Kantake, N., Madiraju, M.V.V.M., Sugiyama, T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2002)
Escherichia coli RecO protein anneals ssDNA complexed with its cognate ssDNA-binding protein: A common step in genetic recombination.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 15327-15332 (published November 18, 2002, as 10.1073/pnas.252633399). PMID: 12438681; PMCID: PMC137716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
(Recommended paper by Faculty of 1000 [Full Text])

Kantake, N., Sugiyama, T., Kolodner, R.D., and Kowalczykowski, S.C.  (2003).
The recombination-deficient mutant RPA (rfa1-t11) is displaced slowly from single-stranded DNA by Rad51 protein.
J. Biol. Chem., 278, 23410-23417 (published April 14, 2003 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M302995200). PMID: 12697761.  [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sugiyama, T., Kantake, N., Wu, Y., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2006)
Rad52-mediated DNA annealing after Rad51-mediated DNA strand exchange promotes second ssDNA capture.
EMBO J., 25, 5539-48. (published online November 9, 2006 as doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7601412). PMID: 17093500; PMCID: PMC1679760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure S1] [Supplementary Figure S2]

Wu, Y., Kantake, N., Sugiyama, T. and Kowalczykowski, S.C.(2008).
Rad51 Protein Controls Rad52-Mediated DNA Annealing.
J. Biol. Chem., 283, 14883-92 (published online March 12, 2008 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M801097200). PMID: 18337252; PMCID: PMC2386943 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] 

Sugiyama, T. and Kantake, N. (2009).
Dynamic regulatory interactions of Rad51, Rad52, and replication protein-A in recombination intermediates.
J. Mol. Bol. 390, 45-55. PMID: 19445949.