2015
Recruitment of RAG1 and RAG2 to Chromatinized DNA during V(D)J Recombination
Shetty K, Schatz DG. Recruitment of RAG1 and RAG2 to Chromatinized DNA during V(D)J Recombination. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2015, 35: 3701-3713. PMID: 26303526, PMCID: PMC4589606, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00219-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConserved heptamerRAG2 proteinsChromatin immunoprecipitationNonamer elementsRecombination substratesSignal sequenceNonamer sequencesMutant formsCryptic RSSsRAG1DNA cleavageGene segmentsChromatinCell linesRAG2ProteinRecruitmentRecombinationSequenceMajor roleMutagenesisImmunoprecipitationRepeatsRSSsRAG
1997
A Basic Motif in the N-Terminal Region of RAG1 Enhances V(D)J Recombination Activity
McMahan C, Difilippantonio M, Rao N, Spanopoulou E, Schatz D. A Basic Motif in the N-Terminal Region of RAG1 Enhances V(D)J Recombination Activity. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1997, 17: 4544-4552. PMID: 9234712, PMCID: PMC232308, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.8.4544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasic amino acid motifN-terminal regionSite-specific DNA recognitionRecombination activityCell-specific componentsComponent gene segmentsExtrachromosomal recombination substratesAmino acid motifsAmino acids 216Site-specific recombination reactionAntigen receptor genesEvolutionary conservationNuclear transportRAG2 proteinsRAG1 proteinRecombination functionsRecombination substratesDeletion analysisDNA recognitionEnzymatic machineryAcid motifFurther mutagenesisSRP-1N-terminusRAG1
1988
Stable expression of immunoglobulin gene V(D)J recombinase activity by gene transfer into 3T3 fibroblasts
Schatz D, Baltimore D. Stable expression of immunoglobulin gene V(D)J recombinase activity by gene transfer into 3T3 fibroblasts. Cell 1988, 53: 107-115. PMID: 3349523, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(88)90492-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research