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
2002
Somatic Hypermutation of Immunoglobulin Genes Merging Mechanisms for Genetic Diversity
Papavasiliou FN, Schatz DG. Somatic Hypermutation of Immunoglobulin Genes Merging Mechanisms for Genetic Diversity. Cell 2002, 109: s35-s44. PMID: 11983151, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00706-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseSomatic hypermutationRNA editing enzymeDNA strand lesionsGenetic diversityEditing enzymeMolecular mechanismsRepair moleculesStrand lesionsCytidine deaminaseHypermutation processHypermutationRecent studiesModification reactionsEffective immune responseRecent advancesHigh-affinity antibodiesImmune responseDiversityEnzymePathwayMechanismDeaminaseDiscovery