2013
A Critical Context-Dependent Role for E Boxes in the Targeting of Somatic Hypermutation
McDonald JJ, Alinikula J, Buerstedde JM, Schatz DG. A Critical Context-Dependent Role for E Boxes in the Targeting of Somatic Hypermutation. The Journal Of Immunology 2013, 191: 1556-1566. PMID: 23836058, PMCID: PMC3735716, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesB-LymphocytesCells, CulturedChickensCytidine DeaminaseDNA, RecombinantE-Box ElementsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGenes, Immunoglobulin Light ChainGenes, ReporterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMutationProtein BindingSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinTranscription Factor 3TransfectionTransgenesConceptsE-boxSomatic hypermutationChicken DT40 B cellsDT40 B cellsNon-Ig lociOff-target mutationsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseContext-dependent roleShort DNA sequencesSequence motifsDNA sequencesTarget genesIg genesSequence contextAffinity of AbsDNA damageCytidine deaminaseRepertoire diversificationMutationsGenesMotifSequenceFunctional hierarchyHypermutationAg stimulation
2006
Control of gene conversion and somatic hypermutation by immunoglobulin promoter and enhancer sequences
Yang SY, Fugmann SD, Schatz DG. Control of gene conversion and somatic hypermutation by immunoglobulin promoter and enhancer sequences. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2006, 203: 2919-2928. PMID: 17178919, PMCID: PMC2118177, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20061835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActinsAnimalsBacteriophage T7B-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCytidine DeaminaseEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene ConversionGene DeletionGene ExpressionGenes, Immunoglobulin Light ChainImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin MMutationPeptide Elongation Factor 1Promoter Regions, GeneticReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinTranscription, GeneticTransfection
2005
Inducible Gene Expression Using an Autoregulatory, Tetracycline‐Controlled System
Shockett P, Schatz D. Inducible Gene Expression Using an Autoregulatory, Tetracycline‐Controlled System. Current Protocols In Cell Biology 2005, 27: 20.8.1-20.8.10. PMID: 18228465, DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb2008s27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInducible gene expressionSelectable markerGene expressionSecond selectable markerCell linesFibroblast cell lineTransient transfectionGene protein expressionResultant clonesStable linesMarker plasmidPlasmidProtein expressionAdherent cellsTransactivatorExpressionTransfectionCellsTargetGenesSupport protocolClonesLinesMarkersAutoregulatory
2003
Extrachromosomal Recombination Substrates Recapitulate beyond 12/23 Restricted V(D)J Recombination in Nonlymphoid Cells
Jung D, Bassing CH, Fugmann SD, Cheng HL, Schatz DG, Alt FW. Extrachromosomal Recombination Substrates Recapitulate beyond 12/23 Restricted V(D)J Recombination in Nonlymphoid Cells. Immunity 2003, 18: 65-74. PMID: 12530976, DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00507-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
RAG1-DNA Binding in V(D)J Recombination SPECIFICITY AND DNA-INDUCED CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES REVEALED BY FLUORESCENCE AND CD SPECTROSCOPY*
Ciubotaru M, Ptaszek LM, Baker GA, Baker SN, Bright FV, Schatz DG. RAG1-DNA Binding in V(D)J Recombination SPECIFICITY AND DNA-INDUCED CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES REVEALED BY FLUORESCENCE AND CD SPECTROSCOPY*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2002, 278: 5584-5596. PMID: 12488446, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209758200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesCircular DichroismCloning, MolecularDNADNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coliGenes, RAG-1Homeodomain ProteinsKineticsMiceOligodeoxyribonucleotidesProtein ConformationRecombinant ProteinsRecombination, GeneticSubstrate SpecificityTransfectionTransposasesVDJ RecombinasesConceptsRecombination signal sequencesConformational changesSynaptic complex formationAbsence of DNAAssembly of immunoglobulinMajor conformational changesIntrinsic protein fluorophoresProtein intrinsic fluorescenceSolvent-exposed environmentRAG2 proteinsRAG1/2 complexSingle DNA moleculesRAG1 proteinSignal sequenceAcrylamide quenching studiesT-cell receptor genesStrep-tagRecombination specificityDNA moleculesProtein fluorophoresRAG1Receptor geneProteinIntrinsic fluorescenceCircular dichroismInducible Gene Expression Using an Autoregulatory, Tetracycline‐Controlled System
Shockett P, Schatz D. Inducible Gene Expression Using an Autoregulatory, Tetracycline‐Controlled System. Current Protocols In Molecular Biology 2002, 60: 16.14.1-16.14.9. PMID: 18265300, DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1614s60.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInducible gene expressionSelectable markerGene expressionSecond selectable markerCell linesFibroblast cell lineTransient transfectionGene protein expressionResultant clonesStable linesMarker plasmidPlasmidProtein expressionAdherent cellsTransactivatorExpressionTransfectionCellsTargetGenesSupport protocolClonesLinesMarkersAutoregulatory
1999
A dimer of the lymphoid protein RAG1 recognizes the recombination signal sequence and the complex stably incorporates the high mobility group protein HMG2
Rodgers K, Villey I, Ptaszek L, Corbett E, Schatz D, Coleman J. A dimer of the lymphoid protein RAG1 recognizes the recombination signal sequence and the complex stably incorporates the high mobility group protein HMG2. Nucleic Acids Research 1999, 27: 2938-2946. PMID: 10390537, PMCID: PMC148510, DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.14.2938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombination signal sequencesSignal sequenceCore RAG1RAG1/RAG2 complexAbsence of RAG2Lymphoid-specific proteinsElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysSingle recombination signal sequencesMobility shift assaysRAG1 proteinProteins RAG1DNA sequencesMinimal speciesShift assaysOligomeric complexesHeptamer sequenceCompetition assaysRAG1Escherichia coliOligomeric formsRAG2Cleavage activityHMG2ProteinJ region
1997
Definition of a large region of RAG1 that is important for coimmunoprecipitation of RAG2.
