Homologous recombination in procaryotes

Detection of specific sequences among DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis

1975 • 33,059 citations

Calcium-dependent bacteriophage DNA infection

1970 • 2,743 citations

Transduction of linked genetic characters of the host by bacteriophage P1

1955 • 2,703 citations

Ultraviolet mutagenesis and inducible DNA repair in Escherichia coli

1976 • 1,572 citations

The SOS regulatory system of Escherichia coli

1982 • 1,491 citations

Linkage map of Escherichia coli K-12, edition 7

1983 • 1,250 citations

Molecular basis of base substitution hotspots in Escherichia coli

1978 • 1,185 citations

DNA gyrase: an enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA.

1976 • 1,175 citations

A mechanism for gene conversion in fungi

2007 • 1,149 citations

The significance of penumococcal types

1966 • 992 citations

Nalidixic acid resistance: A second genetic character involved in DNA gyrase activity

1977 • 828 citations

GENETIC EXCHANGE IN SALMONELLA

1952 • 822 citations

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINATION-DEFICIENT MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K12

1965 • 819 citations

Physiological Studies of Conditional Lethal Mutants of Bacteriophage T4D

1963 • 808 citations

T4 Bacteriophage Gene 32: A Structural Protein in the Replication and Recombination of DNA

1970 • 793 citations

Transformation of Salmonella typhimurium by Plasmid Deoxyribonucleic Acid

1974 • 777 citations

The bacterial chromosome and its manner of replication as seen by autoradiography

1963 • 756 citations

Interaction between DNA and an Escherichia coli protein ω

1971 • 749 citations

Isolation of an E. coli Strain with a Mutation affecting DNA Polymerase

1969 • 749 citations

Novobiocin and coumermycin inhibit DNA supercoiling catalyzed by DNA gyrase.

1976 • 719 citations

Molecular Mechanisms for Repair of DNA

1975 • 676 citations

THE GENETIC CONTROL OF MEIOSIS

1976 • 653 citations

SOS Repair Hypothesis: Phenomenology of an Inducible DNA Repair Which is Accompanied by Mutagenesis

1975 • 651 citations

DNA Ligase: Structure, Mechanism, and Function

1974 • 649 citations

MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 DEFECTIVE IN DNA REPAIR AND IN GENETIC RECOMBINATION

1966 • 635 citations

The Bacteriophage Lambda.

1971 • 573 citations

RECOMBINATION DEFICIENT MUTANTS OF E. COLI AND OTHER BACTERIA

1973 • 568 citations

Gene Recombination in Escherichia Coli

1946 • 567 citations

HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI: DEPENDENCE ON SUBSTRATE LENGTH AND HOMOLOGY

1986 • 531 citations

Autodigestion of lexA and phage lambda repressors.

1984 • 505 citations

Genetic analysis of the recF pathway to genetic recombination in Escherichia coli k12: Isolation and characterization of mutants

1973 • 479 citations

Formation of merodiploids in matings with a class of Rec- recipient strains of Escherichia coli K12.

1968 • 447 citations

HOMOLOGOUS PAIRING AND STRAND EXCHANGE IN GENETIC RECOMBINATION

1982 • 443 citations

DNA MISMATCH CORRECTION

1987 • 427 citations

The Deoxyribonucleases of Escherichia coli

1964 • 392 citations

Electron microscope heteroduplex studies of sequence relations among plasmids of Escherichia coli

1972 • 389 citations

Purified Escherichia coli recA protein catalyzes homologous pairing of superhelical DNA and single-stranded fragments.

1979 • 377 citations

A DNA-Unwinding Protein Isolated from Escherichia coli: Its Interaction with DNA and with DNA Polymerases

1972 • 355 citations

Escherichia coli mutS-encoded protein binds to mismatched DNA base pairs.

1986 • 353 citations

Molecular genetics of bacteriophage P22

1978 • 349 citations

Genetic Location of Certain Mutations Conferring Recombination Deficiency in Escherichia coli

1969 • 346 citations

An Exonuclease Induced by Bacteriophage λ

1967 • 346 citations

Methyl-directed repair of DNA base-pair mismatches in vitro.

