Peer-reviewed research articles
Chan, Y.L.*, Reitz, D.*, Budke, B., Rice, P.A., and Bishop, D.K. (2025) Mei5-Sae3 stabilizes both active and inactive forms of Dmc1 filaments independently of its impact on ATP hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Research 53, gkaf1085. (* these authors contributed equally) (https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1085)
Reitz, D., Djeghmoum, Y., Watson, R.A., Rajput, P., Argueso, J.L., Heyer, W.-D., and Piazza, A. (2023) Delineation of two multi-invasion-induced rearrangement pathways that differently affect genome stability. Genes & Development 37, 621-639. (https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.350618.123)
- Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD) New and Noteworthy post on article
Reitz, D., Savocco, J., Piazza, A., and Heyer, W.-D. (2022) Detection of homologous recombination intermediates via proximity ligation and quantitative PCR in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Visualized Experiments 187, e64240. (https://doi.org/10.3791/64240)
Reitz, D., Grubb, J. and Bishop, D.K. (2019). A mutant form of Dmc1 that bypasses the requirement for accessory protein Mei5-Sae3 reveals independent activities of Mei5-Sae3 and Rad51 in Dmc1 filament stability. PLoS Genetics 15, e1008217. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008217)
Peer-reviewed review articles
Jay, A., Reitz, D., Namekawa, S.H., Heyer, W.-D. (2021) Cancer testis antigens and genomic instability: More than immunology. DNA Repair 108. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103214) *
- Part of a collection: Cutting Edge Perspectives in Genome Maintenance VIII
Reitz, D., Chan, Y.-L., and Bishop, D.K. (2021) How Strand Exchange Protein Function Benefits From ATP Hydrolysis. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 71, 120-128. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2021.06.016) *
- Part of a collection: Mechanisms of Homologous Recombination
Other articles
Reitz, D. (2020) Meiotic recombination pathways. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences 1, 762-773. (https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0029228)
Peer-reviewed research articles associated with undergraduate work (2008-2012)
Ison, J.L., Wagenius, S., Reitz, D., and Ashley, M.V. (2014). Mating between Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae) individuals increases with their flowering synchrony and spatial proximity. American Journal of Botany 101, 180–189. (https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300065)
Ison, J.L., Wagenius, S., Reitz, D., and Ashley, M.V. (2013). Development and Evaluation of Microsatellite Markers for a Native Prairie Perennial, Echinacea angustifolia (Asteraceae). Applications in Plant Sciences 1, 1300049–3. (https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1300049)
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