2012
AID-Targeting and Hypermutation of Non-Immunoglobulin Genes Does Not Correlate with Proximity to Immunoglobulin Genes in Germinal Center B Cells
Gramlich HS, Reisbig T, Schatz DG. AID-Targeting and Hypermutation of Non-Immunoglobulin Genes Does Not Correlate with Proximity to Immunoglobulin Genes in Germinal Center B Cells. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e39601. PMID: 22768095, PMCID: PMC3387148, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Ig genesC-MycIg genesAID targetingGerminal center B cellsDouble-strand break endsImportant regulatory elementsNon-immunoglobulin genesMYC transgeneHeavy chain geneRegulatory elementsBreak endsIg heavy chain genesIg lociHuman MYCGenesB cellsSuch translocationsImmunoglobulin lociImmunoglobulin genesTranslocation partnersChain geneHuman Burkitt lymphomaSomatic hypermutationNuclear position
1996
Productive T-cell receptor beta-chain gene rearrangement: coincident regulation of cell cycle and clonality during development in vivo.
Hoffman ES, Passoni L, Crompton T, Leu TM, Schatz DG, Koff A, Owen MJ, Hayday AC. Productive T-cell receptor beta-chain gene rearrangement: coincident regulation of cell cycle and clonality during development in vivo. Genes & Development 1996, 10: 948-962. PMID: 8608942, DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.8.948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, Differentiation, T-LymphocyteCell CycleCell SeparationClone CellsCyclinsDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen ReceptorHomeodomain ProteinsHyaluronan ReceptorsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLProteinsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Interleukin-2Retinoblastoma ProteinRNA, MessengerThymus GlandT-LymphocytesConceptsTCRbeta chain genesBeta selectionT-cell receptor beta-chain locusChain geneTCRbeta chain gene rearrangementAlpha beta T cell developmentProductive gene rearrangementHyperphosphorylation of RbGene rearrangementsTCR gene rearrangementsTransition of thymocytesTCRbeta gene rearrangementT cell developmentRegulation of p27Coincident regulationBeta-chain locusPopulation of cellsTCR lociCell cycleCdc2 activityCDK2 activityTCRbeta selectionCyclin AThymocyte expansionCell phenotype
1993
Multiple rearrangements in T cell receptor alpha chain genes maximize the production of useful thymocytes.
Petrie HT, Livak F, Schatz DG, Strasser A, Crispe IN, Shortman K. Multiple rearrangements in T cell receptor alpha chain genes maximize the production of useful thymocytes. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 1993, 178: 615-622. PMID: 8393478, PMCID: PMC2191132, DOI: 10.1084/jem.178.2.615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha/beta heterodimerMultiple rearrangementsTCR alpha/beta heterodimerBeta heterodimerBeta chainT-cell receptor alpha-chain geneChain geneTCR alpha geneTCR alphaSurface expressionReceptor alpha-chain geneTransgenic TCR beta chainTCR alpha locusAlpha chain geneT cell receptor alphaAlpha gene rearrangementsMajority of TCREndogenous TCR alpha chainsHeavy chain genePositive selectionSomatic rearrangementsAllelic exclusionAlpha geneAlpha locusTCR alpha chain