1983 • 344 citations

BACTERIAL MUTATOR GENES AND THE CONTROL OF SPONTANEOUS MUTATION

1976 • 342 citations

Processing of plasmid DNA during bacterial conjugation

1984 • 341 citations

ENZYMES OF GENERAL RECOMBINATION

1987 • 333 citations

A novel role for site-specific recombination in maintenance of bacterial replicons

1981 • 329 citations

Proteolytic cleavage of bacteriophage lambda repressor in induction.

1975 • 326 citations

A Sign Inversion Mechanism for Enzymatic Supercoiling of DNA

1979 • 325 citations

Transducing fragments in generalized transduction by phage P1

1965 • 310 citations

Escherichia coli recA gene product inactivates phage lambda repressor.

1978 • 305 citations

Repair tracts in mismatched DNA heteroduplexes.

1976 • 300 citations

Structure of chi hotspots of generalized recombination

1981 • 297 citations

Genetic studies of the lac repressor

1977 • 293 citations

Mutations in the gene coding for Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I affect transcription and transposition.

1981 • 284 citations

Characteristics of Some Multiply Recombination-Deficient Strains of Escherichia coli

1969 • 278 citations

T4 endonuclease VII cleaves holliday structures

1982 • 277 citations

recD: the gene for an essential third subunit of exonuclease V.

1986 • 276 citations

Recombination in bacteriophage λ

1968 • 269 citations

Transient accumulation of Okazaki fragments as a result of uracil incorporation into nascent DNA.

1977 • 265 citations

Unwinding and rewinding of DNA by the RecBC enzyme

1980 • 260 citations

Homology requirements for recombination in Escherichia coli.

1985 • 255 citations

Proteins Controlling the Helical Structure of DNA

1981 • 253 citations

Heteroduplex deoxyribonucleic acid base mismatch repair in bacteria

1986 • 252 citations

CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE ACCOMPANYING GENETIC RECOMBINATION IN BACTERIOPHAGE

1961 • 251 citations

A Theory of Crossing-Over by Means of Hybrid Deoxyribonucleic Acid

1963 • 238 citations

DNA gyrase action involves the introduction of transient double-strand breaks into DNA.

1980 • 237 citations

DNA synthesis inhibition and the induction of protein X in Escherichia coli

1976 • 237 citations

Genetic recombination: The nature of a crossed strand-exchange between two homologous DNA molecules

1972 • 237 citations

Isolation and genetic characterization of a thymineless death-resistant mutant of Escherichia coli K12: Identification of a new mutation (recQ1) that blocks the RecF recombination pathway

1984 • 235 citations

Biological function for 6-methyladenine residues in the DNA of Escherichia coli K12

1974 • 232 citations

The Biology of Natural Transformation

1986 • 226 citations

Identification and characterization of recD, a gene affecting plasmid maintenance and recombination in Escherichia coli

1986 • 219 citations

THE CONJUGATION SYSTEM OF F, THE FERTILITY FACTOR OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

1986 • 218 citations

Genetic recombination of bacterial plasmid DNA: effect of RecF pathway mutations on plasmid recombination in Escherichia coli

1985 • 218 citations

Model for regulation of Escherichia coli DNA repair functions.

1975 • 215 citations

Characteristics of Purified recA Protein and the Regulation of Its Synthesis In Vivo

1979 • 212 citations

Chi-dependent DNA strand cleavage by RecBC enzyme

1985 • 208 citations

High-frequency generalised transduction by bacteriophage T4

1979 • 204 citations

Mechanisms in Recombination

1974 • 204 citations

Directionality and polarity in recA protein-promoted branch migration.

