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C. Ballestrem

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h-index: 40
Works: 80
Citations: 8,028

Most-cited papers

Vinculin controls focal adhesion formation by direct interactions with talin and actin
J. Humphries, Peng-Bo Wang, C. Streuli, B. Geiger +2 more
2007Journal of Cell Biology924 citations Open access
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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
2003Journal of Cell Science718 citations Open access
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Cell behaviour on micropatterned substrata: limits of extracellular matrix geometry for spreading and adhesion
D. Lehnert, B. Wehrle-Haller, C. David, Ulrich Weiland +3 more
2004Journal of Cell Science409 citations Open access
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Marching at the front and dragging behind
C. Ballestrem, B. Hinz, B. Imhof, B. Wehrle-Haller
2001Journal of Cell Biology385 citations Open access
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Vinculin Regulates the Recruitment and Release of Core Focal Adhesion Proteins in a Force-Dependent Manner
Alex Carisey, Ricky Tsang, Alexandra M. Greiner, N. Nijenhuis +6 more
2013Current Biology379 citations Open access
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Endocytic vesicles move at the tips of actin tails in cultured mast cells
Christien J. Merrifield, S. Moss, C. Ballestrem, B. Imhof +3 more
1999Nature Cell Biology334 citations Open access
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Alpha-smooth muscle actin is crucial for focal adhesion maturation in myofibroblasts.
B. Hinz, V. Dugina, C. Ballestrem, B. Wehrle-Haller +1 more
2003Molecular Biology of the Cell328 citations Open access
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Vinculin, an adapter protein in control of cell adhesion signalling
Alex Carisey, C. Ballestrem
2011European Journal of Cell Biology281 citations Open access
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JAM-2, a Novel Immunoglobulin Superfamily Molecule, Expressed by Endothelial and Lymphatic Cells*
M. Aurrand-Lions, Lidia M. Duncan, C. Ballestrem, B. Imhof
2001Journal of Biological Chemistry260 citations Open access
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Assembly and mechanosensory function of focal adhesions: experiments and models.
A. Bershadsky, C. Ballestrem, Letizia Carramusa, Yuliya Zilberman +6 more
2006European Journal of Cell Biology244 citations
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Regulation of microtubule dynamics by inhibition of the tubulin deacetylase HDAC6
Yuliya Zilberman, C. Ballestrem, Letizia Carramusa, Ralph Mazitschek +2 more
2009Journal of Cell Science242 citations
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Syndecan-4–Dependent Rac1 Regulation Determines Directional Migration in Response to the Extracellular Matrix
Mark D. Bass, Kirsty A. Roach, Mark R. Morgan, Z. Mostafavi-Pour +6 more
2007Journal of Cell Biology237 citations Open access
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Mechanotransduction at the cell-matrix interface.
K. Jansen, P. Atherton, C. Ballestrem
2017Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology232 citations Open access
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RIAM and Vinculin Binding to Talin Are Mutually Exclusive and Regulate Adhesion Assembly and Turnover
B. Goult, T. Zacharchenko, N. Bate, Ricky Tsang +7 more
2013Journal of Biological Chemistry204 citations Open access
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Vinculin controls talin engagement with the actomyosin machinery
P. Atherton, Ben Stutchbury, De-Yao Wang, Devina Jethwa +9 more
2015Nature Communications198 citations Open access
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Mammalian diaphanous-related formin Dia1 controls the organization of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell junctions
Letizia Carramusa, C. Ballestrem, Yuliya Zilberman, A. Bershadsky
2007Journal of Cell Science182 citations Open access
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Distinct focal adhesion protein modules control different aspects of mechanotransduction
Ben Stutchbury, P. Atherton, Ricky Tsang, De-Yao Wang +1 more
2017Journal of Cell Science178 citations Open access
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Mechanosensitive components of integrin adhesions: Role of vinculin
P. Atherton, Ben Stutchbury, Devina Jethwa, C. Ballestrem
2016Experimental Cell Research158 citations Open access
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Syndecan-4 Phosphorylation Is a Control Point for Integrin Recycling
Mark R. Morgan, Hellyeh Hamidi, Mark D. Bass, Stacey Warwood +2 more
2013Developmental Cell135 citations Open access
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Photoresponsive Hydrogels with Photoswitchable Mechanical Properties Allow Time-Resolved Analysis of Cellular Responses to Matrix Stiffening
I-ning Lee, O. Dobre, David Richards, C. Ballestrem +5 more
2018ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces130 citations Open access
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Focal adhesions are sites of integrin extension
J. Askari, Christopher J. Tynan, S. Webb, M. Martin-Fernandez +2 more
2010Journal of Cell Biology129 citations Open access
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Molecular mapping of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in focal adhesions using fluorescence resonance energy transfer
C. Ballestrem, N. Erez, J. Kirchner, Z. Kam +2 more
2006Journal of Cell Science115 citations Open access
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The Rac activator STEF (Tiam2) regulates cell migration by microtubule‐mediated focal adhesion disassembly
C. Rooney, Gavin R. M. White, Alicja Nazgiewicz, S. Woodcock +3 more
2010EMBO Reports113 citations Open access
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Force-induced cell polarisation is linked to RhoA-driven microtubule-independent focal-adhesion sliding
Alexandra M. Goldyn, B. A. Rioja, J. Spatz, C. Ballestrem +1 more
2009Journal of Cell Science112 citations Open access
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Modulation of FAK and Src adhesion signaling occurs independently of adhesion complex composition
Edward R. Horton, J. Humphries, Ben Stutchbury, Guillaume Jacquemet +3 more
