Cox Publications

Baitin, D.M., M.C. Gruenig, and M.M. Cox. (2008). SSB antagonizes RecX-RecA interaction. J. Biol. Chem. In press.

Baitin, D.M., I.V. Bakhlanova, D.V. Chervyakova, Y.V. Kil, V.A. Lanzov, and M.M. Cox. (2008). Two RecA protein types that mediate different modes of hyperrecombination. J. Bact. 190, 3036-3045.

Cox, M.M. (2007). The bacterial RecA protein: structure, function, and regulation.  In Topics in Current Genetics. Molecular Genetics of Recombination. (A. Aguilera and R. Rothstein, eds.) (Springer-Verlag GmbH,  Heidelberg, Germany). Vol. 1, pp. 53-94.

Hobbs, M.D., A. Sakai, and M.M. Cox (2007). SSB limits RecOR binding onto single strand DNA. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 11058-11067.

Cox, M.M. (2007). Motoring along with the bacterial RecA protein. Nature Rev Mol. Cell Biol. 8, 127-138.

Cox, M.M. (2007). Regulation of bacterial RecA protein function. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 42, 41-63.

Eggington J.M., A.G. Kozlov,  M.M. Cox, and T.M. Lohman. (2006). Polar destabilization of DNA duplexes with single-stranded overhangs by the Deinococcus radiodurans SSB protein. Biochemistry. 45, 14490-14502.

Schlacher K., Cox M.M., Woodgate R., Goodman M.F. (2006). RecA acts in trans to allow replication of damaged DNA by DNA polymerase V. Nature 442, 883-887.

Baitin D.M., Bakhlanova I.V., Kil Y.V,. Cox M.M,. Lanzov V.A. (2006). Distinguishing characteristics of hyperrecombinogenic RecA protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa acting in Escherichia coli. J. Bact. 188, 5812-5820. 

Attie, A.D., E. Sober, R.L. Numbers, R.M. Amasino, B. Cox, T. Berceau, T. Powell, and M.M. Cox. (2006). Defending science education against intelligent design: a call to action. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 116, 1134-1138. 

Cox, J.M., S.A. Abbott, S. Chtteni-Pattu, R.B. Inman, and M.M. Cox. (2006). Complementation of one RecA protein Point mutation by another. Evidence for trans catalysis of ATP hydrolysis. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 12968-12975. 

Battista, J. R., and Cox, M. M. (2006) Genome reconstitution in the extremely radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. In "Impact of Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations". Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Impact of Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations, Yerevan, Armenia, 8-11 September 2005. Editors: Arrigo A. Cigna & Marco Durante. Springer. Netherlands. Part 4.

Schlacher, K. Pham, P., Cox, M. M., and Goodman, M. F. (2006) Roles of DNA Polymerase V and RecA Protein in SOS Damage-induced Mutation. Chem. Rev., 106, 406-419. 

Drees, J. C., Chitteni-Pattu, S., McCaslin, D. R., Inman, R. B., and Cox, M. M. (2006) Inhibition of RecA protein function by the RdgC protein from Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem., 281,  4708-4717 

Lusetti, S.L., Hobbs, M.D., Stohl, E.A., Chitteni-Pattu, S., Inman, R.B., Seifert, H.S., and Cox, M.M. (2006). The RecF protein antagonizes RecX function via direct interaction. Mol. Cell, 21, 41-50. 

Nelson, D.L. and Cox, M.M. (2005). Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition (Freeman Publishers), New York.

Cox, M.M., and Battista, J.R. (2005) Deinococcus radiodurans, the consummate survivor. Nature Rev. Microbiology 3, 882-892. 

Katharina Schlacher, Kris Leslie, Claire Wyman, Roger Woodgate, Michael M. Cox, and Myron F. Goodman (2005) DNA Polymerase V and RecA Protein, a Minimal Mutasome. Molecular Cell, Vol. 17, 561–572. 

Cox, M.M. (2005) The RecA protein. In The Bacterial Chromosome. (N. Patrick Higgins, ed.) (American Society of Microbiology Press, Washington, DC). pp. 369-388.

