1. Grundy, M.K., Buckanovich, R.J., Bernstein, K.A. (2020) Regulation and pharmacological targeting of RAD51 in cancer, NAR Cancer, 2(3): zcaa024. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33015624/
2. Huang, J.W., Acharya, A., Taglialatela, A., Nambiar, T.S., Cuella-Martin, R., Leuzzi, G., Hayward, S.B., Joseph, S.A., Brunette, G.J., Anand, R., Soni, R.K., Clark, N.L., Bernstein, K.A., Cejka, P., Ciccia, A. (2020) MCMIP activates the MCM8-9 helicase to promote DNA synthesis and homologous recombination upon DNA damage, Nature Communications 11(1): 2948. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32528060/
3. Bonilla, B., Hengel, S.R., Grundy, M.K., Bernstein, K.A. (2020) RAD51 gene family structure and function, Annual Review of Genetics, 54: 24-46. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32663049/
4. Garcin, E.B., Gon, S., Prakash, R., Sullivan, M.R., Brunette, G.J., De Cian, A., Concordet, J.P., Giovannangeli, C., Dirks, W.G., Eberth, S., Bernstein, K.A., Jasin, M., Modesti, M. (2019) Differential requirements for the RAD51 paralogs in genome repair and maintenance in human cells, PLoS Genetics, 15(10): e1008355. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31584931/
5. Martino, J., Brunnette, G.J., Barroso-Gonzalez, J., Moiseeva, T.N., Smith, C.M., Bakkenist, C.J., O'Sullivan, R.O., Bernstein, K.A. (2019) The human Shu complex functions with PDS5B and SPIDR to promote homologous recombination, Nucleic Acids Research, 47(19): 10151-10165. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31665741/
6. Brunette, G.J., Jamalruddin, M.A., Baldock, R.A., Clark, N.L., Bernstein, K.A. (2019) Evolution-based screening enables genome-wide prioritization and discovery of DNA repair genes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(39): 19593-19599. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31501324/
7. Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Hoang SM, Lynskey ML, Roncaioli JL, Ghosh A, Wallace CT, Modesti M, Bernstein KA, Sarkar SN, Watkins SC, O'Sullivan RJ. (2019) RAD51AP1 Is an Essential Mediator of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres, Molecular Cell, 76(1): 11-26. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31400850
8. Rosenbaum JC, Bonilla B, Hengel SR, Mertz TM, Herken BW, Kazemier HG, Pressimone CA, Ratterman TC, MacNary E, De Magis A, Kwon Y, Godin SK, Van Houten B, Normolle DP, Sung P, Das SR, Paeschke K, Roberts SA, VanDemark AP, Bernstein KA. (2019) The Rad51 paralogs facilitate a novel DNA strand specific damage tolerance pathway, Nature Communications, 10(1): 3515. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31383866
9. Chefetz I., Grimley E., Yang K., Hong L., Vinogradova E.V., Suciu R., Kovalenko I., Karnak D., Morgan C.A., Chtcherbinine M., Buchman C., Huddle B., Barraza S., Morgan M., Bernstein, K.A., Yoon E., Lombard D.B., Bild A., Mehta G., Romero I., Chiang C.Y., Landen C., Cravatt B., Hurley T.D., Larsen S.D., Buckanovich R.J. (2019) A Pan-ALDH1A Inhibitor Necroptosis in Ovarian Cancer Stem-like Cells, Cell Reports, 26(11):3061:3075. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30865894
10. Baldock R.A., Pressimone C.A., Baird J.M., Khodakov A., Luong T.T., Grundy M.K., Smith C.M., Karpenshif Y., Bratton-Palmer D.S., Prakash R., Jasin M., Garcin E.B., Gon S., Modesti M., Bernstein, K.A. (2019) RAD51D splice variants and cancer-associated mutations reveal XRCC2 interaction to be critical for homologous recombination, DNA Repair, 76:99-107.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30836272
11. Sullivan, M.R., ​Bernstein, K.A. (2018) RAD-ical New Insights into RAD51 Regulation, Genes (Basel), 13:9(12). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30551670
12. Westmoreland J.W., Mihalevic M.J., Bernstein, K.A., Resnick M.A. (2018) The global role for Cdc13 and Yku70 in preventing telomere resection across the genome, ​DNA Repair, 62: 8-17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29247743
13. Varlakhanova N.V., Mihalevic M., Bernstein, K.A., Ford M.G.J. (2017) Pib2 and EGO Complex are both required for activation of TORC1, Journal of Cell Science, 130(22):3878-3890. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28993463
14. Zacchi, L.F., Dittmar, J.C., Mihalevic, M.J., Shewan, A.M., Schulz, B.L., Brodsky, J.F., Bernstein, K.A. (2017) A novel high-throughput yeast genetic screen for factors modifying protein levels of the Early-Onset Torsion Dystonia-associate variant torsinA∆E, Disease Models and Mechanisms, 10(9):1129-1140.​
15. Kondrashova O., Nguyen M., Shield-Artin K., Tinker A.V., Teng N.N.H., Harrell M.I., Kuiper M.J., Ho G.Y., Barker H., Jasin M., Prakash R., Kass E.M., Sullivan M.R., Brunette G.J., Bernstein, K.A., Coleman R.L., Floquet A., Friedlander M., Kichenadasse G., O'Malley D.M., Oza A.M., Sun J.X., Robillard L., Maloney L., Bowtell D.D.L., Giordano H, Wakefield M.J., Kaufmann S.H., Simmons A.D., Harding T.C., Raponi M., McNeish I.A., Swisher E.M., Lin K., Scott C.L. (2017) Secondary somatic mutations restoring RAD51C and RAD51D associated with acquired resistance to the PARP inhibitor Rucaparib in high-grade ovarian carcinoma, Cancer Discovery, 7(9):984-998. ​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28588062​​​                    *Featured on Cover
