2013
Multiple Transcription Factor Binding Sites Predict AID Targeting in Non-Ig Genes
Duke JL, Liu M, Yaari G, Khalil AM, Tomayko MM, Shlomchik MJ, Schatz DG, Kleinstein SH. Multiple Transcription Factor Binding Sites Predict AID Targeting in Non-Ig Genes. The Journal Of Immunology 2013, 190: 3878-3888. PMID: 23514741, PMCID: PMC3689293, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription Factor Binding SitesAID-induced lesionsNon-Ig genesGenome instabilityTranscription factorsAberrant targetingSequence dataCertain genesGenesAID targetingGerminal center B cellsSomatic mutationsLikely targetBinding sitesAID targetsTargetingClassification tree modelMistargetingB cellsLociMechanismTargetMutationsSites
2012
Identification of Core DNA Elements That Target Somatic Hypermutation
Kohler KM, McDonald JJ, Duke JL, Arakawa H, Tan S, Kleinstein SH, Buerstedde JM, Schatz DG. Identification of Core DNA Elements That Target Somatic Hypermutation. The Journal Of Immunology 2012, 189: 5314-5326. PMID: 23087403, PMCID: PMC3664039, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Flanking RegionAnimalsB-LymphocytesCells, CulturedChickensChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCytidine DeaminaseDNAEnhancer Elements, GeneticGenes, ImmunoglobulinGenetic LociImmunoassayImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMutationPhosphorylationRNA Polymerase IISerineSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinTranscription, GeneticConceptsActivation-induced deaminaseDNA elementsSomatic hypermutationChicken DT40 B cellsIg lociChromatin immunoprecipitation experimentsDT40 B cellsRNA polymerase IISystematic deletion analysisL chain lociNon-Ig genesCore DNA elementSerine 5Epigenetic marksPolymerase IITranscriptional elongationMutational machineryDeletion analysisReporter cassetteImmunoprecipitation experimentsDeoxycytosine residuesIg genesDNA damageChain locusLociAID-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
2007
Activation-induced Cytidine Deaminase-mediated Sequence Diversification Is Transiently Targeted to Newly Integrated DNA Substrates*
Yang SY, Fugmann SD, Gramlich HS, Schatz DG. Activation-induced Cytidine Deaminase-mediated Sequence Diversification Is Transiently Targeted to Newly Integrated DNA Substrates*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2007, 282: 25308-25313. PMID: 17613522, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704231200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseChicken B cell line DT40B cell line DT40Cytidine deaminaseNon-Ig lociNon-Ig genesSequence diversificationDNA substratesTranscription cassetteMutation targetsCassetteMolecular characteristicsMolecular featuresDeaminaseDT40TranscriptionGenesLociDNADiversificationMutabilityTargetingIgTarget