Cox, J.M., O.V. Tsodikov, and M.M. Cox (2005). Organized Unidirectional Waves of ATP Hydrolysis Within a RecA Filament. PloS Biology. 3(2), e52.

Lusetti, S.L., J.C. Drees, and M.M. Cox. (2004) The DinI and RecX proteins are competing modulators of RecA function. J. Biol. Chem., 279, 55073 - 55079.

Drees, J.C., S.L. Lusetti, and M.M. Cox. (2004). Inhibition of RecA protein by the Escherichia coli RecX protein: Modulation by the RecA C-terminus and filament functional state. J. Biol. Chem., 279, 52991 - 52997.

Harris, D.R., M. Tanaka, S.V. Saveliev E. Jolivet, A.M. Earl, M.M. Cox, and J.R. Battista. (2004). Preserving Genome Integrity: The DdrA Protein of Deinococcus radiodurans R1. PloS Biology, 2(10), e304.

Robu, M.E., Inman, Ross B., and Cox, M.M. (2004) Situational repair of replication forks: Roles of RecG and RecA proteins. J. Biol. Chem. 280. 10973-10981.

Eggington, J.M., N. Haruta., E.A. Wood, and Cox, M.M. (2004). The single-stranded DNA-binding protein of Deinococcus radiodurans. BMC Microbiology, 4, 2, http://www/biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/4/2.

Lusetti, S.L., O.N. Voloshin, R.B. Inman, R.D. Camerini-Otero, and M.M. Cox. (2004). The DinI Protein Stabilizes RecA Protein Filaments. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 30037-30046.

Drees, J.C., S.L. Lusetti, S. C.hitteni-Pattu, R.B. Inman, and M.M. Cox. (2004). A RecA filament capping mechanism for RecX protein. Mol. Cell. 15, 789-798.

Bernstein, D.A., J.M. Eggington, M.P. Kolloran, A.M. Misic, M.M. Cox, and J.L. Keck. (2004). Crystal structure of the Deinococcus radiodurans single-stranded DNA-binding protein suggests a mechanism for coping with DNA damage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101, 8575-8580.

Nelson, D.L. and Cox, M.M. (2004). Principles of Biochemistry Fourth Edition (Freeman Publishers), New York.

Haruta, N., Yu, Xiong, Yang, Shixin, Egelman, Edward H., and Cox, M.M. (2003) A DNA pairing-enhanced conformation of bacterial RecA proteins. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 52710-52723.

Battista, J.R., Cox, M.M., Daly, M.J., Narumi, I., Radman, M. and Sommer, S. (2003). The structure of D. radiodurans. Science, 302, 567-568.

Lusetti, S.L., Wood, E.A., Fleming, C.D., Modica, M.J., Korth, J., Abbott, L., Dwyer, D.W., Roca, A.I., Inman, R.B. and Cox, M.M. (2003) C terminal deletions of the Escherichia coli RecA protein: Characterization of in vivo and in vitro effects. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 16372-16380.

Lusetti, S., Shaw, J. and Cox, M.M. (2003) Magnesium ion-dependent activation of the RecA protein involves the C terminus. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 16381-16388.

Eggler, A.L, Lusetti, S. and Cox, M.M. (2003) The C Terminus of the Escherichia coli RecA protein modulates the DNA binding competition with single-stranded DNA-binding protein. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 16389-16396.

Cox, M.M. (2003) Better chemistry for better survival, through regulation. Cell, 112, 286-287.

Lusetti, S.L., and Cox, M.M. (2002) The bacterial RecA protein and the recombinational DNA repair of stalled replication forks. In Annual Review of Biochemistry (Charles Richardson, ed.) (Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA), Vol. 71, pp. 71-100.

Cox, M.M. (2002). The nonmutagenic repair of broken replication forks via recombination. In Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. A section of Mutation Research. Special Issue: The bypass of DNA lesions by DNA and RNA polymerases (Guest eds. G. P. Holmquist, V. M. Maher). Vol. 510, Nos. 1,2, pp. 107-120.

