2016
RAG1 targeting in the genome is dominated by chromatin interactions mediated by the non-core regions of RAG1 and RAG2
Maman Y, Teng G, Seth R, Kleinstein SH, Schatz DG. RAG1 targeting in the genome is dominated by chromatin interactions mediated by the non-core regions of RAG1 and RAG2. Nucleic Acids Research 2016, 44: 9624-9637. PMID: 27436288, PMCID: PMC5175335, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationGenomeGenomic InstabilityHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHistonesHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMiceNucleotide MotifsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsRecombination, GeneticV(D)J RecombinationConceptsAntigen receptor lociNon-core regionsReceptor locusPlant homeodomain (PHD) fingerChIP-seq dataWide bindingChromatin interactionsAdditional chromatinLysine 4Off-target activityGenomic featuresHistone 3Novel roleRAG1LociChromatinGenomeRAG2Observed patternsDistinct modesBindingH3K4me3H3K27acEndonucleaseRelative contribution
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 locusLoci