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
2004
Synapsis of Recombination Signal Sequences Located in cis and DNA Underwinding in V(D)J Recombination
Ciubotaru M, Schatz DG. Synapsis of Recombination Signal Sequences Located in cis and DNA Underwinding in V(D)J Recombination. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2004, 24: 8727-8744. PMID: 15367690, PMCID: PMC516766, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.19.8727-8744.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombination signal sequencesDNA substratesSignal sequenceDNA distortionHigh mobility group proteinsProtein conformational changesSame DNA moleculeDouble-strand DNA cleavageRAG proteinsRAG2 proteinsDNA underwindingGroup proteinsSite of cleavagePreferred substrateConformational changesDNA moleculesDNA cleavageProteinRelaxed substrateUnderwindingRecombinationCleavageSequenceSuch substratesHMG1
1999
DNA Hairpin Opening Mediated by the RAG1 and RAG2 Proteins
Shockett P, Schatz D. DNA Hairpin Opening Mediated by the RAG1 and RAG2 Proteins. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1999, 19: 4159-4166. PMID: 10330156, PMCID: PMC104375, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.6.4159.Peer-Reviewed Original Research