Mori, T., Saveliev, S.V., Xu, Y., Stafford, W.F., Cox, M.M., Inman, R.B., and Johnson, C.H. (2002). Circadian clock protein KaiC forms ATP-dependent hexameric rings and binds DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 17203-17208.

Pham, P., Seitz, E.M., Saveliev, S., Shen, X., Woodgate, R., Cox, M.M., and Goodman, M.F. (2002). Two distinct modes of RecA action are required for DNA polymerase V-catalyzed translesion synthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 11061-11066.

Eggler, A.L., Inman, R.B., and Cox, M.M. (2002). The Rad51-dependent pairing of long DNA substrates is stabilized by replication protein A. J. Biol. Chem., 277, 39280-39288. 

Kim, J.-I., and Cox, M. M. (2002). The RecA proteins of Deinococcus radiodurans and Escherichia coli promote DNA strand exchange via inverse pathways. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99, 7917-7921.

Kim, J.-I., Sharma, A.K., Abbott, S.N., Wood, E.A., Dwyer, D.W., Jambura, A., Minton, K.W., Inman, R.B., Daly, M.J., and Cox, M.M. (2002). RecA protein from the extremely radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans: Expression, purification, and characterization. J. Bact., 184, 1649-1660.

Cox, M.M. (2001) Recombinational DNA repair of damaged replication forks in Escherichia coli: Questions. In Annual Review of Genetics (Allan Campbell, ed.) (Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA), Vol. 35, pp. 53-82.

Rice, K. and Cox, M.M. (2001). Recombinational DNA repair in bacteria: Postreplication. In Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London. www.els.net.

Bork, J.M., Cox, M.M., and Inman, R.B. (2001). The RecOR proteins modulate RecA protein function at 5' ends of single-stranded DNA. EMBO J., 20, 7313-7322.

Bork, J.M., Cox, M.M., and Inman, R.B. (2001). RecA protein filaments disassemble in the 5' to 3' direction on single-stranded DNA. J. Biol. Chem., 276, 45740-45743.

Rice, K.P., Eggler, A.L., Sung, P., and Cox, M.M. (2001). DNA pairing and strand exchange by the Escherichia coli RecA and yeast Rad51 proteins without ATP hydrolysis: On the importance of not getting stuck. J. Biol. Chem., 276, 38570-38581

Saveliev, S.V. and M.M. Cox (2001). Product analysis illuminates the final steps of DNA deletion events associated with macronuclear development in Tetrahymena thermophila. EMBO J., 20, 325-361.  [Pub Med]

Robu, M.E., Inman, R.B., and M.M. Cox. (2001). RecA protein promotes the regression of stalled replication forks in vitro. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.  [Pub Med]

Cox, M.M. (2001). Historical overview: Searching for replication help in all the rec places. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.  [Pub Med]

Cox, M.M. (2001). Synapsis in DNA transactions. In Encyclopedia of Genetics. (S. Brenner and J.H. Miller, eds.) (Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA), Vol. 4, pp. 1906-1909.

Cox, M.M. (2000). Recombinational DNA repair in bacteria and the RecA protein. In Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology. (K. Moldave, editor) (Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA), Vol. 63, pp. 311-366.

Lehninger, A. L., Nelson, D. L. and Cox, M. M. (2000). Principles of Biochemistry Third Edition (Freeman Publishers), New York

Cox, Michael M., Myron F. Goodman, Kenneth N. Kreuzer, David J. Sherratt, Steven J. Sandler, and Kenneth J. Marlans. (2000). The importance of repairing stalled replication forks. Nature 404, 37-41  [Pub Med]

Rice, Kevin P., John C. Chaput, Michael M. Cox and Christopher Switzer. (2000). RecA protein promotes strand exchange with DNA substrates containing isoguanine and 5-Methyl Isocytosine. Biochemistry, 39, 10177-10188  [Pub Med]

