Hilario, J., Amitani, I., Baskin, R.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
Direct imaging of human Rad51 nucleoprotein dynamics on individual DNA molecules.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106, 361-368 (published online January 2, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0811965106.) PMID: 19122145; PMCID: PMC2613362 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supporting Information] [Movie 1] [Movie 2] [Movie 3]
(see About Medicine: Fluorescent microscopy captures the repair protein Rad51 as it assembles into a filament on DNA [PDF])
(see Biocompare News: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Biology News Net: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Biophotonics: Mending broken DNA [PDF])
(see e! Science News: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see EurekAlert: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Insciences Organisation: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Machines Like Us, News: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see MacNewsWorld: EurekAlert: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Medical News Today: Fluorescent microscopy captures the repair protein Rad51 as it assembles into a filament on DNA [PDF])
(see Newsguide.us: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Newsweek, National News: Human DNA repair process recorded in action (Video) [PDF])
(see Overwhelming Evidence: Human DNA repair process video - by chance? [PDF])
(see Phys.org/News: Human DNA repair process recorded in action (Video) [PDF])
(see ScienceBlog: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Science Codex: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
(see Science Daily: Human DNA repair process recorded in action [PDF])
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(see The Sensuous Curmudgeon: Human DNA repair process recorded [PDF])
(see UCDavis News and Information: Human DNA repair process recorded in action Caught in the act: Our DNA under repair  [Video] [Printable])
(see Uncommon Descent: Human DNA repair process video - by chance? [PDF])

Nimonkar, A.V., Sica, R.A., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
Rad52 promotes second-end DNA capture in double-stranded break repair to form complement-stabilized joint molecules.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106, 3077-3082 (published online February 9, 2009, doi:10.1073/pnas.0813247106).  PMID: 19204284; PMCID: PMC2651264 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supporting Information]

Haseltine, C. A. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
An archaeal Rad54 protein remodels DNA and stimulates DNA strand exchange by RadA.
Nucl. Acids Res., 37, 2757-2770. (published online March 12, 2009, doi:10.1093/nar/gkp068). PMID: 19282450; PMCID: PMC2677860 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carreira, A., Hilario, J., Amitani, I., Baskin, R.J., Shivji, M.K.K., Venkitaraman, A.R., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
The BRC repeats of BRCA2 modulate the DNA-binding selectivity of RAD51.
Cell, 136, 1032-1043, (doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.019). PMID: 19303847; PMCID: PMC2669112  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]
(see Cell, In this Issue: BRCA2 Focuses RAD51 for Repair  [PDF])

Handa, N., Morimatsu, K., Lovett, S.T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
Reconstitution of initial steps of dsDNA break repair by the RecF pathway of E. coli.
Genes & Dev., 23, 1234-1245. PMID: 19451222; PMCID: PMC2685532  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]
(see Current Biology Dispatch: DNA Repair: Common Approaches to Fixing Double-Strand Breaks [PDF])

Handa, N., Amitani, I., Gumlaw, N., Sandler, S.J., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
Single molecule analysis of a red fluorescent RecA Protein reveals a defect in nucleoprotein filament nucleation that relates to its reduced biological functions.
J. Biol. Chem., 284, 18664-73 (published online May 5, 2009, doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.004895). PMID: 19419960; PMCID: PMC2707236  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nimonkar, A.V. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
Second-end DNA capture in double-strand break repair: How to catch a DNA by its tail.
Cell Cycle, 8, 1816-1817. PMID: 19471119; PMCID: PMC3051008. [Full Text] [PDF]

Carreira, A. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2009)
BRCA2: Shining light on the regulation of DNA-binding selectivity by RAD51.
Cell Cycle, 21, 11-13. PMID: 19838057; PMCID: PMC3050000. [Full Text] [PDF]