Hilario, J., Amitani, I., Baskin, R.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009). 
Direct imaging of human Rad51 nucleoprotein dynamics on individual DNA molecules.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106, 361-368 (published online January 2, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0811965106).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Nimonkar, A.V., Sica, A., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009).
Rad52 promotes second-end DNA capture in double-strand break repair to form complement-stabilized joint molecules.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106, 3077-3082 (published online February 9, 2009, doi:10.1073/pnas.0813247106).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Haseltine, C. A. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009).
An archaeal Rad54 protein remodels DNA and stimulates DNA strand exchange by RadA.
Nucl. Acids Res., 37, 2757-2770. (published online March 12, 2009, doi:10.1093/nar/gkp068).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Carreira, A., Hilario, J., Amitani, I., Baskin, R.J., Shivji, M.K.K., Venkitaraman, A.R., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009). 
The BRC repeats of BRCA2 modulate the DNA-binding selectivity of RAD51.
Cell, 136, 1032-1043, (doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.019).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Handa, N., Morimatsu, K., Lovett, S.T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009). 
Reconstitution of initial steps of double-strand DNA break repair by the RecF pathway of E. coli. 
Genes & Dev., 23, 1234-1245.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Handa, N., Amitani, I., Gumlaw, N., Sandler, S.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009). 
Single-molecule analysis of a red fluorescent RecA Protein reveals a defect in nucleoprotein filament nucleation that relates to its reduced biological functions. 
J. Biol. Chem., 284, 18664-73 (published online May 5, 2009, doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.004895).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Nimonkar, A.V. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009).
Second-end DNA capture in double-strand break repair: How to catch a DNA by its tail.
Cell Cycle, 8, 1816-1817.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Carreira, A. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009).
BRCA2: Shining light on the regulation of DNA-binding selectivity by RAD51.
Cell Cycle, (in press).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]