Stephen C. Kowalczykowski

21.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen C. Kowalczykowski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen C. Kowalczykowski has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Stephen C. Kowalczykowski's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (128 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (67 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (66 papers). Stephen C. Kowalczykowski is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (128 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (67 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (66 papers). Stephen C. Kowalczykowski collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Stephen C. Kowalczykowski's co-authors include Tomohiko Sugiyama, Mark S. Dillingham, Ronald J. Baskin, Elena Zaitseva, Aura Carreira, Katsumi Morimatsu, Alexander V. Mazin, Petr Ćejka, Ichiro Amitani and Daniel G. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen C. Kowalczykowski

158 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

BLM–DNA2–RPA–MRN and EXO1–BLM–RPA–MRN constitute two DNA end resection machineries for human DNA break repair

2011 576 citations Stephen C. Kowalczykowski et al. Genes & Development profile →
Initiation of genetic recombination and recombination-dependent replication

2000 558 citations Stephen C. Kowalczykowski profile →
Purified human BRCA2 stimulates RAD51-mediated recombination

2010 520 citations Ryan B. Jensen, Aura Carreira et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski United States	72	16.0k	5.0k	1.9k	1.9k	1.4k	158	17.0k
Martin Gellert United States	71	16.5k 1.0×	2.8k 0.6×	3.1k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	142	20.7k
Mike O’Donnell United States	82	19.0k 1.2×	8.3k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	958 0.7×	300	21.5k
Peter R. Cook United Kingdom	65	13.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	668 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	210	14.9k
Paul Modrich United States	86	20.1k 1.3×	4.4k 0.9×	3.4k 1.8×	5.2k 2.8×	1.2k 0.9×	183	23.7k
Karl‐Peter Hopfner Germany	64	11.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	755 0.5×	177	17.1k
Carl O. Pabo United States	61	19.4k 1.2×	5.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	454 0.2×	1.7k 1.2×	89	22.1k
Timothy M. Lohman United States	76	16.3k 1.0×	5.6k 1.1×	598 0.3×	549 0.3×	798 0.6×	195	18.1k
Tom Ellenberger United States	52	8.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.4×	963 0.5×	770 0.4×	657 0.5×	103	10.2k
David Tollervey United Kingdom	99	26.9k 1.7×	2.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	257	28.5k
Dirk Görlich Germany	67	17.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.4×	761 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	684 0.5×	120	19.7k

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Spies, Maria, et al.. (2024). Trans-complementation by the RecB nuclease domain of RecBCD enzyme reveals new insight into RecA loading upon χ recognition. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(5). 2578–2589. 3 indexed citations

Hertzog, Maud, P. Dupaigne, Violette Morales, et al.. (2023). Assembly mechanism and cryoEM structure of RecA recombination nucleofilaments fromStreptococcus pneumoniae. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(6). 2800–2817. 4 indexed citations

Bell, Jason C. & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2016). Mechanics and Single-Molecule Interrogation of DNA Recombination. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 85(1). 193–226. 61 indexed citations

Bell, Jason C., Bian Liu, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2015). Imaging and energetics of single SSB-ssDNA molecules reveal intramolecular condensation and insight into RecOR function. eLife. 4. e08646–e08646. 48 indexed citations

Forget, Anthony L. & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2012). Single-molecule imaging of DNA pairing by RecA reveals a three-dimensional homology search. Nature. 482(7385). 423–427. 163 indexed citations

Jensen, Ryan B., Aura Carreira, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2010). Purified human BRCA2 stimulates RAD51-mediated recombination. Nature. 467(7316). 678–683. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

Handa, Naofumi, Katsumi Morimatsu, Susan T. Lovett, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2009). Reconstitution of initial steps of dsDNA break repair by the RecF pathway of E. coli. Genes & Development. 23(10). 1234–1245. 114 indexed citations

Galletto, Roberto & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2007). RecA. Current Biology. 17(11). R395–R397. 23 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Tomohiko, Noriko Kantake, Yun Wu, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2006). Rad52‐mediated DNA annealing after Rad51‐mediated DNA strand exchange promotes second ssDNA capture. The EMBO Journal. 25(23). 5539–5548. 93 indexed citations

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Wu, Yun, Joseph S. Siino, Tomohiko Sugiyama, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2006). The DNA Binding Preference of RAD52 and RAD59 Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(52). 40001–40009. 14 indexed citations

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Dillingham, Mark S., Martin R. Webb, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2005). Bipolar DNA Translocation Contributes to Highly Processive DNA Unwinding by RecBCD Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(44). 37069–37077. 41 indexed citations

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Mazin, Alexander V., et al.. (2003). Rad54 protein possesses chromatin-remodeling activity stimulated by the Rad51–ssDNA nucleoprotein filament. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 10(3). 182–186. 190 indexed citations

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Morimatsu, Katsumi & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2003). RecFOR Proteins Load RecA Protein onto Gapped DNA to Accelerate DNA Strand Exchange. Molecular Cell. 11(5). 1337–1347. 339 indexed citations

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Kantake, Noriko, et al.. (2002). Escherichia coli RecO protein anneals ssDNA complexed with its cognate ssDNA-binding protein: A common step in genetic recombination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(24). 15327–15332. 117 indexed citations

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Seitz, Erica M., Cynthia A. Haseltine, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (2001). DNA recombination and repair in the Archaea. Advances in applied microbiology. 50. 101–169. 32 indexed citations

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Kowalczykowski, Stephen C.. (2000). Some assembly required.. Nature Structural Biology. 7(12). 1087–1089. 16 indexed citations

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Rehrauer, William M., Irina Bruck, Roger Woodgate, Myron F. Goodman, & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (1998). Modulation of RecA Nucleoprotein Function by the Mutagenic UmuD′C Protein Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(49). 32384–32387. 36 indexed citations

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Anderson, Daniel G. & Stephen C. Kowalczykowski. (1998). Reconstitution of an SOS Response Pathway. Cell. 95(7). 975–979. 49 indexed citations

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Rehrauer, William M., et al.. (1996). Interaction of Escherichia coli RecA Protein with LexA Repressor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(39). 23865–23873. 47 indexed citations

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Kowalczykowski, Stephen C.. (1991). Biochemical and biological function of Escherichia coli RecA protein: behavior of mutant RecA proteins. Biochimie. 73(2-3). 289–304. 96 indexed citations

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