Chen, Yu, Umadevi Narendra, Lisa E. Iype, Michael M. Cox, and Phoebe A. Rice. (2000). Crystal Structure of a Flp Recombinase-Holliday Junction Complex: Assembly of an Active Oligomer by Helix Swapping. Molecular Cell, 6, 885-897  [Pub Med]

Webb, B.L., Cox, M.M. and Inman, R.B. (1999). ATP Hydrolysis and DNA binding by the Escherichia coli RecF Protein. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 15367-15374  [Pub Med]

Arenson, T.A., O.V. Tsodikov and M.M. Cox. (1999). Quantitative analysis of the kinetics of end-dependent disassembly of RecA filaments from ssDNA. J. Mol. Biol. 288, 391-401.

Shan, Q. and Cox, M.M. (1998). On the mechanism of RecA-mediated repair of double strand breaks: No role for four-strand DNA pairing intermediates. Molecular Cell 1, 309-317  [Pub Med]

Cox, M. M. (1998). A broadening view of recombinational DNA repair in bacteria. Genes Cells 3, 65-78.

Shan, Q., Bork, J. M., Webb, B. L., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1997). RecA protein filaments: End-dependent dissociation from ssDNA and stabilization by RecO and RecR proteins. J. Mol. Biol. 265, 519-540

Shan, Q. and Cox, M.M. (1997). RecA filament dynamics during DNA strand exchange reactions. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 11063-11073.  [Pub Med]

Cox, M.M. (1997). A path for coevolution of recombinational DNA repair, transposition, and the common nucleotides. Mutation Research 384, 15-22  [Pub Med]

Huang, L.-C., Wood, E.A. and Cox, M.M. (1997). Convenient and reversible site-specific targeting of exogenous DNA into a bacterial chromosome using the FLP recombinase: the FLIRT system. J. Bact. 179, 6076-6083  [Pub Med]

MacFarland, K. J., Shan, Q., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1997). RecA as a motor protein: testing models for the role of ATP hydrolysis in DNA strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 17675-17685 [Pub Med]

Webb, B. L., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1997). Recombinational DNA Repair: The RecF and RecR proteins limit the extension of RecA filaments beyond single-strand DNA gaps. Cell 91, 347-356  [Pub Med]

Cox, M. M. (1997). Gene amplification. In McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Sybil P. Parker, ed. (McGraw-Hill, Inc.), Vol. 7, pp. 749-751.

Cox, M. M. (1997). Recombinational crossroads: eucaryotic enzymes and the limits of bacterial precedents. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94, 11764-11766  [Pub Med]

Roca, A. L. and Cox, M. M. (1997). RecA protein: Structure, function, and role in recombinational DNA repair. In Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology. W. E. Cohn and K. Moldave, eds. (Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA), Vol. 56, pp. 129-223.

Shan, Q., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1996). DNA strand exchange promoted by RecA K72R: Two reaction phases with different Mg2+ requirements. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 5712-5724  [Pub Med]

Bedale, W. A. and Cox, M. M. (1996). Evidence for the coupling of ATP hydrolysis to the final (extension) phase of RecA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 5725-5732.

Shan, Q. and Cox, M. M. (1996). RecA protein dynamics in the interior of RecA nucleoprotein filaments. J. Mol. Biol. 257, 756-774.

Saveliev, S. V. and Cox, M. M. (1996). Developmentally programmed DNA deletion in Tetrahymena thermophilia by a transposon-like reaction pathway. EMBO J. 15, 2858-2869.

Marrione, P. A. and Cox, M. M. (1996). Allosteric effects of RuvA protein, ATP, and DNA on RuvB protein-mediated ATP hydrolysis. Biochemistry 35, 11228-11238  [Pub Med]

Ishimori, K., Sommer, S., Bailone, A., Takahashi, M., Cox, M. M. and Devoret, R. (1996). Characterization of a mutant RecA protein that facilitates homologous genetic recombination but not recombinational DNA repair: RecA423. J. Mol. Biol. 264, 696-712.

