Douglas E Smith

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1 Ionic effects on viral DNA packaging and portal motor function in bacteriophage phi 29. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.99
2 Single phage T4 DNA packaging motors exhibit large force generation, high velocity, and dynamic variability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.92
3 Measurements of single DNA molecule packaging dynamics in bacteriophage lambda reveal high forces, high motor processivity, and capsid transformations. J Mol Biol 2007 1.89
4 Portal motor velocity and internal force resisting viral DNA packaging in bacteriophage phi29. Biophys J 2007 1.68
5 Diffusion of isolated DNA molecules: dependence on length and topology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.54
6 Forced unraveling of nucleosomes assembled on heterogeneous DNA using core histones, NAP-1, and ACF. J Mol Biol 2005 1.39
7 A general method for manipulating DNA sequences from any organism with optical tweezers. Nucleic Acids Res 2006 1.28
8 Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.24
9 Identification of a rapidly formed nonnucleosomal histone-DNA intermediate that is converted into chromatin by ACF. Mol Cell 2011 1.22
10 DNA as a metrology standard for length and force measurements with optical tweezers. Biophys J 2006 1.18
11 Strong effects of molecular topology on diffusion of entangled DNA molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.11
12 The Q motif of a viral packaging motor governs its force generation and communicates ATP recognition to DNA interaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.11
13 Tension-dependent DNA cleavage by restriction endonucleases: two-site enzymes are "switched off" at low force. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 1.06
14 DNA looping by two-site restriction endonucleases: heterogeneous probability distributions for loop size and unbinding force. Nucleic Acids Res 2006 1.02
15 A comparison of pullout strength for pedicle screws of different designs: a study using tapped and untapped pilot holes. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2006 1.00
16 Mutations altering a structurally conserved loop-helix-loop region of a viral packaging motor change DNA translocation velocity and processivity. J Biol Chem 2010 0.95
17 Biophysics of knotting. Annu Rev Biophys 2010 0.92
18 In vitro evaluation of the TandemHeart pediatric centrifugal pump. ASAIO J 2007 0.91
19 Direct measurement of the intermolecular forces confining a single molecule in an entangled polymer solution. Phys Rev Lett 2007 0.89
20 Dynamics of single DNA looping and cleavage by Sau3AI and effect of tension applied to the DNA. Biophys J 2006 0.85
21 Single-molecule studies of viral DNA packaging. Adv Exp Med Biol 2012 0.85
22 Molecular motors for DNA translocation in prokaryotes. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2012 0.84
23 Evaluation of the chondral modeling theory using fe-simulation and numeric shape optimization. J Anat 2009 0.79
24 Development of a percutaneous pediatric ventricular assist device. ASAIO J 2005 0.76
25 Trans-hepatic cannulation: a novel approach for placement of a pediatric percutaneous ventricular assist device. ASAIO J 2006 0.76
26 A simple system for staining protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis gels. Electrophoresis 2007 0.75
27 A femoral artery cannula that allows distal blood flow. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 0.75