| Vinculin controls focal adhesion formation by direct interactions with talin and actin JD Humphries, P Wang, C Streuli, B Geiger, MJ Humphries, C Ballestrem The Journal of cell biology 179 (5), 1043-1057, 2007 | 863 | 2007 |
| Early molecular events in the assembly of matrix adhesions at the leading edge of migrating cells R Zaidel-Bar, C Ballestrem, Z Kam, B Geiger Journal of cell science 116 (22), 4605-4613, 2003 | 751 | 2003 |
| Cell behaviour on micropatterned substrata: limits of extracellular matrix geometry for spreading and adhesion D Lehnert, B Wehrle-Haller, C David, U Weiland, C Ballestrem, BA Imhof, ... Journal of cell science 117 (1), 41-52, 2004 | 436 | 2004 |
| Marching at the front and dragging behind: differential αVβ3-integrin turnover regulates focal adhesion behavior C Ballestrem, B Hinz, BA Imhof, B Wehrle-Haller The Journal of cell biology 155 (7), 1319-1332, 2001 | 430 | 2001 |
| Endocytic vesicles move at the tips of actin tails in cultured mast cells CJ Merrifield, SE Moss, C Ballestrem, BA Imhof, G Giese, I Wunderlich, ... Nature cell biology 1 (1), 72-74, 1999 | 393 | 1999 |
| Vinculin regulates the recruitment and release of core focal adhesion proteins in a force-dependent manner A Carisey, R Tsang, AM Greiner, N Nijenhuis, N Heath, A Nazgiewicz, ... Current biology 23 (4), 271-281, 2013 | 317 | 2013 |
| α-Smooth muscle actin is crucial for focal adhesion maturation in myofibroblasts B Hinz, V Dugina, C Ballestrem, B Wehrle-Haller, C Chaponnier Molecular biology of the cell 14 (6), 2508-2519, 2003 | 285 | 2003 |
| Assembly and mechanosensory function of focal adhesions: experiments and models AD Bershadsky, C Ballestrem, L Carramusa, Y Zilberman, B Gilquin, ... European journal of cell biology 85 (3-4), 165-173, 2006 | 283 | 2006 |
| JAM-2, a novel immunoglobulin superfamily molecule, expressed by endothelial and lymphatic cells M Aurrand-Lions, L Duncan, C Ballestrem, BA Imhof Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (4), 2733-2741, 2001 | 281 | 2001 |
| Actin dynamics in living mammalian cells C Ballestrem, B Wehrle-Haller, BA Imhof Journal of cell science 111 (12), 1649-1658, 1998 | 279 | 1998 |
| Vinculin, an adapter protein in control of cell adhesion signalling A Carisey, C Ballestrem European journal of cell biology 90 (2-3), 157-163, 2011 | 267 | 2011 |
| Actin-dependent lamellipodia formation and microtubule-dependent tail retraction control-directed cell migration C Ballestrem, B Wehrle-Haller, B Hinz, BA Imhof Molecular biology of the cell 11 (9), 2999-3012, 2000 | 256 | 2000 |
| Syndecan-4–dependent Rac1 regulation determines directional migration in response to the extracellular matrix MD Bass, KA Roach, MR Morgan, Z Mostafavi-Pour, T Schoen, ... Journal of Cell Biology 177 (3), 527-538, 2007 | 241 | 2007 |
| Regulation of microtubule dynamics by inhibition of the tubulin deacetylase HDAC6 Y Zilberman, C Ballestrem, L Carramusa, R Mazitschek, S Khochbin, ... Journal of cell science 122 (19), 3531-3541, 2009 | 215 | 2009 |
| Mammalian diaphanous-related formin Dia1 controls the organization of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell junctions L Carramusa, C Ballestrem, Y Zilberman, AD Bershadsky Journal of cell science 120 (21), 3870-3882, 2007 | 176 | 2007 |
| RIAM and vinculin binding to talin are mutually exclusive and regulate adhesion assembly and turnover BT Goult, T Zacharchenko, N Bate, R Tsang, F Hey, AR Gingras, PR Elliott, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 (12), 8238-8249, 2013 | 147 | 2013 |
| Vinculin controls talin engagement with the actomyosin machinery P Atherton, B Stutchbury, DY Wang, D Jethwa, R Tsang, ... Nature communications 6 (1), 1-12, 2015 | 135 | 2015 |
| Mechanotransduction at the cell-matrix interface KA Jansen, P Atherton, C Ballestrem Seminars in cell & developmental biology 71, 75-83, 2017 | 130 | 2017 |
| Molecular mapping of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in focal adhesions using fluorescence resonance energy transfer C Ballestrem, N Erez, J Kirchner, Z Kam, A Bershadsky, B Geiger Journal of cell science 119 (5), 866-875, 2006 | 126 | 2006 |
| Force-induced cell polarisation is linked to RhoA-driven microtubule-independent focal-adhesion sliding AM Goldyn, BA Rioja, JP Spatz, C Ballestrem, R Kemkemer Journal of cell science 122 (20), 3644-3651, 2009 | 120 | 2009 |