Cox, M. M. (1996). RecA protein: Structure and function. In Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. R. A. Meyers, ed. (VCH Publishers, Inc.), Vol. 5, pp. 220-229.

Margraf, R. L., Roca, A. I. and Cox, M. M. (1995). The deduced Vibrio cholerae RecA amino acid sequence. Gene 152, 135-136  [Pub Med]

Jain, S. K., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1995). Occurrence of three-stranded DNA within a RecA protein filament. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 4943-4949.

Saveliev, S. V. and Cox, M. M. (1995). Transient DNA breaks associated with programmed genomic deletion events in conjugating cells of Tetrahymena thermophila. Genes Dev. 9, 248-255.

Qian, X.-H. and Cox, M. M. (1995). Asymmetry in active complexes of FLP recombinase. Genes Dev. 9, 2053-2064

Ullsperger, C. J. and Cox, M. M. (1995). Quantitative RecA protein binding to the hybrid duplex product of DNA strand exchange. Biochemistry 34, 10859-10866.

Iype, E. I., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1995). Blocked RecA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange reactions are reversed by the RuvA and RuvB proteins. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 19473-19480.

Marrione, P. E. and Cox, M. M. (1995). RuvB protein-mediated ATP hydrolysis: Functional asymmetry in the RuvB hexamer. Biochemistry 34, 9809-9818.

Waite, L. L. and Cox, M. M. (1995). A protein dissociation step limits turnover in FLP recombinase-mediated site-specific recombination. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 23409-23414.

Webb, B. L., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. I. (1995). An interaction between the Escherichia coli RecF and RecR proteins dependent on ATP and double-stranded DNA. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 31397-31404.

Cox, M. M. (1995). RecA protein: Structure and function. In Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: A Comprehensive Desk Reference. R. A. Meyers, ed. (VCH Publishers, Inc.), pp. 784-789.

Cox, M. M. (1995). Alignment of 3 (but not 4) DNA strands within a RecA protein filament. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 26021-26024.

Saveliev, S. V. and Cox, M. M. (1994). The fate of deleted DNA produced during programmed genomic deletion events in Tetrahymena thermophila. Nucleic Acids Res. 22, 5695-5701

Jain, S. K., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1994). On the role of ATP hydrolysis in RecA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange. III. Unidirectional branch migration and extensive hybrid DNA formation. J. Biol. Chem. 269, 20653-20661.

Iype, L. E., Wood, E. A., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1994). RuvA and RuvB proteins facilitate the bypass of heterologous DNA insertions during RecA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 269, 24967-24978.

Cox, M. M. (1994). Why does RecA protein hydrolyze ATP? Trends Biochem. Sciences 19, 217-222. 

Bedale, W. A., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1993). A reverse DNA strand exchange mediated by RecA protein and exonuclease I. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 15004-15016.

Cox, M. M. (1993). Relating biochemistry to biology: How the recombinational repair function of the recA system is manifested in its molecular properties. BioEssays 15, 617-623.

Lehninger, A. L., Nelson, D. L. and Cox, M. M. (1993). Principles of Biochemistry Second Edition (Worth), New York

Jain, S. K., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1992). Putative three-stranded DNA pairing intermediate in recA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange: No role for guanine N-7. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 4215-4222.

Qian, X.-H., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1992). Reactions between half- and full-FLP recombination target sites. A model system for analyzing early steps in FLP protein-mediated site-specific recombination. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 7794-7805.

Kim, J.-I., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1992). On the role of ATP hydrolysis in recA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange: I. Bypassing a short heterologous insert in one DNA substrate. J. Biol. Chem. 267, 16438-16443.

Kim, J.-I., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1992). On the role of ATP hydrolysis in recA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange: II. Four-strand exchanges. J. Biol. Chem. 267,16444-16449.

Huang, L.-C., Wood, E. A. and Cox, M. M. (1991). A bacterial model system for chromosomal targeting. Nucleic Acids Res. 19, 443-448. 

Bedale, W. A., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1991). RecA protein-facilitated DNA strand breaks. A mechanism for bypassing DNA structural barriers during strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 6499-6510.