1981 • 203 citations

Genetics and function of DNA ligase in Escherichia coli

1973 • 202 citations

Behavior of λ Bacteriophage in a Recombination Deficient Strain of Escherichia coli

1967 • 201 citations

REC-MEDIATED RECOMBINATIONAL HOT SPOT ACTIVITY IN BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA II. A MUTATION WHICH CAUSES HOT SPOT ACTIVITY

1974 • 201 citations

Identification and genetic analysis of sbcC mutations in commonly used recBC sbcB strains of Escherichia coli K-12

1985 • 201 citations

Mutants of Diplococcus pneumoniae that Lack Deoxyribonucleases and Other Activities Possibly Pertinent to Genetic Transformation

1970 • 198 citations

Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Recombination Proficiency in Escherichia coli , II. Rec ⁺ Revertants Caused by Indirect Suppression of Rec-Mutations

1970 • 197 citations

Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Recombination Proficiency in Escherichia coli , I. Enzymatic Activity Associated with recB ⁺ and recC ⁺ Genes

1970 • 197 citations

RecBC enzyme nicking at chi sites during DNA unwinding: Location and orientation-dependence of the cutting

1985 • 194 citations

A new class of Escherichia coli recBC mutants: implications for the role of RecBC enzyme in homologous recombination.

1984 • 194 citations

Method for the isolation of Escherichia coli mutants with enhanced recombination between chromosomal duplications

1977 • 192 citations

Genetic analysis of the RecE pathway of genetic recombination in Escherichia coli K-12

1981 • 191 citations

Mutant single-strand binding protein of Escherichia coli: genetic and physiological characterization

1979 • 188 citations

AN ATP-DEPENDENT DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE FROM Escherichia coli WITH A POSSIBLE ROLE IN GENETIC RECOMBINATION

1969 • 177 citations

Identification of the recA ( tif ) gene product of Escherichia coli

1977 • 177 citations

Effect of ruv mutations on recombination and DNA repair in Escherichia coli K12

1984 • 174 citations

RECOMBINATION DEFICIENT MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K12 THAT MAP BETWEEN thyA AND argA

1968 • 169 citations

Genetic Analysis of Recombination-Deficient Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 Carrying rec Mutations Cotransducible with thyA

1969 • 168 citations

Protein X is the product of the recA gene of Escherichia coli.

1977 • 168 citations

Viability of λ phages carrying a perfect palindrome in the absence of recombination nucleases

1983 • 166 citations

Physical characterisation of the “Rac prophage” in E. coli K12

1979 • 166 citations

Substrate specificity of the DNA unwinding activity of the RecBC enzyme of Escherichia coli

1985 • 166 citations

Mismatch repair in heteroduplex DNA.

1975 • 165 citations

Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in Escherichia coli K12 requires a functional recN product

1984 • 162 citations

Enzymatic DNA Degradation in E. coli: Its Relationship to Synthetic Processes at the Chromosome Level

1968 • 161 citations

Polarity of heteroduplex formation promoted by Escherichia coli recA protein.

1981 • 159 citations

An Endonuclease Activity from Escherichia coli Absent from Certain rec ^- Strains

1970 • 157 citations

Rec-mediated recombinational hot spot activity in bacteriophage lambda

1975 • 154 citations

An Escherichia coli mutant defective in single-strand binding protein is defective in DNA replication.

1979 • 154 citations

ON THE MECHANISM OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEATE INTEGRATION IN PNEUMOCOCCAL TRANSFORMATION

1964 • 150 citations

Cloning of the recA gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and construction of gonococcal recA mutants

1987 • 150 citations

The homologous recombination system of phage lambda. Pairing activities of beta protein.

1986 • 149 citations

The Isolation and Characterization from Escherichia coli of an Adenosine Triphosphate-dependent Deoxyribonuclease Directed by rec B, C Genes

1971 • 148 citations

recA-independent general genetic recombination of plasmids

1981 • 146 citations

A Conditional Lethal Mutant of Escherichia coli K12 Defective in the 5′ → 3′ Exonuclease Associated with DNA Polymerase I

1974 • 145 citations

Genetic analysis of the recJ gene of Escherichia coli K-12

1984 • 145 citations

Genetic Transformation in Escherichia coli K12

1973 • 143 citations

Synthesis of linear plasmid multimers in Escherichia coli K-12

1986 • 141 citations

Indirect Suppression of recB and recC Mutations by Exonuclease I Deficiency

1972 • 139 citations

Heteroduplex formation by recA protein: polarity of strand exchanges.

