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    2023
  1. Rawal, Y., Jia, L., Meir, A., Zhou, S., Eliza A., Ruben A. E., Kwon, Y., Bernstein, A. K., Jasin, M., Burma, S., Hromas, R., Mazin, V. A., Zhao, W., Zhou, D., Wasmuth, V. E., Greene, C.E., Sung, P., Olsen, K. S. Nature Insights into the role of human BCDX2 complex in RAD51-dependent homologous recombination by cryoEM and single-molecule analyses.
  2. Alejo, S., Palacios, E. B., Venkata, P.P., He, Y., Li, W., Johnson D.J., Chen, Y., Jayamohan, S., Uday P. Pratap, P.U., Clarke, K., Zou, Y., Lv, Y., Weldon, K., Viswanadhapalli, S., Lai, Z., Ye, Z., Chen, Y., Gilbert, R.A., Suzuki, T., Tekmal, R.R., Zhao, W., Zheng, S., Vadlamudi, K.R., Brenner, J.A., R. Sareddy, R.G.

    Neuro-Oncology

    Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (KDM1A/LSD1) inhibition attenuates DNA double-strand breaks repair and augments the efficacy of temozolomide in glioblastoma

  3. Kwon, Y.*, Rösner, H.*, Zhao, W., Selemenakis, P., He, Z., Kawale, A., Katz, J., Rogers, C., Neal, F., Badamchi, A., Petrosius, V., Singh, A., Joel, M., Lu ,L., Holloway, S., Burma, S., Mukherjee, B., Hromas, R., Mazin, A., Wiese, C.#, Sørensen, C.#, Sung, P.

    Nature Communications

    DNA binding and RAD51 interaction by the BRCA2 C-terminus orchestrate DNA repair and replication fork preservation.

  4. 2022
  5. Chung, S., Kang, M., Alimbetov, D, Mun, G., Yunn, N., Kim, Y., Kim, B., Wie, M., Lee, E., Ra, J., Oh, J., Lee, D., Lee, K., Kim, J., Han, S., Kim, K., Chung, W., Nam, K., Park, N., Lee, B., Kim, S., Zhao, W., Ryu, S., Lee, Y., Myung, K., Cho, Y.

    Nature Communications

    Regulation of BRCA1 stability through the tandem UBX domains of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase

  6. Witus S., Zhao W., Brzovic P., Klevit R.

    Trends in Biochemical Sciences

    BRCA1/BARD1 is a nucleosome reader and writer

  7. Kornepati A.V.R., Boyd J.T., Murray C.E., Saifetiarova J., Avalos B.P., Rogers C.M., Haiyan Bai, Padron A.S., Liao Y., Ontiveros C., Svatek R.S., Hromas R., Li R., Hu Y., Conejo-Garcia J.R., Vadlamudi R.K., Zhao W., Dray E., Sung P., Curiel T.J.

    Cancer Research

    Tumor-intrinsic programmed death-ligand 1 promotes DNA repair by homologous recombination in distinct cancers and can suppress PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality

  8. Wang M., Rogers C.M., Alimbetov D.S., Zhao W., ...

    Methods Mol Biol. 2444, 207-225.

    In Vitro Reconstitution of BRCA1-BARD1/RAD51 Mediated Homologous DNA Pairing

  9. 2021
  10. Foo T.K., Vincelli G., Huselid E., Her J., Zheng H., Simhadri S., Wang M., Huo Y., Li T., Yu X., Li H., Zhao W., Bunting S.F., Xia B.

    Cancer Research 81 (18): 4676-4684

    ATR and ATM phosphorylation of BRCA1 at T1394 promotes homologous recombinational repair and G2/M checkpoint maintenance

  11. E Pires, N Sharma, P Selemenakis, B Wu, Y Huang, DS Alimbetov, ...

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 297 (1)

    RAD51AP1 mediates RAD51 activity through nucleosome interaction

  12. SR Witus, AL Burrell, DP Farrell, J Kang, M Wang, JM Hansen, A Pravat, ...

    Nature structural & molecular biology 28 (3), 268-277

    BRCA1/BARD1 site-specific ubiquitylation of nucleosomal H2A is directed by BARD1

  13. C Xue,L Molnarova,JB Steinfeld,W Zhao,C Ma,M Spirek,K Kaniecki,...

    Nucleic acids research 49 (1), 285-305

    Single-molecule visualization of human RECQ5 interactions with single-stranded DNA recombination intermediates

  14. 2020
  15. DG Maranon,N Sharma,Y Huang,P Selemenakis,M Wang,N Altina,...

