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]

Lio, Y.-C., Mazin, A.V., and Kowalczykowski, S.C., and Chen, D.J. (2003). 
Complex formation by the human Rad51B and Rad51C DNA repair proteins and their activities in vitro.
J. Biol. Chem., 278, 2469-2478 (published November 8, 2002 as 10.1074/jbc.M211038200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Stohl, E.A., Brockman, J., Burkle, K.L., Morimatsu, K, Kowalczykowski, S.C., and Seifert, H.S. (2003)
Escherichia coli RecX inhibits RecA recombinase and coprotease activities in vitro and in vivo.
J. Biol. Chem., 278, 2278-2285 (published November 9, 2002 as 10.1074/jbc.M210496200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Mazin, A.V., Alexeev, A., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2003).
A novel function of Rad54 protein: stabilization of the Rad51 nucleoprotein filament.
J. Biol. Chem., 278, 14029–14036 (published February 3, 2003 as 10.1074_jbc.M212779200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Alexeev, A., Mazin, A.V., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2003).
Rad54 protein possesses chromatin remodeling activity stimulated by the Rad51-ssDNA nucleoprotein filament.
Nature Struct. Biol., 10, 182-186 (published 10 February 2003 as doi.10.1038/nsb901).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF] [Online cover]
(see Highlight in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 261 (2003); doi:10.1038/nrm1089   [Full Text]  [PDF])
(twice Recommended paper by the Faculty of 1000    [Full Text])
(see News & Information at UC Davis News Service  [Full Text]  [Printable Version])
(see International Rett Syndrome Foundation Newsletter [PDF])

Veaute, X., Jeusset, J., Soustelle, C., Kowalczykowski, S.C. , Le Cam, E., and Fabre, F. (2003). 
The Srs2 helicase prevents homologous recombination by disrupting Rad51 nucleofilaments. 
Nature, 423, 309-312  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]
(see News & Views in Nature 423, 234 - 235 (2003); doi:10.1038/423234a   [Full Text]  [PDF])
(Recommended paper by the Faculty of 1000:  #1  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF];  #2 [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF])

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])

Mirshad, J.K. and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2003).
The biochemical basis of the constitutive coprotease activity of RecA P67W protein.
Biochemistry, 42, 5937-5944  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Mirshad, J.K. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2003).
The biochemical characterization of a mutant RecA protein altered in DNA-binding loop 1.
Biochemistry, 42, 5945-5954  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Morimatsu, K. and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2003).  
RecFOR proteins load RecA protein onto gapped DNA to accelerate DNA strand exchange: A universal step of recombinational repair. 
Mol. Cell, 11, 1337-1347  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Kantake, N., Sugiyama, T., Kolodner, R.D., and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2003)
The recombination-deficient mutant RPA (rfa1-t11) is displaced slowly from single-stranded DNA by Rad51 protein. 
J. Biol. Chem., 278, 23410-23417 (published April 14, 2003 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M302995200)  [Abstract]  [Accepted Manuscript] [Full Text]  [PDF]

Harmon, F.G., Brockman, J.P., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2003).
RecQ helicase stimulates both DNA catenation and changes in DNA topology by topoisomerase III. 
J. Biol. Chem.,  278,  42668-42678 (published online August 8, 2003 as 10.1074/jbc.M302994200).  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

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]  [PFD])
(see News & Information at UC Davis News Service  [Full Text]  [Printable Version])
(see News & Information at UC Davis News Service  [Full Text]  [Printable Version])