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Bianco, P.R. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2005).
RecA protein.
In
: “Encyclopedia of Life Sciences”, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, http://www.els.net/  [doi:10.1038/npg.els.0003925]
[Full Text]  [PDF]  [HTML]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2005).
Catalyst of a catalyst.
Nature, 433
, 591-592. 
[Full Text]  [PDF]

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. 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. (2003).
DNA helicases. 
In
“McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology”, New York, N. Y., 95-98 
[PDF]  [Page proof]

Chédin, F. and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2002).
A novel family of regulated helicases/nucleases from Gram-positive bacteria: insights into the initiation of DNA recombination. 
Mol. Microbiol.  43
, 823-834. 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Seitz, E.M., Haseltine, C. A., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2001).
DNA Recombination and repair in the Archaea.
In ”Archaea:  Ancient Microbes, Extreme Environments, and the Origin of Life”, P. Blum, ed.,
Advances in Applied Microbiology, 50
,101-169  [PDF]  [Preprint]

Dillingham, M. S. and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2001).
A Step Backward in Advancing DNA Replication: Rescue of Stalled Replication Forks by RecG. 
Mol. Cell, 8,
734-736. 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2000). 
Some assembly required….  
Nature Structural Biology, 7,
1087-1089
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]  [Extra Figure]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2000). 
Initiation of recombination and recombination-dependent replication.

Trends Biochem. Sci., 25
, 156-165.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. and von Hippel, P.H. (eds.) (2000).
The recombination–replication interface
Trends Biochem. Sci., 25. [Contents]

Harmon, F.G. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2000). 
Coupling of DNA helicase function to DNA strand exchange.
Methods Mol. Biol., 152
, 75-89. 
[Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Bianco, P.R. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1999).
RecA protein.
In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London,
http://www.els.net   [Abstract]  [Full Text] [PDF]  [Preprint.PDF]

Arnold, D.A. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1999).
RecBCD helicase/nuclease.
In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London, http://www.els.net   [Abstract]  [Full text] [PDF]  [Preprint.PDF]

Bianco, P.R. , Tracy, R.B., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1998).
DNA strand exchange proteins: A biochemical and physical comparison
Front. Biosci., 3, D570-D603.  [Abstract]  [Full Text]  [PDF]

Mazin, A.V. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1998).
The synergistic interaction between RecA protein and SSB protein during DNA strand exchange.  
In: "Modern Concepts in Evolutionary Genetics", Proceedings of the Conference, Novosibirsk, Russia.  [Preprint.PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C.. and Zarling, D. (1995).
Homologous recombination proteins and their potential applications in gene targeting technology.  
In: "Gene Targeting", (M.A. Vega, ed.) CRC Press, Inc., Chapter 7, 167-210.  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C., Dixon, D.A., Eggleston, A.K., Lauder, S.D., and Rehrauer, W.M. (1994).
Biochemistry of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli.
Microbiol. Rev., 58, 401-465.  [Abstract]  [PDF]
(Highly cited paper selected by ISI Essential Science Indicators
This paper ranks among the top 15 highly cited papers in the field of Microbiology, with a total of 511 citations to date.  (in-cites, April 2002 - Citing URL: http://www.in-cites.com/BI-april2002.html)         
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Kowalczykowski, S.C. and Eggleston, A.K. (1994).
Homologous pairing and DNA strand exchange proteins.
Annu. Rev. Biochem., 63, 991-1043.  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1994).
In vitro reconstitution of homologous recombination reactions.
Experientia, 50, 204-215.   [Abstract]  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1991).
Biochemistry of genetic recombination: Energetics and mechanism of DNA strand exchange.
Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biophys. Chem. 20, 539-575.  [PDF]

Eggleston, A.K. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1991).
An overview of homologous pairing and DNA strand exchange proteins.
Biochimie 73, 163-176.   [Abstract]  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1991).
Biochemical and biological function of Escherichia coli RecA protein: behavior of mutant RecA proteins.
Biochimie 73, 289-304.   [Abstract]  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. and Roman, L.J. (1990).
Reconstitution of homologous pairing activity in vitro dependent upon the combined activities of purified E. coli RecA, RecBCD, and SSB proteins.
In: Molecular Mechanisms in DNA Replication and Recombination, C. Richardson and R. Lehman, eds. (Alan R. Liss, Inc. New York), (New Series) 127, 357-373.  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (1990).
Thermodynamic data for protein-nucleic acid interactions.
In: Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology (New Series) Group VII: Biophysics, Nucleic Acids 1d, W. Saenger, ed. (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), 244-263.  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C. (1987).
Mechanistic aspects of the DNA strand exchange activity of Escherichia coli RecA protein.
Trends Biochem. Sci. 12, 141- 145.  [PDF]

Kowalczykowski, S.C., Bear, D.G., and von Hippel, P.H. (1981).
Single-stranded DNA binding proteins.
In: The Enzymes, P.D. Boyer, eds. (New York: Academic Press), pp. 373-442.   [PDF]