    Journal of Cell Biology 219 (10)

    NUCKS1 promotes RAD54 activity in homologous recombination DNA repair

  16. F Liang,AS Miller,C Tang,D Maranon,EA Williamson,R Hromas,...

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (24), 8186-8194

    The DNA-binding activity of USP1-associated factor 1 is required for efficient RAD51-mediated homologous DNA pairing and homology-directed DNA repair

  17. 2019
  18. JB Steinfeld,O Beláň,Y Kwon,T Terakawa,A Al-Zain,MJ Smith,...

    Genes & development 33 (17-18), 1191-1207

    Defining the influence of Rad51 and Dmc1 lineage-specific amino acids on genetic recombination

  19. G Srinivasan,EA Williamson,K Kong,AS Jaiswal,G Huang,HS Kim,...

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (35), 17438-17443

    MiR223-3p promotes synthetic lethality in BRCA1-deficient cancers

  20. W Zhao,C Wiese,Y Kwon,R Hromas,P Sung

    Annual review of biochemistry 88, 221-245

    The BRCA tumor suppressor network in chromosome damage repair by homologous recombination

  21. 2018
  22. T Rao,S Longerich,W Zhao,H Aihara,P Sung,Y Xiong

    DNA repair 64, 53-58

    Importance of homo-dimerization of Fanconi-associated nuclease 1 in DNA flap cleavage

  23. S Welty,Y Teng,Z Liang,W Zhao,LH Sanders,JT Greenamyre,...

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 293 (4), 1353-1362

    RAD52 is required for RNA-templated recombination repair in post-mitotic neurons

  24. L Zhao,J Xu,W Zhao,P Sung,HW Wang

    Methods in Enzymology 600, 179-199

    Determining the RAD51-DNA nucleoprotein filament structure and function by cryo-electron microscopy

  25. 2017
  26. W Zhao,JB Steinfeld,F Liang,X Chen,DG Maranon,CJ Ma,Y Kwon,...

    Nature 550 (7676), 360

    Promotion of RAD51-mediated homologous DNA pairing by BRCA1-BARD1

  27. W Zhao,JB Steinfeld,F Liang,X Chen,DG Maranon,C Jian Ma,Y Kwon,...

    Nature 550 (7676), 360-365

    BRCA1-BARD1 promotes RAD51-mediated homologous DNA pairing

  28. J Xu,L Zhao,Y Xu,W Zhao,P Sung,HW Wang

    Nature structural & molecular biology 24 (1), 40-46

    Cryo-EM structures of human RAD51 recombinase filaments during catalysis of DNA-strand exchange

  29. 2016
  30. MV Borgogno,MR Monti,W Zhao,P Sung,CE Argaraña,RJ Pezza

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 291 (10), 4928-4938

    Tolerance of DNA mismatches in Dmc1 recombinase-mediated DNA strand exchange

  31. KS Trego,T Groesser,AR Davalos,AC Parplys,W Zhao,MR Nelson,...

    Molecular cell 61 (4), 535-546

    Non-catalytic Roles for XPG with BRCA1 and BRCA2 in Homologous Recombination and Genome Stability

  32. 2015
  33. AC Parplys,W Zhao,N Sharma,T Groesser,F Liang,DG Maranon,...

    Nucleic acids research 43 (20), 9817-9834

    NUCKS1 is a novel RAD51AP1 paralog important for homologous recombination and genome stability

  34. JY Lee,T Terakawa,Z Qi,JB Steinfeld,S Redding,YH Kwon,WA Gaines,...

    Science 349 (6251), 977-981

    Base triplet stepping by the Rad51/RecA family of recombinases

  35. W Zhao,S Vaithiyalingam,J San Filippo,DG Maranon,J Jimenez-Sainz,...

    Molecular cell 59 (2), 176-187

    Promotion of BRCA2-dependent homologous recombination by DSS1 via RPA targeting and DNA mimicry

  36. W Zhao,P Sung

    Nucleic acids research 43 (8), 4055-4066

    Significance of ligand interactions involving Hop2-Mnd1 and the RAD51 and DMC1 recombinases in homologous DNA repair and XX ovarian dysgenesis

  37. 2014
  38. H Moktan,MF Guiraldelli,CA Eyster,W Zhao,CY Lee,T Mather,...

