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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael M. Cox is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their primary research contributions lie within the disciplines of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant concentration in Molecular Biology and Genetics.

The research of Michael M. Cox encompasses several specialized fields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Molecular Medicine, and Ecology. Their work predominantly focuses on topics such as DNA Repair Mechanisms, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Escherichia coli research studies, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

They have published extensively, with frequent appearances in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research (11 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications), The FASEB Journal (3 publications), PLoS ONE (2 publications), and the Journal of Bacteriology (2 publications).

Recent notable papers include:

  • Resolving Toxic DNA repair intermediates in every E. coli replication cycle: critical roles for RecG, Uup and RadD, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Redox controls RecA protein activity via reversible oxidation of its methionine residues, 2021, eLife
  • Development of a single-stranded DNA-binding protein fluorescent fusion toolbox, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • RecA-independent recombination: Dependence on the Escherichia coli RarA protein, 2020, Molecular Microbiology
  • Experimental evolution of extremophile resistance to ionizing radiation, 2021, Trends in Genetics

Frequent collaborators include Elizabeth A. Wood, James L. Keck, Steven T. Bruckbauer, Camille Henry, and Myron F. Goodman.

Among their recognitions, Michael M. Cox was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Lehninger : principios de bioquímica

    David L. Nelson;Michael M. Cox;Arnaldo Antonio Simões;Wilson Roberto Navega Lodi

  • The importance of repairing stalled replication forks

    Michael M. Cox;Myron F. Goodman;Kenneth N. Kreuzer;David J. Sherratt

  • Deinococcus radiodurans - the consummate survivor.

    Michael M. Cox;John R. Battista

  • SSB as an organizer/mobilizer of genome maintenance complexes

    Robert D. Shereda;Alexander G. Kozlov;Timothy M. Lohman;Michael M. Cox

  • The RecA Protein: Structure and Function

    A I Roca;M M Cox

  • The Bacterial RecA Protein and the Recombinational DNA Repair of Stalled Replication Forks

    Shelley L. Lusetti;Michael M. Cox

  • RecA protein: structure, function, and role in recombinational DNA repair.

    Alberto I. Roca;Michael M. Cox

  • Regulation of bacterial RecA protein function.

    Michael M Cox

  • Enzymes of General Recombination

    Michael M. Cox;I. R. Lehman

  • recA protein of Escherichia coli promotes branch migration, a kinetically distinct phase of DNA strand exchange.

    Michael M. Cox;I. R. Lehman

  • A simple and rapid procedure for the large scale purification of the recA protein of Escherichia coli.

    M M Cox;K McEntee;I R Lehman

  • Motoring along with the bacterial RecA protein

    Michael M. Cox

  • Recombinational DNA Repair of Damaged Replication Forks in Escherichia coli: Questions

    Michael M. Cox

  • Recombinational DNA Repair in Bacteria and the RecA Protein

    Michael M. Cox

  • The Bacterial RecA Protein as a Motor Protein

    Michael M Cox

  • RECA PROTEIN FILAMENTS : END-DEPENDENT DISSOCIATION FROM SSDNA AND STABILIZATION BY RECO AND RECR PROTEINS

    Qun Shan;Julie M. Bork;Brian L. Webb;Ross B. Inman

  • Directionality and polarity in recA protein-promoted branch migration

    Michael M. Cox;I. R. Lehman

  • Recombinational DNA repair: the RecF and RecR proteins limit the extension of RecA filaments beyond single-strand DNA gaps.

    Brian L Webb;Michael M Cox;Ross B Inman

  • Crystal Structure of a Flp Recombinase-Holliday Junction Complex: Assembly of an Active Oligomer by Helix Swapping

    Yu Chen;Umadevi Narendra;Lisa E. Iype;Michael M. Cox

  • 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.

    M M Cox;I R Lehman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross B. Inman
Ross B. Inman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Antoine M. van Oijen
Antoine M. van Oijen Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute
Roger Woodgate
Roger Woodgate National Institutes of Health
Myron F. Goodman
Myron F. Goodman University of Southern California
Timothy M. Lohman
Timothy M. Lohman Washington University in St. Louis
William P. Jencks
William P. Jencks Brandeis University
Nicholas E. Dixon
Nicholas E. Dixon University of Wollongong
Steven J. Sandler
Steven J. Sandler University of Massachusetts Amherst
H. Steven Seifert
H. Steven Seifert Northwestern University
Nicole T. Perna
Nicole T. Perna University of Wisconsin–Madison

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