2014
Induction of homologous recombination between sequence repeats by the activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID) protein
Buerstedde JM, Lowndes N, Schatz DG. Induction of homologous recombination between sequence repeats by the activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID) protein. ELife 2014, 3: e03110. PMID: 25006166, PMCID: PMC4080448, DOI: 10.7554/elife.03110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesBase SequenceCell LineChickensCrossing Over, GeneticCytidine DeaminaseGene ConversionGenes, ReporterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHomologous RecombinationHumansImmunoglobulin Switch RegionLuminescent ProteinsMiceModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid HeteroduplexesRecombinational DNA RepairRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidSequence DeletionSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinConceptsHomologous recombinationCytidine deaminase proteinSequence repeatsCytidine deaminationDNA end resectionHundreds of basesAnalysis of recombinantsVertebrate cellsGene conversionRepeat recombinationEnd resectionHolliday junctionsHomologous sequencesSequence homologyReporter transgeneStrand invasionIntergenic deletionRecombinogenic activityImmunoglobulin lociRepeatsSomatic hypermutationHeteroduplex formationRecombinationProteinDeamination
2006
AID and Igh switch region-Myc chromosomal translocations
Unniraman S, Schatz DG. AID and Igh switch region-Myc chromosomal translocations. DNA Repair 2006, 5: 1259-1264. PMID: 16784901, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2006.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Staggered AID‐dependent DNA double strand breaks are the predominant DNA lesions targeted to Sµ in Ig class switch recombination
Rush JS, Fugmann SD, Schatz DG. Staggered AID‐dependent DNA double strand breaks are the predominant DNA lesions targeted to Sµ in Ig class switch recombination. International Immunology 2004, 16: 549-557. PMID: 15039385, DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalB-LymphocytesBlotting, SouthernCell DivisionCytidine DeaminaseDeoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-SpecificDNADNA DamageDNA PrimersFlow CytometryGene ExpressionImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin DImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Switch RegionInterleukin-4LipopolysaccharidesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPlasmidsPolymerase Chain ReactionRecombination, GeneticConceptsClass switch recombinationDNA double-strand breaksPredominant DNA lesionsDouble-strand breaksActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseDNA lesionsSwitch recombinationAID-dependent DNA double-strand breaksStrand breaksIg class switch recombinationLigation-mediated PCRS mu regionCellular regulationKinetics of inductionMolecular detailsMurine B cellsDNA DSBsStaggered breaksCytidine deaminaseDSBsMu regionMinor speciesB cellsS muEffector propertiesNon‐redundancy of cytidine deaminases in class switch recombination
Fugmann SD, Rush JS, Schatz DG. Non‐redundancy of cytidine deaminases in class switch recombination. European Journal Of Immunology 2004, 34: 844-849. PMID: 14991614, DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAPOBEC-1 DeaminaseB-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCytidine DeaminaseHumansImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin Switch RegionKineticsMiceMutationRatsConceptsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseClass switch recombinationAPOBEC-1Human activation-induced cytidine deaminaseSwitch recombinationCognate substratesCatalytic mutantGene conversionClose homologueProkaryotic cellsInactive mutantMurine B cellsDistinct mRNAsCytidine deaminase activityCytidine deaminasesImmunoglobulin genesDiversification mechanismsCytidine deaminaseSomatic hypermutationUnknown mechanismDeaminase activityMutantsPrecise roleActivated B cellsB cells