The RAG Recombinase Dictates Functional Heterogeneity and Cellular Fitness in Natural Killer Cells
Karo JM, Schatz DG, Sun JC. The RAG Recombinase Dictates Functional Heterogeneity and Cellular Fitness in Natural Killer Cells. Cell 2014, 159: 94-107. PMID: 25259923, PMCID: PMC4371485, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombination-activating geneDNA damage response mediatorsInnate lymphoid cellsNatural killer cellsAntigen receptor genesCellular fitnessJawed vertebratesRAG recombinaseCellular stressInnate lymphocytesNovel functionDNA breaksKiller cellsEndonuclease activityUnexpected roleCleavage eventsAdaptive immune cellsReceptor geneReduced expressionGenesFunctional heterogeneityCellsImmune cellsResponse mediatorsFitness