Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 01, 1989
Measuring the viscoelastic properties of human platelets with the atomic force microscope. Biophys J (1996) 5.11
Optical trapping and manipulation of neutral particles using lasers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1997) 4.69
Forces of a single-beam gradient laser trap on a dielectric sphere in the ray optics regime. Biophys J (1992) 4.39
Relative microelastic mapping of living cells by atomic force microscopy. Biophys J (1998) 3.45
Mechanical properties of neuronal growth cone membranes studied by tether formation with laser optical tweezers. Biophys J (1995) 3.39
Integrin-cytoskeletal interactions in migrating fibroblasts are dynamic, asymmetric, and regulated. J Cell Biol (1993) 3.37
Male Gametophyte Development. Plant Cell (1993) 3.12
Evidence for localized cell heating induced by infrared optical tweezers. Biophys J (1995) 2.57
The pel polysaccharide can serve a structural and protective role in the biofilm matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Pathog (2011) 2.04
Wavelength dependence of cell cloning efficiency after optical trapping. Biophys J (1996) 1.85
Physiological monitoring of optically trapped cells: assessing the effects of confinement by 1064-nm laser tweezers using microfluorometry. Biophys J (1996) 1.77
Preferential attachment of membrane glycoproteins to the cytoskeleton at the leading edge of lamella. J Cell Biol (1991) 1.44
Movement of single myosin filaments and myosin step size on an actin filament suspended in solution by a laser trap. Biophys J (1994) 1.33
Probing dynein and kinesin stepping with mechanical manipulation in a living cell. Chemphyschem (2009) 1.24
Resource Letter: LBOT-1: Laser-based optical tweezers. Am J Phys (2003) 1.17
Trapping red blood cells in living animals using optical tweezers. Nat Commun (2013) 1.11
Statolith sedimentation kinetics and force transduction to the cortical endoplasmic reticulum in gravity-sensing Arabidopsis columella cells. Plant Cell (2009) 1.03
Measuring cell viscoelastic properties using a force-spectrometer: influence of protein-cytoplasm interactions. Biorheology (2005) 1.02
Lipids trigger changes in the elasticity of the cytoskeleton in plant cells: a cell optical displacement assay for live cell measurements. J Cell Biol (1994) 1.01
Optical tweezers experiments resolve distinct modes of DNA-protein binding. Biopolymers (2009) 0.97
Optofluidic cell selection from complex microbial communities for single-genome analysis. Methods Enzymol (2013) 0.93
Forcing a connection: impacts of single-molecule force spectroscopy on in vivo tension sensing. Biopolymers (2011) 0.92
Auxins and Cytokinins as Antipodal Modulators of Elasticity within the Actin Network of Plant Cells. Plant Physiol (1996) 0.91
Controlling local temperature in water using femtosecond optical tweezer. Biomed Opt Express (2015) 0.86
Single centrosome manipulation reveals its electric charge and associated dynamic structure. Biophys J (2009) 0.81
Changes in Hechtian strands in cold-hardened cells measured by optical microsurgery. Plant Physiol (2000) 0.81
Force mapping during the formation and maturation of cell adhesion sites with multiple optical tweezers. PLoS One (2013) 0.80
Precision assembly of complex cellular microenvironments using holographic optical tweezers. Sci Rep (2015) 0.79
Comparative study of methods to calibrate the stiffness of a single-beam gradient-force optical tweezers over various laser trapping powers. J Biomed Opt (2014) 0.78
Cell signaling experiments driven by optical manipulation. Int J Mol Sci (2013) 0.77
On-chip cellomics assay enabling algebraic and geometric understanding of epigenetic information in cellular networks of living systems. 1. Temporal aspects of epigenetic information in bacteria. Sensors (Basel) (2012) 0.75
Non-contact intracellular binding of chloroplasts in vivo. Sci Rep (2015) 0.75
Artificially-induced organelles are optimal targets for optical trapping experiments in living cells. Biomed Opt Express (2014) 0.75
The mechanism of muscular contraction. Science (1969) 14.47
Optical trapping and manipulation of single cells using infrared laser beams. Nature (1988) 6.04
Optical trapping and manipulation of viruses and bacteria. Science (1987) 4.95
Dependence of locally measured cellular deformability on position on the cell, temperature, and cytochalasin B. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1982) 3.38
Compliance of bacterial flagella measured with optical tweezers. Nature (1989) 3.36
Cytoplasmic structure and contractility in amoeboid cells. Int Rev Cytol (1979) 3.33
Dependence of the mechanical properties of actin/alpha-actinin gels on deformation rate. Nature (1987) 2.31
The gelation of actin by actin-binding protein. J Biol Chem (1978) 2.27
Contractile proteins in cell structure and function. Annu Rev Med (1978) 1.51
Cytoplasmic streaming in green plants. Annu Rev Biophys Bioeng (1978) 1.44
Stiffness and force in activated frog skeletal muscle fibers. Biophys J (1986) 1.34
The mechanical and colloidal properties of Amoeba protoplasm and their relations to the mechanism of amoeboid movement. Comp Biochem Physiol (1961) 1.31
Rheological properties of living cytoplasm: endoplasm of Physarum plasmodium. J Cell Biol (1983) 1.30
The effect of filament shortening on the mechanical properties of gel-filtered actin. J Biol Chem (1988) 1.29
Partial cell irradiation with a tunable organic dye laser. Nature (1972) 1.27
Quasi-elastic light-scattering studies of single skeletal muscle fibers. Biophys J (1981) 1.17
Cytoskeletal architecture and motility in a giant freshwater amoeba, Reticulomyxa. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton (1986) 0.92
Directed chromosome loss by laser microirradiation. Science (1974) 0.91
Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles. Opt Lett (1986) 8.31
Optical trapping and manipulation of single cells using infrared laser beams. Nature (1988) 6.04
Optical trapping and manipulation of viruses and bacteria. Science (1987) 4.95
Force generation of organelle transport measured in vivo by an infrared laser trap. Nature (1990) 4.65
Optical levitation of liquid drops by radiation pressure. Science (1975) 1.07
Controlled micromanipulation of human sperm in three dimensions with an infrared laser optical trap: effect on sperm velocity. Fertil Steril (1992) 0.99
Observation of optical resonances of dielectric spheres by light scattering. Appl Opt (1981) 0.93
Simultaneous determination of refractive index and size of spherical dielectric particles from light scattering data. Appl Opt (1983) 0.88
Observation of light scattering from nonspherical particles using optical levitation. Appl Opt (1980) 0.84
Continuous-wave self-focusing and self-trapping of light in artificial Kerr media. Opt Lett (1982) 0.82
Optical Kerr effect in long fibers. Appl Opt (1981) 0.75
Tension-adjusted in-line optical-fiber attenuator. Opt Lett (1983) 0.75
In-line fiber-polarization-rocking rotator and filter. Opt Lett (1984) 0.75
Outer diameter measurement of low birefringence optical fibers by a new resonant backscatter technique. Appl Opt (1981) 0.75
Polarization-selective 3-dB fiber directional coupler. Opt Lett (1985) 0.75