2015
Recruitment of RAG1 and RAG2 to Chromatinized DNA during V(D)J Recombination
Shetty K, Schatz DG. Recruitment of RAG1 and RAG2 to Chromatinized DNA during V(D)J Recombination. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2015, 35: 3701-3713. PMID: 26303526, PMCID: PMC4589606, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00219-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConserved heptamerRAG2 proteinsChromatin immunoprecipitationNonamer elementsRecombination substratesSignal sequenceNonamer sequencesMutant formsCryptic RSSsRAG1DNA cleavageGene segmentsChromatinCell linesRAG2ProteinRecruitmentRecombinationSequenceMajor roleMutagenesisImmunoprecipitationRepeatsRSSsRAG
2012
Localized epigenetic changes induced by DH recombination restricts recombinase to DJH junctions
Subrahmanyam R, Du H, Ivanova I, Chakraborty T, Ji Y, Zhang Y, Alt FW, Schatz DG, Sen R. Localized epigenetic changes induced by DH recombination restricts recombinase to DJH junctions. Nature Immunology 2012, 13: 1205-1212. PMID: 23104096, PMCID: PMC3685187, DOI: 10.1038/ni.2447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell LineChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy ChainGenes, Immunoglobulin Heavy ChainHistonesImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Joining RegionImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMicePrecursor Cells, B-LymphoidRecombinasesRecombination, Genetic
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 recognitionInvertaseHeptamerRecruitmentCleavageLocalizationVivo