2014
Targeting Of Somatic Hypermutation By immunoglobulin Enhancer And Enhancer-Like Sequences
Buerstedde JM, Alinikula J, Arakawa H, McDonald JJ, Schatz DG. Targeting Of Somatic Hypermutation By immunoglobulin Enhancer And Enhancer-Like Sequences. PLOS Biology 2014, 12: e1001831. PMID: 24691034, PMCID: PMC3972084, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodiesB-LymphocytesBinding SitesCell LineChickensCytidine DeaminaseE-Box ElementsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Knockout TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsLymphocyte ActivationMEF2 Transcription FactorsMiceMutationNF-kappa BSequence AlignmentSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinTranscription, GeneticUracil-DNA GlycosidaseConceptsSomatic hypermutationIg enhancersNovel regulatory functionStimulation of transcriptionEnhancer-like elementCytidine deaminase proteinEnhancer-like sequenceActivation-induced cytidine deaminase proteinGene specificityTranscriptional roleHeavy chain intron enhancerTranscription unitGenetic diversityEts familyE-boxChicken cellsRegulatory functionsIntron enhancerFull activationImmunoglobulin genesTarget sequenceImmunoglobulin enhancerPoint mutationsEnhancerTranscription
2005
Histone Modifications Associated with Somatic Hypermutation
Odegard VH, Kim ST, Anderson SM, Shlomchik MJ, Schatz DG. Histone Modifications Associated with Somatic Hypermutation. Immunity 2005, 23: 101-110. PMID: 16039583, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylationAnimalsB-LymphocytesChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCpG IslandsDNA DamageDNA MethylationHistonesImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsMethylationMiceMice, TransgenicPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinConceptsClass switch recombinationSomatic hypermutationDistinct DNA damage responsesPhosphorylation of H2BHistone modification patternsDNA damage responseChromatin modificationsHistone modificationsKinase Mst1Histone H2BDamage responseHistone acetylationAcetylated H3Modification patternsPhosphorylated formIg lociSwitch recombinationImmunoglobulin lociH2BGammaH2AXLociHypermutationRecombinationHistonesH2AX