Cox, M. M. (1991). The recA protein as a recombinational repair system. Mol. Microbiol. 5, 1295-1299.

Morrical, S. W. and Cox, M. M. (1990). Stabilization of recA protein-ssDNA complexes by the single-stranded DNA binding protein of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 29, 837-843.

Meyer-Leon, L., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1990). Characterization of Holliday structures in FLP protein-promoted site-specific recombination. Mol. Cell. Biol. 10, 235-242. 

Lindsley, J. E. and Cox, M. M. (1990). Assembly and disassembly of recA protein filaments occur at opposite filament ends. Relationship to DNA strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 9043-9054.

Lindsley, J. E. and Cox, M. M. (1990). On recA protein-mediated homologous alignment of two DNA molecules. Three strands versus four strands. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 10164-10171.

Lee, J. W. and Cox, M. M. (1990). Inhibition of recA protein promoted ATP hydrolysis. 1. ATPgS and ADP are antagonistic inhibitors. Biochemistry 29, 7666-7676.

Lee, J. W. and Cox, M. M. (1990). Inhibition of recA protein promoted ATP hydrolysis. 2. Longitudinal assembly and disassembly of recA protein filaments mediated by ATP and ADP. Biochemistry 29, 7677-7683.

Umlauf, S. W., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1990). Triple-helical DNA pairing intermediates formed by recA protein. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 16898-16912.

Qian, X.-H., Inman, R. B. and Cox, M. M. (1990). Protein-based asymmetry and protein-protein interactions in FLP recombinase-mediated site-specific recombination. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 21779-21788.

Cox, M. M. (1990). Binding two DNA molecules at once: The recA protein. In The Biology of Nonspecific DNA-Protein Interactions, A. Revzin, ed. (CRC Press), pp. 171-196. 

Cox, M. M., Lindsley, J. E., Umlauf, S. W. and Inman, R. B. (1990). Towards an understanding of recA protein-mediated DNA strand exchange. In Molecular Mechanisms in DNA Replication and Recombination, C. C. Richardson and I. R. Lehman, eds. (Alan R. Liss), UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell. Biol., New Ser., 127, 375-386. 

Roca, A. I. and Cox, M. M. (1990). The recA protein: Structure and function. Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 25, 415-456. 

Lindsley, J. E. and Cox, M. M. (1989). Dissociation pathway for recA nucleoprotein filaments formed on linear duplex DNA. J. Mol. Biol. 205, 695-711.

Pugh, B. F., Schutte, B. C. and Cox, M. M. (1989). Extent of duplex DNA underwinding induced by recA protein binding in the presence of ATP. J. Mol. Biol. 205, 487-492. 

Bruckner, R. C. and Cox, M. M. (1989). The histone-like H protein of Escherichia coli is ribosomal protein S3. Nucleic Acids Res. 17, 3145-3161. 

Kim, J.-I., Heuser, J. and Cox, M. M. (1989). Enhanced recA protein binding to Z DNA represents a kinetic perturbation of a general duplex DNA binding pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 21848-21856.

Cox, M. M. (1989). DNA inversion in the 2 mm plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In Mobile DNA, D. E. Berg and M. M. Howe, eds. (American Society for Microbiology), pp. 661-670. 

Cox, M. M. (1989). The role of recA protein in homologous genetic recombination. In Molecular Biology of Chromosome Function, K. W. Adolph, ed. (Springer-Verlag), pp. 43-70. 

Pugh, B. F. and Cox, M. M. (1988). High salt activation of recA protein ATPase in the absence of DNA. J. Biol. Chem. 263, 76-83.

Senecoff, J. F., Rossmeissl, P. J. and Cox, M. M. (1988). DNA recognition by the FLP recombinase of the yeast 2 m plasmid. A mutational analysis of the FLP binding site. J. Mol. Biol. 201, 405-421. 

Gates, C. A. and Cox, M. M. (1988). FLP recombinase is an enzyme. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 4628-4632. 