1981 • 138 citations

Isolation and Characterization of an Escherichia coli ruv Mutant Which Forms Nonseptate Filaments After Low Doses of Ultraviolet Light Irradiation

1974 • 137 citations

Identification of protein X of Escherichia coli as the recA + /tif + gene product

1977 • 137 citations

Beta protein of bacteriophage lambda promotes renaturation of DNA.

1981 • 136 citations

Determination of the amount of homology required for recombination in bacteriophage T4

1982 • 136 citations

Control of recA gene RNA in E. coli: Regulatory and signal genes

1980 • 136 citations

Genetic Map of Bacteriophage φX174

1971 • 132 citations

Purification of a RecA protein analogue from Bacillus subtilis.

1985 • 129 citations

Molecular mechanisms of genetic recombination in bacteriophage

1966 • 129 citations

Characterisation of an in vivo system for nicking at the origin of conjugal DNA transfer of the sex factor F

1980 • 128 citations

By searching processively RecA protein pairs DNA molecules that share a limited stretch of homology

1983 • 127 citations

Recombinant levels of Escherichia coli K-12 mutants deficient in various replication, recombination, or repair genes

1978 • 125 citations

Isolation and characterization of the recA gene of Rhizobium meliloti

1983 • 125 citations

Modulation of the action of the recBC enzyme of Escherichia coli K-12 by Ca2+.

1979 • 125 citations

Specific mismatch correction in bacteriophage lambda crosses by very short patch repair

1983 • 125 citations

BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC STUDIES OF INTEGRATION AND RECOMBINATION IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS TRANSFORMATION

1964 • 124 citations

THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF RECOMBINATION IN PHAGE T4 GROWTH

1987 • 124 citations

RECOMBINATION PATHWAY SPECIFICITY OF CHI

1977 • 123 citations

Gene 3 endonuclease of bacteriophage T7 resolves conformationally branched structures in double-stranded DNA

1987 • 122 citations

Mutants of bacteriophage λ defective in vegetative genetic recombination

1968 • 118 citations

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

1985 • 118 citations

The dnaN gene codes for the beta subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of escherichia coli.

1981 • 116 citations

GENETIC RECOMBINATION AND HETEROZYGOSIS IN BACTERIOPHAGE

1951 • 115 citations

T4 phage gene uvsX product catalyzes homologous DNA pairing.

1985 • 115 citations

Escherichia coli RecBC pseudorevertants lacking chi recombinational hotspot activity

1983 • 114 citations

Homologous pairing and topological linkage of DNA molecules by combined action of E. coli recA protein and topoisomerase I

1981 • 113 citations

Detection of transcribable recombination products following conjugation in Rec+, RecB− and RecC− strains of Escherichia coli K12

1974 • 112 citations

MECHANISM AND CONTROL OF HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1987 • 112 citations

Regulation of λ exonuclease

1966 • 111 citations

Ultraviolet-Sensitive Mutator Strain of Escherichia coli K-12

1973 • 111 citations

Interplasmidic and intraplasmidic recombination in Escherichia coli K-12

1981 • 111 citations

Repair of DNA Base-pair Mismatches in Extracts of Escherichia coli

1984 • 109 citations

Inducible expression of a gene specific to the RecF pathway for recombination in Escherichia coli K12

1983 • 108 citations

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

1985 • 105 citations

Mechanism for the Action of λ Exonuclease in Genetic Recombination

1971 • 105 citations

Endonuclease VII resolves Y-junctions in branched DNA in vitro.

