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1994 • 1,943 citations

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1984 • 987 citations

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1993 • 911 citations

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1991 • 548 citations

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1990 • 480 citations

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1991 • 446 citations

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1994 • 390 citations

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1989 • 368 citations

Expression cloning of an epithelial amiloride‐sensitive Na⁺ channel

1993 • 340 citations

Two types of mechanosensitive channels in the Escherichia coli cell envelope: solubilization and functional reconstitution

1993 • 321 citations

Mechanoelectrical Transduction by Hair Cells

1988 • 310 citations

Quantitative video microscopy of patch clamped membranes stress, strain, capacitance, and stretch channel activation

1991 • 258 citations

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1979 • 242 citations

Modified reconstitution method used in patch-clamp studies of Escherichia coli ion channels

1989 • 213 citations

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1994 • 204 citations

Stretch-Inactivated Ion Channels Coexist with Stretch-Activated Ion Channels

1989 • 192 citations

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1993 • 179 citations

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1993 • 179 citations

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1992 • 168 citations

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1983 • 139 citations

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1987 • 121 citations

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1986 • 116 citations

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1989 • 116 citations

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1994 • 89 citations

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1994 • 81 citations

The influence of phospholipid polar groups on gramicidin channels

1977 • 72 citations

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1994 • 51 citations

Pressure-clamp technique for measurement of the relaxation kinetics of mechanosensitive channels

1993 • 37 citations

The hair cells of the inner ear. They are exquisitely sensitive transducers that in human beings mediate the senses of hearing and balance. A tiny force applied to the top of the cell produces an electrical signal at the bottom.

1983 • 33 citations

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1978 • 22 citations

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