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 289 (21), 14682-14691

    Solution structure and DNA-binding properties of the winged helix domain of the meiotic recombination HOP2 protein

  39. R Buisson,J Niraj,J Pauty,R Maity,W Zhao,Y Coulombe,P Sung,...

    Cell reports 6 (3), 553-564

    Breast cancer proteins PALB2 and BRCA2 stimulate polymerase η in recombination-associated DNA synthesis at blocked replication forks

  40. 2013
  41. W Zhao,D Saro,M Hammel,YH Kwon,Y Xu,RP Rambo,GJ Williams,...

    Nucleic acids research 42 (2), 906-917

    Mechanistic insights into the role of Hop2–Mnd1 in meiotic homologous DNA pairing

  42. 2012
  43. MH Dunlop,E Dray,W Zhao,J San Filippo,MS Tsai,SG Leung,D Schild,...

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (15), 12343-12347

    Mechanistic insights into RAD51-associated protein 1 (RAD51AP1) action in homologous DNA repair

  44. 2011
  45. MH Dunlop,E Dray,W Zhao,MS Tsai,C Wiese,D Schild,P Sung

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (43), 37328-37334

    RAD51-associated protein 1 (RAD51AP1) interacts with the meiotic recombinase DMC1 through a conserved motif

  46. Y Kwon,W Zhao,P Sung

    DNA Recombination, 421-435

    Biochemical studies on human Rad51-mediated homologous recombination

  47. 2010
  48. H Niu,WH Chung,Z Zhu,Y Kwon,W Zhao,P Chi,R Prakash,C Seong,...

    Nature 467 (7311), 108-111

    Mechanism of the ATP-dependent DNA end-resection machinery from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  49. 2009
  50. RB Robertson,DN Moses,YH Kwon,P Chan,W Zhao,P Chi,H Klein,...

    Journal of molecular biology 388 (4), 703-720

    Visualizing the disassembly of S. cerevisiae Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments

  51. 2008
  52. S Raynard,W Zhao,W Bussen,L Lu,YY Ding,V Busygina,AR Meetei,...

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (23), 15701-15708

    Functional role of BLAP75 in BLM-topoisomerase IIIα-dependent Holliday junction processing

  53. 2007
  54. W Zhao,Z Ye,J Zhao

    Molecular microbiology 66 (5), 1219-1230

    RbrA, a cyanobacterial rubrerythrin, functions as a FNR-dependent peroxidase in heterocysts in protection of nitrogenase from damage by hydrogen peroxide in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

  55. Y Zhang,H Pu,Q Wang,S Cheng,W Zhao,Y Zhang,J Zhao

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (46), 33641-33648

    PII is important in regulation of nitrogen metabolism but not required for heterocyst formation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

  56. W Zhao,Q Guo,J Zhao

    Oxford University Press 48 (4), 563-572

    A membrane-associated Mn-superoxide dismutase protects the photosynthetic apparatus and nitrogenase from oxidative damage in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

  57. X Chen,D Cui,C Liu,H Li,W Zhao

    Frontiers of Chemistry in China 2 (1), 74-78

    Sample pretreatment microfluidic chip for DNA extraction from rat peripheral blood

  58. B Hu,G Yang,W Zhao,Y Zhang,J Zhao

    Molecular microbiology 63 (6), 1640-1652

    MreB is important for cell shape but not for chromosome segregation of the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

  59. 2006
  60. Y Shi,W Zhao,W Zhang,Z Ye,J Zhao

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (30), 11334-11339

    Regulation of intracellular free calcium concentration during heterocyst differentiation by HetR and NtcA in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

  61. 2005
  62. Y Zhao,Y Shi,W Zhao,X Huang,D Wang,N Brown,J Brand,J Zhao

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (16), 5744-5748

    CcbP, a calcium-binding protein from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, provides evidence that calcium ions regulate heterocyst differentiation