1986 • 104 citations

On the Molecular Basis of High Negative Interference

1974 • 103 citations

THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF BACTERIOPHAGE P1

1983 • 102 citations

Isolation of Exonuclease VIII: The Enzyme Associated with the sbcA Indirect Suppressor

1974 • 102 citations

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS INDIRECTLY SUPPRESSING recB AND recC MUTATIONS

1972 • 102 citations

Properties of recombination-deficient mutants of bacteriophage lambda

1970 • 101 citations

21 Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins

1981 • 100 citations

Genetic Recombination: Understanding the Mechanisms

1982 • 99 citations

HYPER-RECOMBINING RECIPIENT STRAINS IN BACTERIAL CONJUGATION

1986 • 98 citations

Damage to DNA induces expression of the ruv gene of Escherichia coli

1982 • 98 citations

Generalized transduction by phage P22 in Salmonella typhimurium

1972 • 97 citations

Characterization of bacteriophage λ reverse as an Escherichia coli phage carrying a unique set of host-derived recombination functions

1974 • 97 citations

RECOMBINATION-DEFICIENT DELETIONS IN BACTERIOPHAGE Λ AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH CHI MUTATIONS

1975 • 97 citations

The Mechanism of Degradation of Duplex Deoxyribonucleic Acid by the recBC Enzyme of Escherichia coli K-12

1974 • 97 citations

Exonuclease VIII of Escherichia coli. II. Mechanism of action.

1983 • 94 citations

Protection of parental T4 DNA from a restriction exonuclease by the product of gene 2

1977 • 94 citations

On the Nature of Recombinants Formed during Transformation in Hemophilus influenzae

1966 • 93 citations

Cloning of the Vibrio cholerae recA gene and construction of a Vibrio cholerae recA mutant

1986 • 92 citations

DNA repair in Escherichia coli: identification of the uvrD gene product.

1982 • 92 citations

Restoration by the rac locus of recombinant forming ability in recB − and recC − merozygotes of Escherichia coli K-12

1973 • 91 citations

Genetic Studies of Recombining DNA in Pneumococcal Transformation

1966 • 91 citations

Molecular analysis of the recF gene of Escherichia coli.

1984 • 90 citations

Role of exonuclease III in the base excision repair of uracil-containing DNA

1982 • 90 citations

Hyper-recombination in dam mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

1976 • 88 citations

Roles of RecBC Enzyme and Chi Sites in Homologous Recombination

1984 • 87 citations

RECOMBINATION IN PHAGE T2: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HETEROZYGOSIS AND GROWTH

1954 • 86 citations

Cloning and characterization of recA genes froM Proteus vulgaris, Erwinia carotovora, Shigella flexneri, and Escherichia coli B/r

1984 • 84 citations

VERY SHORT PATCH MISMATCH REPAIR IN PHAGE LAMBDA: REPAIR SITES AND LENGTH OF REPAIR TRACTS

1986 • 83 citations

DNA UPTAKE IN HAEMOPHILUS TRANSFORMATION

1982 • 82 citations

Lambda DNA Replication

1983 • 82 citations

Role of Escherichia coli RecBC enzyme in SOS induction

1985 • 82 citations

LOCALIZED NEGATIVE INTERFERENCE IN BACTERIOPHAGE

1965 • 81 citations

CHROMOSOME FRAGMENTS PARTICIPATING IN TRANSDUCTION IN SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM

1959 • 80 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of theEscherichia coli recBgene

1986 • 78 citations

Regulation of λ exonuclease

1966 • 78 citations

A unified mechanism for the nuclease and unwinding activities of the recBC enzyme of Escherichia coli.

1982 • 78 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence ofrecD, the structural gene for the α subunit of Exonuclease V ofEscherichia coli

1986 • 78 citations

Recombination in the λ repressor gene: evidence that very short patch (VSP) mismatch correction restores a specific sequence

1985 • 76 citations

The nucleotide sequence of the chicken thymidine kinase gene and the relationship of its predicted polypeptide to that of the vaccinia virus thymidine kinase

1984 • 76 citations

An explanation of fine structure map expansion in terms of excision repair

1970 • 74 citations

Mutants of Escherichia coli with altered deoxyribonucleases

1974 • 74 citations

Orientation-dependent recombination hotspot activity in bacteriophage λ

1979 • 73 citations

A Replicator’s View of Recombination (and Repair)

1974 • 73 citations

Antagonists of DNA gyrase inhibit repair and recombination of UV-irradiated phage lambda.