2016Journal of Cell Biology104 citations Open access
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The C terminus of talin links integrins to cell cycle progression
Peng-Bo Wang, C. Ballestrem, C. Streuli
2011Journal of Cell Biology103 citations Open access
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Spectraplakins promote microtubule-mediated axonal growth by functioning as structural MAPs and EB1-dependent +TIPs
J. Alves-Silva, Natalia Sánchez-Soriano, Robin Beaven, M. Klein +7 more
2012Journal of Neuroscience99 citations Open access
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Marching at the front and dragging behind: differential V 3-integrin turnover regulates focal adhesion behavior
C. Ballestrem, B. Hinz, B. Imhof, B. Wehrle-Haller
200178 citations
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Drosophila growth cones: A genetically tractable platform for the analysis of axonal growth dynamics
Natalia Sánchez-Soriano, C. Gonçalves-Pimentel, Robin Beaven, Ulrike Haessler +3 more
2009Developmental Neurobiology77 citations
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LD Motif Recognition by Talin: Structure of the Talin-DLC1 Complex
T. Zacharchenko, X. Qian, B. Goult, Devina Jethwa +5 more
2016Structure73 citations Open access
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GAS2-like proteins mediate communication between microtubules and actin through interactions with end-binding proteins
M. Stroud, Alicja Nazgiewicz, E. Mckenzie, Yisu Wang +2 more
2014Journal of Cell Science71 citations Open access
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Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching.
Alex Carisey, M. Stroud, Ricky Tsang, C. Ballestrem
2011Methods in molecular biology66 citations
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Paxillin and Hic-5 Interaction with Vinculin Is Differentially Regulated by Rac1 and RhoA
Nicholas O. Deakin, C. Ballestrem, C. Turner
2012PLoS ONE63 citations Open access
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An integrin-α4–14-3-3ζ–paxillin ternary complex mediates localised Cdc42 activity and accelerates cell migration
Nicholas O. Deakin, Mark D. Bass, Stacey Warwood, J. Schoelermann +4 more
2009Journal of Cell Science56 citations Open access
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Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound promotes cell motility through vinculin-controlled Rac1 GTPase activity
P. Atherton, Franziska Lausecker, A. Harrison, C. Ballestrem
2017Journal of Cell Science54 citations Open access
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Vinculin is required to maintain glomerular barrier integrity
Franziska Lausecker, Xue-Fei Tian, Kazunori Inoue, Zhen Wang +12 more
2017Kidney International51 citations Open access
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Kinectin-mediated endoplasmic reticulum dynamics supports focal adhesion growth in the cellular lamella
Xin Zhang, Han-Tee Yee, Justin K Heng, Yajuan Zhu +6 more
2010Journal of Cell Science49 citations Open access
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Relief of talin autoinhibition triggers a force-independent association with vinculin
P. Atherton, Franziska Lausecker, A. Carisey, A. Gilmore +3 more
2019Journal of Cell Biology48 citations Open access
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The Kinetics of Force-Induced Cell Reorganization Depend on Microtubules and Actin
Alexandra M. Goldyn, P. Kaiser, J. Spatz, C. Ballestrem +2 more
2010Cytoskeleton48 citations Open access
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Combining AFM and acoustic probes to reveal changes in the elastic stiffness tensor of living cells.
N. Nijenhuis, Xuegen Zhao, Alex Carisey, C. Ballestrem +1 more
2014Biophysical Journal45 citations Open access
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Characterization of G2L3 (GAS2-like 3), a New Microtubule- and Actin-binding Protein Related to Spectraplakins
M. Stroud, R. Kammerer, C. Ballestrem
2011Journal of Biological Chemistry40 citations Open access
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-Smooth Muscle Actin Is Crucial for Focal Adhesion Maturation in Myofibroblasts□V
B. Hinz, V. Dugina, C. Ballestrem, B. Wehrle-Haller +1 more
200331 citations
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Tensin3 interaction with talin drives the formation of fibronectin-associated fibrillar adhesions
P. Atherton, Rafaella Konstantinou, S. P. Neo, Emily Wang +9 more
2022Journal of Cell Biology29 citations Open access
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Integration of Atomic Force and Confocal Microscopy
M. Horton, G. Charras, C. Ballestrem, P. Lehenkari
200026 citations Open access
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Desmosome dualism: most of the junction is stable but a plakophilin moiety is persistently dynamic.
Judith B. Fülle, Henri Huppert, D. Liebl, J. Liu +6 more
2021Journal of Cell Science22 citations Open access
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Light-Induced Molecular Adsorption of Proteins Using the PRIMO System for Micro-Patterning to Study Cell Responses to Extracellular Matrix Proteins.
C. Melero, A. Kolmogorova, P. Atherton, B. Derby +3 more
2019Journal of Visualized Experiments21 citations Open access
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Integrin VLA‐6 (α6β1) mediates adhesion of mouse bone marrow‐derived mast cells to laminin
C. Fehlner-Gardiner, S. Uniyal, C. Ballestrem, G. Dougherty +1 more
199616 citations
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Interplay between the Actin Cytoskeleton, Focal Adhesions and Microtubules
C. Ballestrem, N. Magid, Julia Zonis, M. Shtutman +1 more
200415 citations
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β1 Integrin NPXY Motifs Regulate Kidney Collecting-Duct Development and Maintenance by Induced-Fit Interactions with Cytosolic Proteins
Sijo Mathew, Zhenwei Lu, Riya J. Palamuttam, G. Mernaugh +11 more
2012Molecular and Cellular Biology14 citations Open access
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Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis
Holly E. Lovegrove, Georgia E. Hulmes, Sabrina Ghadaouia, Christopher K. Revell +15 more
2025Science12 citations Open access
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