| Overstretching B-DNA: the elastic response of individual double-stranded and single-stranded DNA molecules SB Smith, Y Cui, C Bustamante Science 271 (5250), 795-799, 1996 | 3639 | 1996 |
| Entropic elasticity of λ-phage DNA C Bustamante, JF Marko, ED Siggia, S Smith Science 265 (5178), 1599-1600, 1994 | 2766 | 1994 |
| Direct mechanical measurements of the elasticity of single DNA molecules by using magnetic beads SB Smith, L Finzi, C Bustamante Science 258 (5085), 1122-1126, 1992 | 2530 | 1992 |
| Ten years of tension: single-molecule DNA mechanics C Bustamante, Z Bryant, SB Smith Nature 421 (6921), 423-427, 2003 | 1692 | 2003 |
| Equilibrium information from nonequilibrium measurements in an experimental test of Jarzynski's equality J Liphardt, S Dumont, SB Smith, I Tinoco Jr, C Bustamante Science 296 (5574), 1832-1835, 2002 | 1494 | 2002 |
| Folding-unfolding transitions in single titin molecules characterized with laser tweezers MSZ Kellermayer, SB Smith, HL Granzier, C Bustamante Science 276 (5315), 1112-1116, 1997 | 1476 | 1997 |
| Recent advances in optical tweezers JR Moffitt, YR Chemla, SB Smith, C Bustamante Annu. Rev. Biochem. 77 (1), 205-228, 2008 | 1382 | 2008 |
| The bacteriophage φ29 portal motor can package DNA against a large internal force DE Smith, SJ Tans, SB Smith, S Grimes, DL Anderson, C Bustamante Nature 413 (6857), 748-752, 2001 | 1291 | 2001 |
| Ionic effects on the elasticity of single DNA molecules CG Baumann, SB Smith, VA Bloomfield, C Bustamante Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94 (12), 6185-6190, 1997 | 1287 | 1997 |
| How RNA folds I Tinoco Jr, C Bustamante Journal of molecular biology 293 (2), 271-281, 1999 | 1276 | 1999 |
| Verification of the Crooks fluctuation theorem and recovery of RNA folding free energies D Collin, F Ritort, C Jarzynski, SB Smith, I Tinoco Jr, C Bustamante Nature 437 (7056), 231-234, 2005 | 1265 | 2005 |
| Single-molecule studies of DNA mechanics C Bustamante, SB Smith, J Liphardt, D Smith Current opinion in structural biology 10 (3), 279-285, 2000 | 1195 | 2000 |
| Reversible unfolding of single RNA molecules by mechanical force J Liphardt, B Onoa, SB Smith, I Tinoco Jr, C Bustamante Science 292 (5517), 733-737, 2001 | 1159 | 2001 |
| Porphyrin assemblies on DNA as studied by a resonance light-scattering technique RF Pasternack, C Bustamante, PJ Collings, A Giannetto, EJ Gibbs Journal of the American Chemical Society 115 (13), 5393-5399, 1993 | 1146 | 1993 |
| Mechanical processes in biochemistry C Bustamante, YR Chemla, NR Forde, D Izhaky Annual review of biochemistry 73 (1), 705-748, 2004 | 965 | 2004 |
| The nonequilibrium thermodynamics of small systems C Bustamante, J Liphardt, F Ritort Physics today 58 (7), 43-48, 2005 | 860 | 2005 |
| Scanning force microscopy of DNA deposited onto mica: EquilibrationversusKinetic trapping studied by statistical polymer chain analysis C Rivetti, M Guthold, C Bustamante Journal of molecular biology 264 (5), 919-932, 1996 | 810 | 1996 |
| Direct observation of the three-state folding of a single protein molecule C Cecconi, EA Shank, C Bustamante, S Marqusee Science 309 (5743), 2057-2060, 2005 | 790 | 2005 |
| Rapid spontaneous accessibility of nucleosomal DNA G Li, M Levitus, C Bustamante, J Widom Nature structural & molecular biology 12 (1), 46-53, 2005 | 752 | 2005 |
| Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA Z Bryant, MD Stone, J Gore, SB Smith, NR Cozzarelli, C Bustamante Nature 424 (6946), 338-341, 2003 | 703 | 2003 |