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

Shibata T and 3 others. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1979. Cited by 416 papers, by iCite.

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Title
Purified Escherichia coli recA protein catalyzes homologous pairing of superhelical DNA and single-stranded fragments.
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Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Year
1979
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Publication types
Journal Article
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Citations, by iCite
416
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Relative citation ratio, by iCite
8.66
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Revised in PubMed
2024-01-09
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Authors4

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OrderAuthorForenameKindORCID iD
1Shibata TT
2DasGupta CC
3Cunningham RPR P
4Radding CMC M

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Topics11

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MeSH termMajor
Bacterial ProteinsMajor topic
DNA, Single-StrandedMajor topic
DNA, SuperhelicalMajor topic
Escherichia coliMajor topic
Adenosine Triphosphatases
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Viral
Kinetics
Macromolecular Substances
Molecular Weight
Protein Binding

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References19

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11,054,510A general model for genetic recombination.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1975https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1054510PubMed
21,063,398An altered apurinic DNA endonuclease activity in group A and group D xeroderma pigmentosum fibroblasts.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1976https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1063398PubMed
31,094,467Uptake of homologous single-stranded fragments by superhelical DNA: a possible mechanism for initiation of genetic recombination.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1975https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1094467PubMed
41,191,634Partial purification of "omega" protein from calf thymus.Biochemistry1975https://conductscience.org/library/papers/1191634PubMed
5138,139A mechanism of duplex DNA replication revealed by enzymatic studies of phage phi X174: catalytic strand separation in advance of replication.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/138139PubMed
6150,254Genetic recombination: strand transfer and mismatch repair.Annu Rev Biochem1978https://conductscience.org/library/papers/150254PubMed
7320,757Isolation and characterization of specialized transducing bacteriophages for the recA gene of Escherichia coli.Virology1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/320757PubMed
8336,611Genetic analysis of the Escherichia coli K-12 srl region.J Bacteriol1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/336611PubMed
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Initiation of recA+-dependent recombination in Escherichia coli (lambda). II. Specificity in the induction of recombination and strand cutting in undamaged covalent circular bacteriophage 186 and lambda DNA molecules in phage-infected cells.
J Mol Biol1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/340700PubMed
10341,151Protein X is the product of the recA gene of Escherichia coli.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A1977https://conductscience.org/library/papers/341151PubMed

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PMIDTitleJournalYearIn PapersSource
41,657,763The Emerging Role of (p)ppGpp in DNA Repair and Associated Bacterial Survival against Fluoroquinolones.Gene Expr2025https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41657763PubMed
40,820,711Structural mechanism of strand exchange by the RAD51 filament.Elife2025https://conductscience.org/library/papers/40820711PubMed
38,524,412Prokaryotic DNA Crossroads: Holliday Junction Formation and Resolution.ACS Omega2024https://conductscience.org/library/papers/38524412PubMed
38,390,466Specific anchoring of large topologically closed DNA for single-molecule protein:DNA interactions.Biophys Rep (N Y)2024https://conductscience.org/library/papers/38390466PubMed
38,214,227Homology recognition without double-stranded DNA-strand separation in D-loop formation by RecA.Nucleic Acids Res2024https://conductscience.org/library/papers/38214227PubMed
38,047,637RecBCD enzyme: mechanistic insights from mutants of a complex helicase-nuclease.Microbiol Mol Biol Rev2023https://conductscience.org/library/papers/38047637PubMed
38,003,280Linear Dichroism Measurements for the Study of Protein-DNA Interactions.Int J Mol Sci2023https://conductscience.org/library/papers/38003280PubMed
36,601,994Divalent metal cofactors differentially modulate RadA-mediated strand invasion and exchange in Saccharolobus solfataricus.Biosci Rep2023https://conductscience.org/library/papers/36601994PubMed
36,508,468Rad51-mediated interhomolog recombination during budding yeast meiosis is promoted by the meiotic recombination checkpoint and the conserved Pif1 helicase.PLoS Genet2022https://conductscience.org/library/papers/36508468PubMed
34,835,393Cellular Self-Digestion and Persistence in Bacteria.Microorganisms2021https://conductscience.org/library/papers/34835393PubMed

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