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Steven B Smith

Author PubWeight™ 38.98‹?›

Top papers

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1 Ten years of tension: single-molecule DNA mechanics. Nature 2003 7.20
2 Equilibrium information from nonequilibrium measurements in an experimental test of Jarzynski's equality. Science 2002 5.76
3 Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA. Nature 2003 3.71
4 Identifying kinetic barriers to mechanical unfolding of the T. thermophila ribozyme. Science 2003 3.32
5 Recent advances in optical tweezers. Annu Rev Biochem 2008 3.08
6 DNA translocation and loop formation mechanism of chromatin remodeling by SWI/SNF and RSC. Mol Cell 2006 2.25
7 Chirality sensing by Escherichia coli topoisomerase IV and the mechanism of type II topoisomerases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 2.15
8 Probing the mechanical folding kinetics of TAR RNA by hopping, force-jump, and force-ramp methods. Biophys J 2005 1.86
9 Retracted The bacterial condensin MukBEF compacts DNA into a repetitive, stable structure. Science 2004 1.83
10 Temperature control methods in a laser tweezers system. Biophys J 2005 1.70
11 Force unfolding kinetics of RNA using optical tweezers. I. Effects of experimental variables on measured results. Biophys J 2007 1.61
12 Proofreading dynamics of a processive DNA polymerase. EMBO J 2009 1.58
13 Single-molecule derivation of salt dependent base-pair free energies in DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.53
14 Tension induces a base-paired overstretched DNA conformation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 1.13
15 Chemical and toxicologic assessment of organic contaminants in surface water using passive samplers. J Environ Qual 2008 0.77
16 Molecular handles for the mechanical manipulation of single-membrane proteins in living cells. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2005 0.76
17 Retraction. Science 2005 0.75