| Bacterial persistence as a phenotypic switch NQ Balaban, J Merrin, R Chait, L Kowalik, S Leibler Science 305 (5690), 1622-1625, 2004 | 3520 | 2004 |
| Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates NQ Balaban, US Schwarz, D Riveline, P Goichberg, G Tzur, I Sabanay, ... Nature cell biology 3 (5), 466-472, 2001 | 2676 | 2001 |
| Focal contacts as mechanosensors: externally applied local mechanical force induces growth of focal contacts by an mDia1-dependent and ROCK-independent mechanism D Riveline, E Zamir, NQ Balaban, US Schwarz, T Ishizaki, S Narumiya, ... The Journal of cell biology 153 (6), 1175-1186, 2001 | 1869 | 2001 |
| Distinguishing between resistance, tolerance and persistence to antibiotic treatment A Brauner, O Fridman, O Gefen, NQ Balaban Nature Reviews Microbiology 14 (5), 320-330, 2016 | 1613 | 2016 |
| Antibiotic tolerance facilitates the evolution of resistance I Levin-Reisman, I Ronin, O Gefen, I Braniss, N Shoresh, NQ Balaban Science 355 (6327), 826-830, 2017 | 1183 | 2017 |
| Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence NQ Balaban, S Helaine, K Lewis, M Ackermann, B Aldridge, DI Andersson, ... Nature Reviews Microbiology 17 (7), 441-448, 2019 | 1134 | 2019 |
| Adhesion-dependent cell mechanosensitivity AD Bershadsky, NQ Balaban, B Geiger Annual review of cell and developmental biology 19 (1), 677-695, 2003 | 1111 | 2003 |
| Bacterial persistence: a model of survival in changing environments E Kussell, R Kishony, NQ Balaban, S Leibler Genetics 169 (4), 1807-1814, 2005 | 745 | 2005 |
| Optimization of lag time underlies antibiotic tolerance in evolved bacterial populations O Fridman, A Goldberg, I Ronin, N Shoresh, NQ Balaban Nature 513 (7518), 418-421, 2014 | 629 | 2014 |
| Calculation of forces at focal adhesions from elastic substrate data: the effect of localized force and the need for regularization US Schwarz, NQ Balaban, D Riveline, A Bershadsky, B Geiger, SA Safran Biophysical journal 83 (3), 1380-1394, 2002 | 453 | 2002 |
| The importance of being persistent: heterogeneity of bacterial populations under antibiotic stress O Gefen, NQ Balaban FEMS microbiology reviews 33 (4), 704-717, 2009 | 435 | 2009 |
| Regulation of phenotypic variability by a threshold-based mechanism underlies bacterial persistence E Rotem, A Loinger, I Ronin, I Levin-Reisman, C Gabay, N Shoresh, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (28), 12541-12546, 2010 | 420 | 2010 |
| Effect of tolerance on the evolution of antibiotic resistance under drug combinations J Liu, O Gefen, I Ronin, M Bar-Meir, NQ Balaban Science 367 (6474), 200-204, 2020 | 387 | 2020 |
| A problem of persistence: still more questions than answers? NQ Balaban, K Gerdes, K Lewis, JD McKinney Nature Reviews Microbiology 11 (8), 587-591, 2013 | 325 | 2013 |
| HipA-mediated antibiotic persistence via phosphorylation of the glutamyl-tRNA-synthetase I Kaspy, E Rotem, N Weiss, I Ronin, NQ Balaban, G Glaser Nature communications 4 (1), 3001, 2013 | 282 | 2013 |
| Antibiotic resistance: turning evolutionary principles into clinical reality DI Andersson, NQ Balaban, F Baquero, P Courvalin, P Glaser, U Gophna, ... FEMS microbiology reviews 44 (2), 171-188, 2020 | 246 | 2020 |
| Direct observation of single stationary-phase bacteria reveals a surprisingly long period of constant protein production activity O Gefen, O Fridman, I Ronin, NQ Balaban Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (1), 556-561, 2014 | 231 | 2014 |
| Genetic toggle switch without cooperative binding A Lipshtat, A Loinger, NQ Balaban, O Biham Physical review letters 96 (18), 188101, 2006 | 228 | 2006 |
| Epistasis between antibiotic tolerance, persistence, and resistance mutations I Levin-Reisman, A Brauner, I Ronin, NQ Balaban Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (29), 14734-14739, 2019 | 207 | 2019 |
| Single-cell protein induction dynamics reveals a period of vulnerability to antibiotics in persister bacteria O Gefen, C Gabay, M Mumcuoglu, G Engel, NQ Balaban Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (16), 6145-6149, 2008 | 195 | 2008 |
