2014
Induction of homologous recombination between sequence repeats by the activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID) protein
Buerstedde JM, Lowndes N, Schatz DG. Induction of homologous recombination between sequence repeats by the activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID) protein. ELife 2014, 3: e03110. PMID: 25006166, PMCID: PMC4080448, DOI: 10.7554/elife.03110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceB-LymphocytesCell LineChickensCrossing Over, GeneticCytidine DeaminaseGene ConversionGenes, ReporterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHomologous RecombinationHumansImmunoglobulin Switch RegionLuminescent ProteinsMiceModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid HeteroduplexesRecombinational DNA RepairRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidSequence DeletionSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinConceptsHomologous recombinationCytidine deaminase proteinSequence repeatsCytidine deaminationDNA end resectionHundreds of basesAnalysis of recombinantsVertebrate cellsGene conversionRepeat recombinationEnd resectionHolliday junctionsHomologous sequencesSequence homologyReporter transgeneStrand invasionIntergenic deletionRecombinogenic activityImmunoglobulin lociRepeatsSomatic hypermutationHeteroduplex formationRecombinationProteinDeamination
2006
Mobilization of RAG-Generated Signal Ends by Transposition and Insertion In Vivo
Chatterji M, Tsai CL, Schatz DG. Mobilization of RAG-Generated Signal Ends by Transposition and Insertion In Vivo. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2006, 26: 1558-1568. PMID: 16449665, PMCID: PMC1367191, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.4.1558-1568.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRAG proteinsVertebrate cellsTransposition eventsEnd fragmentsFull-length RAG2Embryonic kidney cell lineHuman embryonic kidney cell lineTarget site duplicationsGenome instabilityHuman genomeSignal endsKidney cell lineGenomic instabilityTranslocation eventsSite duplicationsChromosomal translocationsDNA cleavageComplex rearrangementsChromosome deletionsEssential roleProteinCell linesEpisomesDeletionAssays
1997
A Basic Motif in the N-Terminal Region of RAG1 Enhances V(D)J Recombination Activity
McMahan C, Difilippantonio M, Rao N, Spanopoulou E, Schatz D. A Basic Motif in the N-Terminal Region of RAG1 Enhances V(D)J Recombination Activity. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1997, 17: 4544-4552. PMID: 9234712, PMCID: PMC232308, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.8.4544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasic amino acid motifN-terminal regionSite-specific DNA recognitionRecombination activityCell-specific componentsComponent gene segmentsExtrachromosomal recombination substratesAmino acid motifsAmino acids 216Site-specific recombination reactionAntigen receptor genesEvolutionary conservationNuclear transportRAG2 proteinsRAG1 proteinRecombination functionsRecombination substratesDeletion analysisDNA recognitionEnzymatic machineryAcid motifFurther mutagenesisSRP-1N-terminusRAG1Definition 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
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