McMahan CJ, Sadofsky MJ, Schatz DG. Definition of a large region of RAG1 that is important for coimmunoprecipitation of RAG2. The Journal Of Immunology 1997, 158: 2202-10. PMID: 9036966, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.158.5.2202.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
RAG1 Mediates Signal Sequence Recognition and Recruitment of RAG2 in V(D)J Recombination
Difilippantonio M, McMahan C, Eastman Q, Spanopoulou E, Schatz D. RAG1 Mediates Signal Sequence Recognition and Recruitment of RAG2 in V(D)J Recombination. Cell 1996, 87: 253-262. PMID: 8861909, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81343-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceCell LineDNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA-Binding ProteinsGenes, ImmunoglobulinHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMacromolecular SubstancesMolecular Sequence DataNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingProteinsRecombinant ProteinsRecombination, GeneticSalmonellaSequence AlignmentStructure-Activity RelationshipTranscriptional ActivationTransfectionConceptsDNA bindingAbsence of RAG2Signal sequence recognitionRegion of RAG1RAG2 proteinsBacterial invertasesSequence similarityRecombination signalsSpecific binding interactionsRAG1Sequence recognitionDNA cleavageRAG2Binding interactionsProteinBindingRecombinationRecent studiesSignal recognitionInvertaseHeptamerRecruitmentCleavageLocalizationVivoInitiation of V(D)J recombination in vitro obeying the 12/23 rule
Eastman Q, Leu T, Schatz D. Initiation of V(D)J recombination in vitro obeying the 12/23 rule. Nature 1996, 380: 85-88. PMID: 8598914, DOI: 10.1038/380085a0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
A modified tetracycline-regulated system provides autoregulatory, inducible gene expression in cultured cells and transgenic mice.
Shockett P, Difilippantonio M, Hellman N, Schatz DG. A modified tetracycline-regulated system provides autoregulatory, inducible gene expression in cultured cells and transgenic mice. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1995, 92: 6522-6526. PMID: 7604026, PMCID: PMC41550, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.14.6522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3T3 CellsAnimalsBlotting, WesternCells, CulturedDNA NucleotidyltransferasesGene Expression RegulationHerpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65MiceMice, TransgenicOpen Reading FramesPlasmidsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRepressor ProteinsRestriction MappingRNA, MessengerSequence DeletionTetracyclineTrans-ActivatorsTransfectionVDJ RecombinasesConceptsInducible gene expressionGene expressionTetracycline-regulated gene expressionTranscriptional activation domainCultured cellsTetracycline-regulated systemTransgenic miceExpression of tTAAutoregulatory systemActivation domainTTA geneInducible promoterTetracycline repressorInducible expressionFusion proteinTransactivator proteinConstitutive expressionTransgenic animalsGene 1Induced levelsRecombination activityMost tissuesConstitutive systemProteinCell lines
1990
RAG-1 and RAG-2, Adjacent Genes That Synergistically Activate V(D)J Recombination
Oettinger M, Schatz D, Gorka C, Baltimore D. RAG-1 and RAG-2, Adjacent Genes That Synergistically Activate V(D)J Recombination. Science 1990, 248: 1517-1523. PMID: 2360047, DOI: 10.1126/science.2360047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBiological EvolutionCattleCell LineChickensCricetinaeDNADNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDogsFemaleGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteGene Rearrangement, T-LymphocyteHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMaleMiceMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyNuclear ProteinsNucleic Acid HybridizationOpossumsProteinsRabbitsRecombination, GeneticRestriction MappingTransfectionTurtlesVDJ RecombinasesConceptsRAG-2RAG-1Adjacent genesRecombinase activityFrequency of recombinationPutative proteinUntranslated sequenceSingle exonGenomic rearrangementsExpression patternsVast repertoireGenesComplementary DNAAmino acidsT cell receptorCell receptorRecombinationSequenceKilobasesExonsCotransfectionRecombinaseSpeciesProteinDNA
1989
The V(D)J recombination activating gene, RAG-1
Schatz D, Oettinger M, Baltimore D. The V(D)J recombination activating gene, RAG-1. Cell 1989, 59: 1035-1048. PMID: 2598259, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90760-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBiological EvolutionCell LineCloning, MolecularDNA NucleotidyltransferasesGene Expression RegulationGene LibraryGene Rearrangement, T-LymphocyteGenes, ImmunoglobulinGenomic LibraryHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid HybridizationOligonucleotide ProbesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRecombination, GeneticSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidT-LymphocytesTransfectionVDJ Recombinases
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