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Maria Spies

B.S., 1994 - Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg State Technical University

Masters of Technical Sciences, Physics (Specialization in Biophysics), 1996  - Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg State Technical University, and Department of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph. D., Biology, 2000 - Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan

   
 

Spies, M., Dillingham, M.S., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2003).
DNA helicases. 
In
McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology”, New York, N. Y., 95-98 [PDF]
[scanned-PDF]  [Page proof]

Dillingham, M.S., Spies, M., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2003). 
RecBCD enzyme is a bipolar DNA helicase.  
Nature, 423
, 893 - 897 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]
(see News & Views in Nature Structural Biology 10, 499 - 500 (2003)  [Full Text]  [PDF])
(see Highlight in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 513 (2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1162 [Full Text]  [PDF])
(Must Read paper by Faculty of 1000 [Full Text])
(see
News & Information at UC Davis News Service  [Full Text]  [Printable Version])

Spies, M., Bianco, P.R., Dillingham, M.S., Handa, N., Baskin, R.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2003).
A molecular throttle: The recombination hotspot
c controls DNA translocation by the RecBCD helicase.
Cell
, 114, 647-654
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]  [Featured Article]
(see News & Features at Bio.com  [Full Text])
(see
News & Information at UC Davis News Service  [Full Text]  [Printable Version])
(see
News & Information at UC Davis News Service  [Full Text]  [Printable Version])

Spies, M. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2005). 
Homologous recombination by the RecBCD and RecF pathways. 
In
  “The Bacterial Chromosome”, N.P. Higgins, ed., (ASM Press, Washington, D.C.), 389-403. 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]  [Preprint]

Spies, M., Dillingham, M.S., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2005)
DNA helicases.
In
“McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology”, New York, N. Y. 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]  [Preprint]

Spies, M., Dillingham, M.S., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2005).
Translocation by the RecB motor is an absolute requirement for
c-recognition and RecA protein loading by RecBCD enzyme.
J. Biol. Chem., 280,
37078 – 37087 (published online July 22, 2005 as 10.1074/jbc.M505520200). 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Spies, M. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006).
The RecA-binding locus of RecBCD enzyme defines a generalized domain for recruitment of DNA strand exchange proteins.
Mol. Cell,
21, 573-580 [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF] [Supplemental Data]