| Single pilus motor forces exceed 100 pN B Maier, L Potter, M So, HS Seifert, MP Sheetz Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (25), 16012-16017, 2002 | 493 | 2002 |
| Conformation and self-diffusion of single DNA molecules confined to two dimensions B Maier, JO Rädler Physical review letters 82 (9), 1911, 1999 | 458 | 1999 |
| Replication by a single DNA polymerase of a stretched single-stranded DNA B Maier, D Bensimon, V Croquette Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 (22), 12002-12007, 2000 | 412 | 2000 |
| Type IV pili: dynamics, biophysics and functional consequences L Craig, KT Forest, B Maier Nature reviews microbiology 17 (7), 429-440, 2019 | 398 | 2019 |
| Stretching single stranded DNA, a model polyelectrolyte MN Dessinges, B Maier, Y Zhang, M Peliti, D Bensimon, V Croquette Physical review letters 89 (24), 248102, 2002 | 254 | 2002 |
| How bacteria use type IV pili machinery on surfaces B Maier, GCL Wong Trends in microbiology 23 (12), 775-788, 2015 | 207 | 2015 |
| DNA on fluid membranes: a model polymer in two dimensions B Maier, JO Rädler Macromolecules 33 (19), 7185-7194, 2000 | 207 | 2000 |
| Photoactive hybrid nanomaterial for targeting, labeling, and killing antibiotic‐resistant bacteria CA Strassert, M Otter, RQ Albuquerque, A Höne, Y Vida, B Maier, ... Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48 (42), 7928-7931, 2009 | 194 | 2009 |
| Regulation of the type IV pili molecular machine by dynamic localization of two motor proteins I Bulyha, C Schmidt, P Lenz, V Jakovljevic, A Höne, B Maier, M Hoppert, ... Molecular microbiology 74 (3), 691-706, 2009 | 181 | 2009 |
| Transformation proteins and DNA uptake localize to the cell poles in Bacillus subtilis J Hahn, B Maier, BJ Haijema, M Sheetz, D Dubnau Cell 122 (1), 59-71, 2005 | 158 | 2005 |
| Composite system mediates two-step DNA uptake into Helicobacter pylori K Stingl, S Müller, G Scheidgen-Kleyboldt, M Clausen, B Maier Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (3), 1184-1189, 2010 | 141 | 2010 |
| High-force generation is a conserved property of type IV pilus systems M Clausen, V Jakovljevic, L Søgaard-Andersen, B Maier Journal of bacteriology 191 (14), 4633-4638, 2009 | 134 | 2009 |
| A force-dependent switch reverses type IV pilus retraction B Maier, M Koomey, MP Sheetz Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (30), 10961-10966, 2004 | 131 | 2004 |
| DNA transport into Bacillus subtilis requires proton motive force to generate large molecular forces B Maier, I Chen, D Dubnau, MP Sheetz Nature structural & molecular biology 11 (7), 643-649, 2004 | 123 | 2004 |
| Bacterial twitching motility is coordinated by a two-dimensional tug-of-war with directional memory R Marathe, C Meel, NC Schmidt, L Dewenter, R Kurre, L Greune, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 3759, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| Stochastic switching to competence M Leisner, K Stingl, E Frey, B Maier Current opinion in microbiology 11 (6), 553-559, 2008 | 94 | 2008 |
| Full 3D translational and rotational optical control of multiple rod‐shaped bacteria F Hörner, M Woerdemann, S Müller, B Maier, C Denz Journal of biophotonics 3 (7), 468-475, 2010 | 81 | 2010 |
| Dynamics of type IV pili is controlled by switching between multiple states M Clausen, M Koomey, B Maier Biophysical journal 96 (3), 1169-1177, 2009 | 77 | 2009 |
| Differential interaction forces govern bacterial sorting in early biofilms ER Oldewurtel, N Kouzel, L Dewenter, K Henseler, B Maier Elife 4, e10811, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
| Basal expression rate of comK sets a ‘switching‐window’ into the K‐state of Bacillus subtilis M Leisner, K Stingl, JO Rädler, B Maier Molecular microbiology 63 (6), 1806-1816, 2007 | 70 | 2007 |
