Sugiyama, T., Zaitseva, E.M., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
A single-stranded DNA-binding protein is needed for efficient presynaptic complex formation by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51 protein.
J. Biol. Chem., 272, 7940-7945. PMID: 9065463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

New, J.H., Sugiyama, T., Zaitseva, E., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1998).
Rad52 protein stimulates DNA strand exchange by Rad51 and replication protein A.
Nature, 391, 407-410. PMID: 9450760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
(see Nature News & Views: [News&Views] [N&V PDF]

Zaitseva, E.M., Zaitsev, E.N., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1999).
The DNA binding properties of the yeast Rad51 protein.
J. Biol. Chem., 274, 2907-2915. PMID: 9915828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mazin, A.V., Zaitseva, E., Sung, P., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2000).
Tailed duplex DNA is the preferred substrate for Rad51 protein-mediated homologous pairing.
EMBO J., 19, 1148-1156. PMID: 10698955; PMCID: PMC305653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
(see commentary in CHEMTRACTS-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 13, 415-423, 2000:  [Full Text] [PDF])