Umlauf, S. W. and Cox, M. M. (1988). The functional significance of DNA sequence structure in a site-specific genetic recombination reaction. EMBO J. 7, 1845-1852. 

Schutte, B. C. and Cox, M. M. (1988). Homology-dependent underwinding of duplex DNA in recA protein generated paranemic complexes. Biochemistry 27, 7886-7894.

Pugh, B. F. and Cox, M. M. (1988). General mechanism for RecA protein binding to duplex DNA. J. Mol. Biol. 203, 479-493.

Meyer-Leon, L., Huang, L.-C., Umlauf, S. W., Cox, M. M. and Inman, R. B. (1988). Holliday intermediates and reaction by-products in FLP protein-promoted site-specific recombination. Mol. Cell. Biol. 8, 3784-3796. 

Cox, M. M. (1988). FLP site-specific recombination system of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In Genetic Recombination, R. Kucherlapati and G. R. Smith, eds. (American Society for Microbiology), pp. 429-443. 

Pugh, B. F. and Cox, M. M. (1987). Stable binding of recA protein to duplex DNA: Unraveling a paradox. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 1326-1336.

Pugh, B. F. and Cox, M. M. (1987). RecA protein binding to the heteroduplex product of DNA strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 1337-1343.

Brenner, S. L., Mitchell, R. S., Morrical, S. W., Neuendorf, S. K., Schutte, B. C. and Cox, M. M. (1987). RecA protein-promoted ATP hydrolysis occurs throughout recA nucleoprotein filaments. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 4011-4016.

Schutte, B. C. and Cox, M. M. (1987). Homology-dependent changes in adenosine 5'-triphosphate hydrolysis during recA protein promoted DNA strand exchange: Evidence for long paranemic complexes. Biochemistry 26, 5616-5625.

Meyer-Leon, L., Gates, C. A., Attwood, J. M., Wood, E. A. and Cox, M. M. (1987). Purification of the FLP site-specific recombinase by affinity chromatography and re-examination of basic properties of the system. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 6469-6488. 

Fishbein, J. C., Baum, H., Cox M. M. and Jencks, W. P. (1987). Concerted general base and bifunctional general acid catalysis of the aminolysis of phenyl acetate by pyrazole. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 5790-5800. 

Cox, M. M., Pugh, B. F., Schutte, B. C., Lindsley, J. E., Lee, J. and Morrical, S. W. (1987). On the mechanism of recA protein-promoted DNA branch migration. In DNA Replication and Recombination, T. Kelly and R. McMacken, eds. (Alan R. Liss), UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell. Biol., New Ser., 47, 597-607.

Cox, M. M. and Lehman, I. R. (1987). Enzymes of general recombination. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 56, 229-262. 

Gates, C. A., Meyer-Leon, L., Attwood, J. M., Wood, E. A. and Cox, M. M. (1987). Purification of FLP recombinase using sequence-specific DNA affinity chromatography. In Protein Purification: Micro to Macro, R. Burgess, ed. (Alan R. Liss), UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell. Biol., New Ser., 68, 197-206. 

Pugh, B. F. and Cox, M. M. (1987). Salt can functionally mimick DNA in activating the recA protein ATPase. In Protein Structure, Folding, and Design 2, D. Oxender, ed. (Alan R. Liss), UCLA Symp. Mol. Cell. Biol., New Ser., 69, 275-282. 

Morrical, S. W., Lee, J. and Cox, M. M. (1986). Continuous association of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein with stable complexes of recA protein and single-stranded DNA. Biochemistry 25, 1482-1494.

Neuendorf, S. K. and Cox, M. M. (1986). Exchange of recA protein between adjacent recA protein-single-stranded DNA complexes. J. Biol. Chem. 261, 8276-8282.

Senecoff, J. F. and Cox, M. M. (1986). Directionality in FLP protein-promoted site-specific recombination is mediated by DNA-DNA pairing. J. Biol. Chem. 261, 7380-7386.

