2005
Histone Modifications Associated with Somatic Hypermutation
Odegard VH, Kim ST, Anderson SM, Shlomchik MJ, Schatz DG. Histone Modifications Associated with Somatic Hypermutation. Immunity 2005, 23: 101-110. PMID: 16039583, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylationAnimalsB-LymphocytesChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCpG IslandsDNA DamageDNA MethylationHistonesImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsMethylationMiceMice, TransgenicPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinConceptsClass switch recombinationSomatic hypermutationDistinct DNA damage responsesPhosphorylation of H2BHistone modification patternsDNA damage responseChromatin modificationsHistone modificationsKinase Mst1Histone H2BDamage responseHistone acetylationAcetylated H3Modification patternsPhosphorylated formIg lociSwitch recombinationImmunoglobulin lociH2BGammaH2AXLociHypermutationRecombinationHistonesH2AX
2004
B cell–specific loss of histone 3 lysine 9 methylation in the VH locus depends on Pax5
Johnson K, Pflugh DL, Yu D, Hesslein DG, Lin KI, Bothwell AL, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Schatz DG, Calame K. B cell–specific loss of histone 3 lysine 9 methylation in the VH locus depends on Pax5. Nature Immunology 2004, 5: 853-861. PMID: 15258579, PMCID: PMC1635547, DOI: 10.1038/ni1099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesBase SequenceCell LineageCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsFlow CytometryGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteHematopoietic Stem CellsHistonesImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionLysineMethylationMiceModels, ImmunologicalMolecular Sequence DataPAX5 Transcription FactorPrecipitin TestsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscription FactorsConceptsH3-K9 methylationDJH recombinationVH locusHistone 3 lysine 9 methylationLysine 9 methylationFunction of Pax5Non-B lineage cellsB cell-specific lossB cell commitmentHistone exchangeInactive chromatinLysine 9Histone H3Transcription factorsCell commitmentCell-specific lossInhibitory modificationMethylationLineage cellsLociPAX5B cellsHeavy chain rearrangementRecombinationChain rearrangement