16. Kong, M., Liu, L., Chen, X., Driscoll, K.I., Mao, P., Böhm, S., Kad, N.M., Watkins, S., Bernstein, K.A., Wyrick, J.J., Min, J.H., Van Houten, B. (2016) Single-molecule imaging reveals that Rad4 employs a dynamic DNA damage recognition process, Molecular Cell, 64(2): 376-387. ​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2772064
17. Martino, J. and Bernstein, K.A. (2016) The Shu complex is a conserved regulator of homologous recombination, FEMS Yeast Research, 16(6): fow073. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27589940
18. ​Godin, S.K., Zhang, Z., Herken, B.W., Westmoreland, J.W., Lee, A.G., Mihalevic, M.J., Yu, Z., Sobol, R.W., Resnick, M.A., Bernstein, K.A. (2016) The Shu complex promotes error-free tolerance of alkylation-induced base excision repair products, Nucleic Acids Research, 44(17): 8199-8215. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298254​​
19. Godin, S.K., Sullivan, M.R., Bernstein, K.A. (2016) Novel insights into RAD51 activity and regulation during homologous recombination and DNA replication, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 94: 1-12. =​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224545
20. McClendon, T.B.*, Sullivan, M.R.*, Bernstein, K.A.*, Yanowitz, J.L.* (2016) Promotion of homologous recombination by SWS-1 in complex with RAD-51 paralogs in Caenorhabditis elegans, Genetics, 203(1): 133-145. *Equal contribution http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26936927                                    *Featured as a Genetics Primer [Turcotte, C.A., Andrews, N.P., Sloat, S.A., Checchi, P.M. CRISPR Technology Reveals RAD(51)-ical Mechanisms of Repair in Roundworms: An Educational Primer for Use with “Promotion of Homologous Recombination by SWS-1- in Complex with RAD-51 Paralogs in Caenorhabditis elegans” (2016) Genetics 204: 883-891]
21. Godin, S.K., Lee, A.G., Baird, J.M., Herken, B.W., Bernstein, K.A. (2016) Tryptophan biosynthesis is important for resistance to replicative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yeast, 33(5): 183-189. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26804060​​
22. Böhm, S., Szakal, B., Herken, B.W., Sullivan, M.R., Mihalevic, M.J., Kabbinavar, F.F., Branzei, D., Clark, N.L., Bernstein, K.A. (2016) The budding yeast ubiquitin protease Ubp7 is a novel component involved in S-phase progression, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(9): 4442. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26740628​​​
23. Gaines, W.*, Godin, S.K.*, Kabbinavar, F.F., VanDemark, A.P., Sung, P.*, Bernstein, K.A.* (2015) Promotion of presynaptic filament assembly by the ensemble of S. cerevisiae Rad51 paralogues with Rad52, *Equal contribution, Nature Communications, 28(6): 7834.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26215801                                                                                                                                    *Interviewed for Pittsburgh's National Public Radio Affiliate WESA                                                  *Featured on Futurity                                                                                                                                *Featured on GEN News Highlights ​
24. Wei, L., Nakajima, S., Böhm, S., Bernstein, K.A., Shen, Z., Tsang, M., Levine, A.S., Lan, L. (2015) DNA damage during the G0/G1 phase triggers RNA-templated, Cockayne Syndrome B-dependent homologous recombination, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 11(27): 3495-3504. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26100862
25. Godin, S.K., Meslin, C., Kabbinavar F., Bratton-Palmer, D.S., Hornack, C., Mihalevic, M.J., Yoshida, K., Sullivan, M., Clark, N.L.*, Bernstein, K.A.* (2015) Evolutionary and functional analysis of the invariant SWIM domain in the conserved Shu2/SWS1 protein family from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Homo sapiens, Genetics, 199(4): 1023-1033. *Joint corresponding http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659377                                                                                                                                              *Issue Highlight                                                                                                                            *Featured as top news on SGD website http://www.yeastgenome.org/once-you-start-looking-shu2-homologs-are-everywhere
26. Böhm, S., Mihalevic, M.J., Casal, M.A., and Bernstein, K.A. (2015) Disruption of SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases Slx5-Slx8/RNF4 alters RecQ-like helicase Sgs1/BLM localization in yeast and human cells, DNA Repair, 26: 1-14. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25588990
27. Böhm, S. and Bernstein, K.A. (2014) The role of post-translational modifications in fine-tuning BLM helicase function during DNA repair, DNA Repair, 22: 123-132. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25150915
28. Fu Q., Chow, J., Bernstein, K.A., Makharashvili, N., Arora, S., Lee, C.F., Person, M.D., Rothstein, R., Paull, T.T. (2014) Phosphorylation-regulated transitions in oligomeric state control the activity of the Sae2 DNA repair enzyme, Molecular and Cellular Biology, (34)5: 778-793. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344201