1978 • 73 citations

Cotransduction with thy of a gene required for genetic recombination in Escherichia coli

1967 • 72 citations

The uvrD gene of E. coli encodes a DNA-dependent ATPase

1982 • 72 citations

Genetic mapping of the lexC-113 mutation

1977 • 71 citations

3' homologous free ends are required for stable joint molecule formation by the RecA and single-stranded binding proteins of Escherichia coli.

1987 • 70 citations

Unusual alleles of recB and recC stimulate excision of inverted repeat transposons Tn10 and Tn5.

1984 • 70 citations

THE DISTRIBUTION OF CROSSOVERS ALONG UNREPLICATED LAMBDA BACTERIOPHAGE CHROMOSOMES

1974 • 70 citations

Genetic analysis and molecular cloning of the Escherichia coli ruv gene

1984 • 70 citations

Orientation of cohesive end site cos determines the active orientation of chi sequence in stimulating recA . recBC-mediated recombination in phage lambda lytic infections.

1982 • 69 citations

Role of Exonuclease and β Protein of Phage λ in Genetic Recombination, V. Recombination of λ DNA in Vitro

1971 • 68 citations

The recQ gene of Escherichia coli K12: primary structure and evidence for SOS regulation

1986 • 68 citations

In phage λ, cos is a recombinator in the red pathway

1985 • 67 citations

DIRECTIONALITY AND NONRECIPROCALITY OF CHI-STIMULATED RECOMBINATION IN PHAGE Λ

1980 • 67 citations

Identification and localization of a gene that specifies production of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I.

1981 • 66 citations

Tests of the Double-Strand-Break Repair Model for Red-Mediated Recombination of Phage Λ and Plasmid Λdv

1987 • 66 citations

Genetic Analysis of Regulation of the RecF Pathway of Recombination in Escherichia coli K-12

1983 • 65 citations

Genetic Functions Promoting Homologous Recombination in Escherichia coli: A Study of Inversions in Phage Λ

1987 • 65 citations

Hotspots for generalized recombination in the Escherichia coli chromosome

1978 • 64 citations

Suppression of Escherichia coli recF mutations by recA-linked srfA mutations

1984 • 64 citations

13 recBC-like Enzymes: Exonuclease V Deoxyribonucleases

1981 • 63 citations

Double-chain-cut sites are recombination hotspots in the red pathway of phage λ

1987 • 63 citations

Activation of Chi, a recombinator, by the action of an endonuclease at a distant site.

1983 • 63 citations

Escherichia coli protein X is the recA gene product.

1977 • 63 citations

Genetic recombination of homologous plasmids catalyzed by cell-free extracts of saccharomyces cerevisiae

1983 • 63 citations

Cutting of chi-like sequences by the RecBCD enzyme of Escherichia coli

1987 • 62 citations

Marker-specific effects in genetic recombination

1970 • 61 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of theEscherichia coti recCgene and of thethyA-recCintergenk region

1986 • 61 citations

Recognition and cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac)

1987 • 60 citations

The recBC Deoxyribonuclease of Escherichia coli: Isolation and Characterization of the Subunit Proteins and Reconstitution of the Enzyme

1974 • 60 citations

DELETIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTER OF THE Φ80-Λ PHAGE GENOME. EVIDENCE FOR A PHAGE FUNCTION PROMOTING GENETIC RECOMBINATION

1967 • 57 citations

Formation of recombinant lacZ + DNA in conjugational crosses with a recB mutant of Escherichia coli K12 depends on recF, recJ, and recO

1987 • 56 citations

Recombinational hotspot activity of chi-like sequences

1984 • 55 citations

Characterization of the deoxyribonuclease determined by lambda reverse as exonuclease VIII of Escherichia coli

1977 • 55 citations

Chromosome structure in phage T4, II. Terminal redundancy and heterozygosis.