Bruckner, R. C. and Cox, M. M. (1986). Specific contacts between the FLP protein of the yeast 2-micron plasmid and its recombination site. J. Biol. Chem. 261, 11798-11807.

Senecoff, J. F., Bruckner, R C., Meyer-Leon, L., Gates, C. A., Wood, E., Umlauf, S. W., Attwood, J. M. and Cox, M. M. (1986). Site-specific recombination promoted in vitro by the FLP protein of the yeast two-micron plasmid. In Extrachromosomal Elements in Lower Eukaryotes, R. B.Wickner et al., eds. (Plenum Press), pp. 397-405. 

Morrical, S. W. and Cox, M. M. (1985). Light scattering studies of the recA protein of Escherichia coli: Relationship between free recA filaments and the recAossDNA complex. Biochemistry 24, 760-767. 

Senecoff, J. F., Bruckner, R. C. and Cox, M. M. (1985). The FLP recombinase of the yeast 2-mm plasmid: Characterization of its recombination site. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82, 7270-7274. 

Meyer-Leon, L., Senecoff, J. F., Bruckner, R. C. and Cox, M. M. (1984). Site-specific genetic recombination promoted by the FLP protein of the yeast 2-micron plasmid in vitro. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 49, 797-804. 

Cox, M. M., Morrical, S. W. and Neuendorf, S. K. (1984). Unidirectional branch migration promoted by nucleoprotein filaments of RecA protein and DNA. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 49, 525-533. 

Cox, M. M., Soltis, D. A., Livneh, Z. and Lehman, I. R. (1983). On the role of single-stranded DNA binding protein in recA protein-promoted DNA strand exchange. J. Biol. Chem. 258, 2577-2585 

Cox, M. M., Soltis, D. A., Lehman, I. R., DeBrosse, C. and Benkovic, S. J. (1983). ADP-mediated dissociation of stable complexes of recA protein and single-stranded DNA. J. Biol. Chem. 258, 2586-2592 

Cox, M. M. (1983). The FLP protein of the yeast 2-mm plasmid: Expression of a eukaryotic genetic recombination system in Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80, 4223-422. 

Cox, M. M., Soltis, D. A., Livneh, Z. and Lehman, I. R. (1983). DNA strand exchange promoted by recA protein and single-stranded DNA-binding protein of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47, 803-810. 

Soltis, D. A., Cox, M. M., Livneh, Z. and Lehman, I. R. (1983). A stable recA protein-single-stranded DNA complex: An intermediate in DNA strand exchange. In Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Recombination, N. R. Cozzarelli, ed. (Alan R. Liss), pp. 709-721. 

Cox, M. M. and Lehman, I. R. (1982). RecA protein-promoted DNA strand exchange: Stable complexes of recA protein and single-stranded DNA formed in the presence of ATP and single-stranded DNA binding protein. J. Biol. Chem. 257, 8523-8532 

Cox, M. M. and Jencks, W. P. (1981). Catalysis of the methoxyaminolysis of phenyl acetate by a preassociation mechanism with a solvent isotope effect maximum. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 103, 572-580. 

Cox, M. M. and Jencks, W. P. (1981). Concerted bifunctional proton transfer and general base catalysis in the methoxyaminolysis of phenyl acetate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 103, 580-587. 

Cox, M. M. and Lehman, I. R. (1981). Renaturation of DNA: A novel reaction of histones. Nucleic Acids Res. 9, 389-400. 

Cox, M. M., McEntee, K. and Lehman, I. R. (1981). A simple and rapid procedure for the large scale purification of the recA protein of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 256, 4676-4678 

Cox, M. M. and Lehman, I. R. (1981). RecA protein of Escherichia coli promotes branch migration, a kinetically distinct phase of DNA strand exchange. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78, 3433-3437. 

Cox, M. M. and Lehman, I. R. (1981). Directionality and polarity in recA protein-promoted branch migration. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78, 6018-6022. 

Cox, M. M. and Jencks, W. P. (1978). General acid catalysis of the aminolysis of phenyl acetate by a preassociation mechanism. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 100, 5956-5957.