, CE Schnitzler, E Chrysostomou, ET McMahon, Febrimarsa, ... Science 367 (6479), 757-762, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| New roles for Nanos in neural cell fate determination revealed by studies in a cnidarian J Kanska, U Frank Journal of cell Science 126 (14), 3192-3203, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockin in the hydroid Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus SM Sanders, Z Ma, JM Hughes, BM Riscoe, GA Gibson, AM Watson, ... BMC genomics 19, 1-17, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Wnt signaling in hydroid development: ectopic heads and giant buds induced by GSK-3beta inhibitors W Muller, U Frank, R Teo, O Mokady, C Guette, G Plickert International Journal of Developmental Biology 51 (3), 211-220, 2002 | 47 | 2002 |
| An evolutionarily conserved SoxB-Hdac2 crosstalk regulates neurogenesis in a cnidarian H Flici, CE Schnitzler, RC Millane, G Govinden, A Houlihan, ... Cell reports 18 (6), 1395-1409, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
