Mechanical force antagonizes the inhibitory effects of RecX on RecA filament formation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mechanical activation of vinculin binding to talin locks talin in an unfolded conformation

(2014) Mingxi Yao et al.   Scientific Reports

RecA bundles mediate homology pairing between distant sisters during DNA break repair

(2013) Christian Lesterlin et al.   NATURE

Dynamics and Regulation of RecA Polymerization and De-Polymerization on Double-Stranded DNA

(2013) Hongxia Fu et al.   PLoS One

Revealing the competition between peeled ssDNA, melting bubbles, and S-DNA during DNA overstretching by single-molecule calorimetry

(2013) X. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanosensing of DNA bending in a single specific protein-DNA complex

(2013) Shimin Le et al.   Scientific Reports

Direct imaging of RecA nucleation and growth on single molecules of SSB-coated ssDNA

(2012) Jason C. Bell et al.   NATURE

Force and ATP hydrolysis dependent regulation of RecA nucleoprotein filament by single-stranded DNA binding protein

(2012) Hongxia Fu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Two distinct overstretched DNA structures revealed by single-molecule thermodynamics measurements

(2012) X. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two Distinct Overstretched DNA States

(2011) Hongxia Fu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Improved High-Force Magnetic Tweezers for Stretching and Refolding of Proteins and Short DNA

(2011) Hu Chen et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Salt Species-Dependent Electrostatic Effects on ssDNA Elasticity

(2011) D. B. McIntosh et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Less Is More:Neisseria gonorrhoeaeRecX Protein Stimulates Recombination by Inhibiting RecA

(2010) Marielle C. Gruenig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Caught in the act: the lifetime of synaptic intermediates during the search for homology on DNA

(2010) Adam Mani et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bacterial Chromosome Organization and Segregation

(2010) E. Toro et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Dynamics of RecA filaments on single-stranded DNA

(2009) Marijn T. J. van Loenhout et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural basis for inhibition of homologous recombination by the RecX protein

(2008) Stefania Ragone et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Crystal structure of RecX: A potent regulatory protein of RecA fromXanthomonas campestris

(2008) Chao-Yu Yang et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS