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.   [Abstract]   [Full Text]  [PDF]

Anderson, D.G. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
The recombination hot spot c is a regulatory element that switches the polarity of DNA degradation by the RecBCD enzyme. 
Genes & Dev., 11, 571-581.   [Abstract]  [PDF]

Anderson, D.G., Churchill, J.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
Chi-activated RecBCD enzyme possesses 5' ® 3' nucleolytic activity, but RecBC enzyme does not: Evidence suggesting that the alteration induced by Chi is not simply ejection of the RecD subunit. 
Genes to Cells, 2, 117-128.   [Abstract]  [PDF]

Bianco, P.R. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
The recombination hotspot Chi is recognized by the translocating RecBCD enzyme as the single strand of DNA containing the sequence 5'-GCTGGTGG-3'.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94, 6706-6711.   [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Anderson, D.G. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
The translocating RecBCD enzyme stimulates recombination by directing RecA protein onto ssDNA in a c-regulated manner. 
Cell, 90, 77-86.   [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]
(see Dispatch in Current Biology: [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF])

Tracy, R.B., Chédin, F., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
The recombination hot spot Chi is embedded within islands of preferred DNA pairing sequences in the E. coli genome. 
Cell, 90, 205-206.   [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Tracy, R.B., Baumohl, J.K., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1997).
The preference for GT-rich DNA by the yeast Rad51 protein defines a set of universal pairing sequences.
Genes & Dev., 11, 3423-3431.    [Abstract]   [Full Text]  [PDF]