29. Bernstein, K.A., Mimitou, E.P., Mihalevic, M.J., Chen, H., Sunjaveric, I., Symington, L.S., Rothstein R. (2013) Resection activity of the Sgs1 helicase alters the affinity of DNA ends for homologous recombination proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genetics, 195(4): 1241-1251. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24097410 ​*Issue Highlight
30. Bernstein, K.A., Juanchich, A., Sunjevaric, I., Rothstein, R. (2013) The Shu complex regulates Rad52 localization during rDNA repair, DNA Repair, 12(9): 786-790. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23790361
31. Godin, S., Wier, A., Kabbinavar, F., Bratton-Palmer, D.S., Ghodke, H., Van Houten, B., VanDemark, A.P., and Bernstein, K.A. (2013) The Shu complex interacts with Rad51 through the Rad51 paralogues Rad55-Rad57 to mediate error-free recombination. Nucleic Acids Research, 41(8): 4525-4534. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460207​​​
32. Karpenshif, Y. and Bernstein, K.A. (2012) From yeast to mammals: recent advances in genetic control of homologous recombination. DNA Repair, 11(10): 781-788. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22889934 ​*One of five most downloaded DNA Repair articles in 2013​
33. Robert, R., Vanoli, F., Chiolo, I., Shubassi, G., Bernstein, K.A., Rothstein, R., Botrugno, O.A., Parazzoli, D., Oldani, A., Miunuccci, S., Foiani, M. (2011) HDACs link the DNA damage response, processing of double-strand breaks and autophagy. Nature, 471(7336): 74-79. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21368826
34. Bernstein, K.A., Reid, R.J., Sunjevaric, I., Burgess, R.C., Demuth, K., and Rothstein, R. (2011) The Shu complex, which contains Rad51 paralogues, promotes DNA repair through inhibition of the Srs2 anti-recombinase. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 22(9): 1599-1607. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21372173
35. Bernstein, K.A., Gangloff, S., and Rothstein, R. (2010) The Role of the RecQ Helicases in DNA repair.  Annual Review of Genetics, 44: 393-417.    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21047263
36. Bernstein, K.A. and Rothstein, R., (2009) At loose ends: Resecting a double strand break.  Cell, 137(5): 807-810. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19490890
37. Bernstein, K.A., Shor, E., Sunjevaric, I., Burgess, RC., Fumasoni, M., Foiani, M., Branzei, D., Rothstein R. (2009) The role of the Sgs1 helicase in DNA replication is separate from its role in recombinational repair. EMBO Journal. 28(7): 915-925. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19214189​
38. Bernstein, K.A., Bean J., Cross, F.R., and Baserga, S.J. (2007) Ribosome biogenesis directly promotes passage at Start through Whi5, the yeast homologue of Rb.  Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(3):953-964. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17192414
39. Bernstein, K.A., Granneman, S., Lee, A.V., Manickam, S., and Baserga, S.J. (2005) A comprehensive mutational analysis of yeast DExD/H box RNA helicases involved in large ribosomal subunit biogenesis.  Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(4): 1195-1208. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16449635
40. Granneman, S., Bernstein, K.A., Bleichart, F., and Baserga, S.J. (2005) A comprehensive mutational analysis of yeast DExD/H box RNA helicases involved in small ribosomal subunit biogenesis.  Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(4): 1183-1194. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16449634​​​​
41. Bernstein, K.A., and Baserga, S.J. (2004). The SSU processome is required for cell cycle progression at G1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(11): 5038-2046. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15356263
42. Bernstein, K.A., Gallagher, J.E.G., Mitchell, B.M., Granneman, S., and Baserga, S.J. (2004). The SSU processome is a ribosome assembly intermediate. Eukaryotic Cell. 3(6): 1619-1626. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15590835                                                                      ​​                                                                                                                                                                         Former Name:  Kara Porwancher                                                                                                                     
43. Dragon, F., Gallagher, J.E., Compagnone-Post, P.A., Mitchell, B.M., Porwancher, K.A., Wehner, K.A., Wormsley, S., Settlage, R.E., Shabanowitz, J., Osheim, Y., Beyer, A.L., Hunt, D.F., and Baserga, S.J. (2002). A large nucleolar U3 ribonucleoprotein required for 18S ribosomal RNA biogenesis. Nature. 417: 967-970. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12068309                                                     ​*Recommended by Faculty of 1000
44. Alonso, M., Hamelin, R., Kim, M., Porwancher, K., Sung, T., Parhar, P., Miller, D.C., and Newcomb, E.W. (2001) Microsatellite instability occurs in distinct subtypes of pediatric but not adult central nervous system tumors. Cancer Research. 61: 2124-2128. ​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11280776