| Analysis of force curves obtained on the live cell membrane using chemically modified AFM probes R Afrin, T Yamada, A Ikai Ultramicroscopy 100 (3-4), 187-195, 2004 | 91 | 2004 |
| Pretransition and progressive softening of bovine carbonic anhydrase II as probed by single molecule atomic force microscopy R Afrin, MT Alam, A Ikai Protein science 14 (6), 1447-1457, 2005 | 79 | 2005 |
| Extraction of membrane proteins from a living cell surface using the atomic force microscope and covalent crosslinkers R Afrin, H Arakawa, T Osada, A Ikai Cell biochemistry and biophysics 39, 101-117, 2003 | 53 | 2003 |
| Force profiles of protein pulling with or without cytoskeletal links studied by AFM R Afrin, A Ikai Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 348 (1), 238-244, 2006 | 52 | 2006 |
| Atomic force microscopy for cellular level manipulation: imaging intracellular structures and DNA delivery through a membrane hole R Afrin, US Zohora, H Uehara, T Watanabe‐Nakayama, A Ikai Journal of Molecular Recognition: An Interdisciplinary Journal 22 (5), 363-372, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| Direct detection of cellular adaptation to local cyclic stretching at the single cell level by atomic force microscopy T Watanabe-Nakayama, S Machida, I Harada, H Sekiguchi, R Afrin, A Ikai Biophysical journal 100 (3), 564-572, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Molecular shape and binding force of Mycoplasma mobile’s leg protein Gli349 revealed by an AFM study C Lesoil, T Nonaka, H Sekiguchi, T Osada, M Miyata, R Afrin, A Ikai Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 391 (3), 1312-1317, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
| Tensile mechanics of alanine-based helical polypeptide: force spectroscopy versus computer simulations R Afrin, I Takahashi, K Shiga, A Ikai Biophysical journal 96 (3), 1105-1114, 2009 | 39 | 2009 |
| Single molecular dynamic interactions between glycophorin A and lectin as probed by atomic force microscopy C Yan, A Yersin, R Afrin, H Sekiguchi, A Ikai Biophysical chemistry 144 (1-2), 72-77, 2009 | 30 | 2009 |
| High sensitivity detection of protein molecules picked up on a probe of atomic force microscope based on the fluorescence detection by a total internal reflection fluorescence … T Yamada, R Afrin, H Arakawa, A Ikai FEBS letters 569 (1-3), 59-64, 2004 | 25 | 2004 |
| Requirement of LIM domains for the transient accumulation of paxillin at damaged stress fibres T Watanabe-Nakayama, M Saito, S Machida, K Kishimoto, R Afrin, A Ikai Biology open 2 (7), 667-674, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Atomic force microscope as a nano-and micrometer scale biological manipulator: A short review A Ikai, R Afrin, M Saito, T Watanabe-Nakayama Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 73, 132-144, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Direct manipulation of intracellular stress fibres using a hook-shaped AFM probe S Machida, T Watanabe-Nakayama, I Harada, R Afrin, T Nakayama, A Ikai Nanotechnology 21 (38), 385102, 2010 | 20 | 2010 |
| Nonlinear displacement of ventral stress fibers under externally applied lateral force by an atomic force microscope T Hakari, H Sekiguchi, T Osada, K Kishimoto, R Afrin, A Ikai Cytoskeleton 68 (11), 628-638, 2011 | 12 | 2011 |
| Subunit unbinding mechanics of dimeric wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) studied by atomic force microscopy R Afrin, A Ikai FEBS letters 588 (23), 4472-4477, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
| Microscoop for Manipulation of Micro‐objects: Use of Fabricated Cantilever with Atomic Force Microscope T Watanabe‐Nakayama, S Machida, R Afrin, A Ikai Small 6 (24), 2853-2857, 2010 | 11 | 2010 |
| Surface force analysis of pyrite (FeS2): its reactivity to amino acid adsorption N Ganbaatar, N Matsuzaki, Y Nakazawa, R Afrin, M Aono, T Yano, ... Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry 6 (7), 167-176, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Forced extension of delipidated red blood cell cytoskeleton with little indication of spectrin unfolding R Afrin, M Nakaji, H Sekiguchi, D Lee, K Kishimoto, A Ikai Cytoskeleton 69 (2), 101-112, 2012 | 8 | 2012 |
| Size-dependent affinity of glycine and its short oligomers to pyrite surface: a model for prebiotic accumulation of amino acid oligomers on a mineral surface R Afrin, N Ganbaatar, M Aono, HJ Cleaves, T Yano, M Hara International journal of molecular sciences 19 (2), 365, 2018 | 4 | 2018 |
| Force spectroscopy of covalent bond rupture versus protein extraction R Afrin, S Okazaki, A Ikai Applied surface science 238 (1-4), 47-50, 2004 | 4 | 2004 |