1965 • 55 citations

Method for gene replacement in Pseudomonas aeruginosa used in construction of recA mutants: recA-independent instability of alginate production

1985 • 55 citations

Isolation of a Mutant of Escherichia coli Defective in Cytosine-Specific Deoxyribonucleic Acid Methylase Activity and in Partial Protection of Bacteriophage λ Against Restriction by Cells Containing the N-3 Drug-Resistance Factor

1973 • 55 citations

Exonuclease VIII of Escherichia coli. I. Purification and physical properties.

1983 • 55 citations

Homologous recombination promoted by Chi sites and RecBC enzyme of Escherichia coli

1985 • 53 citations

The RecE Pathway of Bacterial Recombination

1974 • 53 citations

Roles of Double-Strand Breaks in Generalized Genetic Recombination

1986 • 52 citations

Genetic recombination in Escherichia coliIV. Isolation and characterization of recombinaion-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli K12

1971 • 51 citations

Uptake of homologous single-stranded fragments by superhelical DNA

1977 • 51 citations

Genetic and physical mapping of recF in Escherichia coli K-12

1980 • 51 citations

TRANSDUCTION BY BACTERIOPHAGE T1

1970 • 51 citations

Purification and characterization of recA protein from salmonella typhimurium.

1983 • 48 citations

An Enhancing Role for DNA Synthesis in Formation of Bacteriophage Lambda Recombinants

1972 • 48 citations

Role of the supX gene in ultraviolet light-induced mutagenesis in Salmonella typhimurium

1981 • 48 citations

The genetic location of the sbcA gene of Escherichia coli

1974 • 47 citations

Genes of the RecE and RecF Pathways of Conjugational Recombination in Escherichia coli

1984 • 47 citations

Transduction versus "Conjuduction": Evidence for Multiple Roles for Exonuclease V in Genetic Recombination in Escherichia coli

1979 • 47 citations

The Mechanism of the Chi-cos Interaction in RecA-RecBC-mediated Recombination in Phage

1984 • 45 citations

Isolation and characterization of specialized transducing bacteriophages for the recA gene of Escherichia coli

1977 • 44 citations

A Deoxyribonuclease Reaction Requiring Nucleoside Di- or Triphosphates^*

1964 • 44 citations

In vitro system from Escherichia coli that catalyzes generalized genetic recombination

1978 • 44 citations

Generalized transduction by bacteriophage P22 in Salmonella typhimurium

1972 • 44 citations

exrB: amalB-linked gene inEscherichia coliB involved in sensitivity to radiation and filament formation

1974 • 44 citations

In vitro packaging of covalently closed circular monomers of bacteriophage DNA

1975 • 43 citations

Chi activity during transduction-associated recombination.

1981 • 43 citations

On the nature of sbcA mutations in E. coli K12

1980 • 42 citations

Two-component suppression of recF143 by recA441 in Escherichia coli K-12

1984 • 42 citations

Genetic recombination of bacterial plasmid DNA: electron microscopic analysis of in vitro intramolecular recombination.

1980 • 42 citations

Genetic recombination of bacteriophage T7 DNA in vitro.

1976 • 42 citations

Purification and properties of the recA protein of Proteus mirabilis. Comparison with Escherichia coli recA protein; specificity of interaction with single strand binding protein.

1983 • 41 citations

Role of homology and pathway specificity for recombination between plasmids and bacteriophage λ

1986 • 40 citations

Studies on the replication of Escherichia coli phage λ DNA I. The kinetics of DNA replication and requirements for the generation of rolling circles

1983 • 40 citations

Packaging signals for phage P22 on the chromosome of Salmonella typhimurium

1982 • 38 citations

The Role of Exonuclease and β Protein of Phage λ in Genetic Recombination

1971 • 37 citations

Maintenance of the bacteriocinogenic plasmid Clo DF13 in Escherichia coli cells

1982 • 35 citations

Genetic Analysis and Regulation of Inducible Recombination in Escherichia coli K-12

1984 • 35 citations

Evidence for inclusion of regions of nonhomology in heteroduplex products of bacteriophage lambda recombination.

