2005
Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase is regulated by cell division, providing a mechanistic basis for division-linked class switch recombination
Rush JS, Liu M, Odegard VH, Unniraman S, Schatz DG. Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase is regulated by cell division, providing a mechanistic basis for division-linked class switch recombination. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 13242-13247. PMID: 16141332, PMCID: PMC1201576, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502779102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClass switch recombinationCell divisionAID expressionSwitch recombinationFrequency of CSRSingle cell divisionSubsequent cell divisionSuccessive cell divisionsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseConstitutive AID expressionIg heavy chain constant regionsEffector function propertiesHeavy chain constant regionActivation-induced cytidine deaminase mRNAMolecular explanationMechanistic basisDifferent molecular featuresSuccessive divisionsChain constant regionCytidine deaminaseB cell activationCytokine exposureExpressionConstant regionCell activation
2002
The Activation-induced Deaminase Functions in a Postcleavage Step of the Somatic Hypermutation Process
Papavasiliou FN, Schatz DG. The Activation-induced Deaminase Functions in a Postcleavage Step of the Somatic Hypermutation Process. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2002, 195: 1193-1198. PMID: 11994424, PMCID: PMC2193708, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseClass switch recombinationSomatic hypermutationDNA lesionsDownstream constant region genesCytidine deaminase motifDominant-negative formConstant region genesInitial DNA lesionsSomatic hypermutation processHeavy chain constant regionIg genesNegative formImmunoglobulin genesChain constant regionTarget sequencePoint mutationsCytidine deaminaseHypermutation processGenesAID functionRegion genesMechanistic overlapVariable regionsConstant region
1998
Alternative splicing of rearranged T cell receptor δ sequences to the constant region of the α locus
Livák F, Schatz D. Alternative splicing of rearranged T cell receptor δ sequences to the constant region of the α locus. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 5694-5699. PMID: 9576946, PMCID: PMC20441, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.10.5694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalpha geneTCRalpha/delta locusT cell receptor alpha/delta locusDelta locusAlpha/delta locusProtein coding capacityTranscriptional controlAlternative splicingSplicing variationsDistinct functional capacitiesAlternative transcriptsDelta proteinΑ locusChimeric proteinConstant genesAlpha proteinGene-deficient miceCoding capacityGenesThymocyte developmentAlphabeta thymocytesNovel insightsTCRbeta chainLociDistinct diversity
1987
Increased frequency of N-region insertion in a murine pre-B-cell line infected with a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase retroviral expression vector.
Landau NR, Schatz DG, Rosa M, Baltimore D. Increased frequency of N-region insertion in a murine pre-B-cell line infected with a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase retroviral expression vector. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1987, 7: 3237-3243. PMID: 3118194, PMCID: PMC367960, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.9.3237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-B cell linesN-region insertionsRetroviral expression vectorExpression vectorCell linesMurine pre-B cell lineImmunoglobulin light chain genesNucleotide sequence analysisLight chain genesV-J junctionGene junctionSequence analysisImmunoglobulin genesGenesRearrangement substratesTerminal deoxynucleotidyl transferaseContinuous rearrangementApparent absenceJunctional sitesProvirusDeoxynucleotidyl transferaseRearrangementControl vectorN regionInsertion