The role of metal ions in the conformation of the four-way DNA junction.

The molecular theory of polyelectrolyte solutions with applications to the electrostatic properties of polynucleotides

1978 • 2,873 citations

The RNA moiety of ribonuclease P is the catalytic subunit of the enzyme

1983 • 2,604 citations

Yeast transformation: a model system for the study of recombination.

1981 • 1,491 citations

A small catalytic oligoribonucleotide

1987 • 938 citations

A general model for genetic recombination.

1975 • 890 citations

Effects of methylation on a synthetic polynucleotide: the B--Z transition in poly(dG-m5dC).poly(dG-m5dC).

1981 • 873 citations

Polymer support oligonucleotide synthesis XVIII^1.2): use ofβ-cyanoethyi-N,N-dialkylamino-/N-morpholino phosphoramidite of deoxynucleosides for the synthesis of DNA fragments simplifying deprotection and isolation of the final product

1984 • 840 citations

Self-cleavage of plus and minus RNA transcripts of avocado sunblotch viroid

1986 • 583 citations

Cruciform structures in supercoiled DNA

1981 • 545 citations

The inverted repeat as a recognizable structural feature in supercoiled DNA molecules.

1980 • 519 citations

The structure of the holliday junction, and its resolution

1988 • 476 citations

Structural analysis of spermine and magnesium ion binding to yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA.

1978 • 377 citations

Fluorescence energy transfer shows that the four-way DNA junction is a right-handed cross of antiparallel molecules

1989 • 334 citations

A crystallographic study of metal-binding to yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA

1977 • 322 citations

Magnesium ion-dependent triple-helix structure formed by homopurine-homopyrimidine sequences in supercoiled plasmid DNA.

1988 • 315 citations

T4 endonuclease VII cleaves holliday structures

1982 • 277 citations

Branched DNA molecules: Intermediates in T4 recombination

1971 • 244 citations

Structural basis for stabilization of Z-DNA by cobalt hexaammine and magnesium cations

1985 • 236 citations

Pb(II)-catalysed cleavage of the sugar–phosphate backbone of yeast tRNAPhe—implications for lead toxicity and self-splicing RNA

1983 • 225 citations

Site-specific recombination intermediates trapped with suicide substrates

1987 • 223 citations

Mechanisms in Recombination

1974 • 204 citations

A Holliday recombination intermediate is twofold symmetric.

1988 • 201 citations

DNA Gyrase and DNA Supercoiling

1979 • 175 citations

Gel electrophoretic analysis of the geometry of a DNA four-way junction

1987 • 173 citations

Cruciform-resolvase interactions in supercoiled DNA

1984 • 167 citations

Synthesis and characterization of an octanucleotide containing the EcoRI recognition sequence with a phosphorothioate group at the cleavage site

1984 • 158 citations

Satellite tobacco ringspot virus RNA: A subset of the RNA sequence is sufficient for autolytic processing

1986 • 157 citations

Homology-dependent interactions in phage λ site-specific recombination

1987 • 151 citations

DNA bending induced by cruciform formation

1985 • 133 citations

Molecular Mechanism for Genetic Recombination

1972 • 133 citations

Isolation and characterization of intermediates in site-specific recombination.

1987 • 132 citations

Counter-Ion Condensation and System Dimensionality

1983 • 126 citations

The supercoil-stabilised cruciform of ColE1 is hyper-reactive to osmium tetroxide.

1984 • 120 citations

Partial purification of an enzyme from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that cleaves Holliday junctions.

1985 • 118 citations

Enzymes and Sites of Genetic Recombination: Studies with Gene-3 Endonuclease of Phage T7 and with Site-affinity Mutants of Phage

1984 • 105 citations

Cleavage of cruciform DNA structures by an activity from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1985 • 105 citations

Solid-phase synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleoside methylphosphonates

1986 • 102 citations

T4 endonuclease VII cleaves the crossover strands of Holliday junction analogs.

1988 • 79 citations

Influence of cation size and charge on the extrusion of a salt-dependent cruciform

1987 • 78 citations

Holliday junctions in FLP recombination: resolution by step-arrest mutants of FLP protein.

1988 • 69 citations

The anomalous gel migration of a stable cruciform: temperature and salt dependence, and some comparisons with curved DNA

1987 • 54 citations

A two-state conformational equilibrium for alternating (A-T)n sequences in negatively supercoiled DNA

1987 • 52 citations

Crystallization of transfer ribonucleic acids

1984 • 49 citations

Solid-phase methods for sequencing of nucleic acids I. Simultaneous sequencing of different oligodeoxyribonucleotides using a new, mechanically stable anion-exchange paper

1985 • 46 citations

Site-specific recombination and topoisomerization by Tn21resolvase: role of metal ions

1986 • 26 citations