2022
Ig Enhancers Increase RNA Polymerase II Stalling at Somatic Hypermutation Target Sequences.
Tarsalainen A, Maman Y, Meng FL, Kyläniemi MK, Soikkeli A, Budzyńska P, McDonald JJ, Šenigl F, Alt FW, Schatz DG, Alinikula J. Ig Enhancers Increase RNA Polymerase II Stalling at Somatic Hypermutation Target Sequences. The Journal Of Immunology 2022, 208: 143-154. PMID: 34862258, PMCID: PMC8702490, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPol IIMutating geneSomatic hypermutationTarget genesChicken DT40 B cellsRNA polymerase II stallingIg genesHistone variant H3.3Locus-specific targetingPol II occupancyAID-mediated mutationsDT40 B cellsRNA polymerase IILevels of H3K27acFull-length transcriptsVariant H3.3Antisense transcriptionTranscriptional outputPolymerase IIGenetic diversityMechanistic basisBurkitt's lymphoma cellsGeneration of AbsGenesDIVAC
2014
Super-Enhancer Transcription Converges on AID
Alinikula J, Schatz DG. Super-Enhancer Transcription Converges on AID. Cell 2014, 159: 1490-1492. PMID: 25525869, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research