Can recA protein promote homologous pairing between duplex regions of DNA?

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

1979 • 377 citations

Initiation of general recombination catalyzed in vitro by the recA protein of Escherichia coli.

1979 • 325 citations

ATP-dependent renaturation of DNA catalyzed by the recA protein of Escherichia coli.

1979 • 308 citations

Homologous pairing in genetic recombination: recA protein makes joint molecules of gapped circular DNA and closed circular DNA

1980 • 216 citations

Models of specifically paired like (homologous) nucleic acid structures

1971 • 145 citations

Single strands induce recA protein to unwind duplex DNA for homologous pairing

1979 • 143 citations

Heteroduplex formation by recA protein: polarity of strand exchanges.

1981 • 138 citations

Recognition of duplex DNA containing single-stranded regions by recA protein.

1980 • 122 citations

Concerted strand exchange and formation of Holliday structures by E. coli RecA protein

1981 • 115 citations

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

1981 • 113 citations

Nick-free formation of reciprocal heteroduplexes: a simple solution to the topological problem.

1979 • 104 citations

Initiation of genetic recombination: homologous pairing between duplex DNA molecules promoted by recA protein.

1980 • 88 citations

Evolution of φX174. Isolation of four new φX-like phages and comparison with φX174

1974 • 77 citations

Homologous pairing can occur before DNA strand separation in general genetic recombination

1981 • 46 citations

A simple and fast electrophoretic method for elution of nucleic acids from gels

1979 • 24 citations

Genetic recombination: recA protein promotes homologous pairing between duplex DNA molecules without strand unwinding

1981 • 16 citations