2020
Position-Dependent Differential Targeting of Somatic Hypermutation
Zhou JQ, Kleinstein SH. Position-Dependent Differential Targeting of Somatic Hypermutation. The Journal Of Immunology 2020, 205: 3468-3479. PMID: 33188076, PMCID: PMC7726104, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic hypermutationSHM targetingIg sequencesSame DNA motifTranscription start siteAllele-specific effectsInfluence of selectionGene familyVariable gene familiesDNA motifsSequence neighborhoodError-prone repairStart siteAb diversityDNA lesionsDifferential targetingUnique motifMotifSequenceTargetingHypermutationEffective humoral immunityIntrinsic biasesAffinity maturationLarge collection
2013
Models of Somatic Hypermutation Targeting and Substitution Based on Synonymous Mutations from High-Throughput Immunoglobulin Sequencing Data
Yaari G, Vander Heiden J, Uduman M, Gadala-Maria D, Gupta N, Stern JN, O’Connor K, Hafler DA, Laserson U, Vigneault F, Kleinstein SH. Models of Somatic Hypermutation Targeting and Substitution Based on Synonymous Mutations from High-Throughput Immunoglobulin Sequencing Data. Frontiers In Immunology 2013, 4: 358. PMID: 24298272, PMCID: PMC3828525, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAccurate background modelSynonymous mutationsNon-coding regionsParticular codon usageNon-functional sequencesComputational analysis methodsObserved mutation patternExisting modelsBackground modelInfluence of selectionCodon usageSHM targetingBase compositionImproved modelSequencing dataNucleotide substitutionsAnalysis methodStatistical analysisFunctional sequencesMutation targetingB-cell cancersModelSomatic hypermutation patternsMutationsHypermutation patterns