1984 • 34 citations

Some Features of Base Pair Mismatch and Heterology Repair in Escherichia coli

1987 • 34 citations

Heterozygosis and recombination of bacteriophage λ

1962 • 33 citations

Conservation of Chi cutting activity in terrestrial and marine enteric bacteria

1986 • 33 citations

Evidence that a single DNA ligase is involved in replication and recombination in yeast.

1979 • 32 citations

Chi-stimulated patches are heteroduplex, with recombinant information on the phage λ r chain

1987 • 31 citations

On the Role of DNA Replication, Endonuclease VII, and rII Proteins in Processing of Recombinational Intermediates in Phage T4

1984 • 30 citations

THE INTERACTION OF cos WITH CHI IS SEPARABLE FROM DNA PACKAGING IN recA-recBC-MEDIATED RECOMBINATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA

1983 • 30 citations

Mechanism of DNA degradation by the ATP-dependent DNase from Hemophilus influenzae Rd.

1976 • 30 citations

Sensitivity to elevated temperatures in exrB strains of Escherichia coli

1974 • 29 citations

Cloning of the Escherichia coli recJ chromosomal region and identification of its encoded proteins

1985 • 29 citations

Production of Possible Recombination Intermediates by an ATP-dependent DNAase

1973 • 28 citations

Genetics of bacteria

1985 • 28 citations

Enhanced recombination between lambda plac5 and F42lac: identification of cis- and trans-acting factors.

1984 • 28 citations

Biochemical and genetic studies of recombination proficiency in Escherichia coli K12

1972 • 27 citations

Loss of rac locus DNA in merozygotes of Escherichia coli K12

1979 • 27 citations

Integration of donor DNA in bacterial conjugation

1973 • 27 citations

Detection of non-homology-containing heteroduplex molecules

1983 • 27 citations

Mutation-dependent suppression of recB21 recC22 by a region cloned from the Rac prophage of Escherichia coli K-12

1985 • 26 citations

ACTIVITY OF CHI RECOMBINATIONAL HOTSPOTS IN SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM

1986 • 26 citations

Mini-F plasmid-induced SOS signal in Escherichia coli is RecBC dependent.

1985 • 25 citations

Single burst study of rec- and red-mediated recombination in bacteriophage lambda.

1976 • 21 citations

recF-dependent recombination as a SOS function

1982 • 20 citations

INVOLVEMENT OF GENE 49 IN RECOMBINATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE T4

1983 • 19 citations

Complementation studies with the repair-deficient uvrD3, uvrE156, and recL152 mutations in Escherichia coli

1981 • 18 citations

Plasmid recombination intermediates generated in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell-free recombination system.

1985 • 18 citations

Bacteriophage P1-mediated generalized transduction in Escherichia coli: Fate of transduced DNA in Rec+ and RecA− recipients

1980 • 18 citations

Selection of bacterial pac sites recognized by Salmonella phage P22

1986 • 15 citations

Bacteriophage P1-mediated generalized transduction in Escherichia coli: Structure of abortively transduced DNA

1980 • 13 citations

2 DNA Polymerase I of Escherichia coli

1981 • 11 citations

SPECIALIZED TRANSDUCTION WITH Λplac5: INVOLVEMENT OF THE RecE AND RecF RECOMBINATION PATHWAYS

1983 • 10 citations

Phage P1 mutant with decreased abortive transduction

1982 • 7 citations

UNWINDING AND REWINDING OF DNA BY EXONUCLEASE V

1980 • 5 citations

Enzymatic Cleavage of D Loops

1979 • 4 citations