2014
Targeting Of Somatic Hypermutation By immunoglobulin Enhancer And Enhancer-Like Sequences
Buerstedde JM, Alinikula J, Arakawa H, McDonald JJ, Schatz DG. Targeting Of Somatic Hypermutation By immunoglobulin Enhancer And Enhancer-Like Sequences. PLOS Biology 2014, 12: e1001831. PMID: 24691034, PMCID: PMC3972084, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodiesBinding SitesB-LymphocytesCell LineChickensCytidine DeaminaseE-Box ElementsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Knockout TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsLymphocyte ActivationMEF2 Transcription FactorsMiceMutationNF-kappa BSequence AlignmentSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinTranscription, GeneticUracil-DNA GlycosidaseConceptsSomatic hypermutationIg enhancersNovel regulatory functionStimulation of transcriptionEnhancer-like elementCytidine deaminase proteinEnhancer-like sequenceActivation-induced cytidine deaminase proteinGene specificityTranscriptional roleHeavy chain intron enhancerTranscription unitGenetic diversityEts familyE-boxChicken cellsRegulatory functionsIntron enhancerFull activationImmunoglobulin genesTarget sequenceImmunoglobulin enhancerPoint mutationsEnhancerTranscription
2013
The Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated kinase controls Igκ allelic exclusion by inhibiting secondary Vκ-to-Jκ rearrangements
Steinel NC, Lee BS, Tubbs AT, Bednarski JJ, Schulte E, Yang-Iott KS, Schatz DG, Sleckman BP, Bassing CH. The Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated kinase controls Igκ allelic exclusion by inhibiting secondary Vκ-to-Jκ rearrangements. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2013, 210: 233-239. PMID: 23382544, PMCID: PMC3570110, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20121605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAllelesAnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsBase SequenceB-LymphocytesCell Cycle ProteinsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light ChainHistonesHomeodomain ProteinsImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, KnockoutModels, BiologicalProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsDNA double-strand breaksRAG DNA double-strand breaksAllelic exclusionIgκ rearrangementAtaxia telangiectasiaProtein kinase kinaseAntigen receptor chainsDouble-strand breaksHistone H2AX phosphorylationFeedback inhibitionATM kinaseIgκ recombinationKinase kinaseDNA-PKConcomitant repressionH2AX phosphorylationRAG endonucleaseReceptor chainsMDC1H2AXKinaseAllelesRecombinationRearrangementTelangiectasia
2012
Clonal allelic predetermination of immunoglobulin-κ rearrangement
Farago M, Rosenbluh C, Tevlin M, Fraenkel S, Schlesinger S, Masika H, Gouzman M, Teng G, Schatz D, Rais Y, Hanna JH, Mildner A, Jung S, Mostoslavsky G, Cedar H, Bergman Y. Clonal allelic predetermination of immunoglobulin-κ rearrangement. Nature 2012, 490: 561-565. PMID: 23023124, DOI: 10.1038/nature11496.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
The In Vivo Pattern of Binding of RAG1 and RAG2 to Antigen Receptor Loci
Ji Y, Resch W, Corbett E, Yamane A, Casellas R, Schatz DG. The In Vivo Pattern of Binding of RAG1 and RAG2 to Antigen Receptor Loci. Cell 2010, 141: 419-431. PMID: 20398922, PMCID: PMC2879619, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJ gene segmentsRAG proteinsGene segmentsSignal sequenceLineage-specific mannerAntigen receptor lociRecombination signal sequencesLysine 4Active chromatinRAG2 bindThousands of sitesHistone 3Receptor locusDevelopmental stagesD gene segmentsDiscrete sitesCritical initial stepVivo patternRAG1BindingRAG2Beta JProteinRecombinationSpecific binding
2007
Strand-Biased Spreading of Mutations During Somatic Hypermutation
Unniraman S, Schatz DG. Strand-Biased Spreading of Mutations During Somatic Hypermutation. Science 2007, 317: 1227-1230. PMID: 17761884, DOI: 10.1126/science.1145065.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Roles of the Ig κ Light Chain Intronic and 3′ Enhancers in Igk Somatic Hypermutation
Inlay MA, Gao HH, Odegard VH, Lin T, Schatz DG, Xu Y. Roles of the Ig κ Light Chain Intronic and 3′ Enhancers in Igk Somatic Hypermutation. The Journal Of Immunology 2006, 177: 1146-1151. PMID: 16818772, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.2.1146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCells, CulturedDown-RegulationEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene DeletionGene Expression RegulationGerminal CenterImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsIntronsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicRNA, MessengerSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinSpleen
1987
Increased frequency of N-region insertion in a murine pre-B-cell line infected with a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase retroviral expression vector.
Landau NR, Schatz DG, Rosa M, Baltimore D. Increased frequency of N-region insertion in a murine pre-B-cell line infected with a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase retroviral expression vector. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1987, 7: 3237-3243. PMID: 3118194, PMCID: PMC367960, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.9.3237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-B cell linesN-region insertionsRetroviral expression vectorExpression vectorCell linesMurine pre-B cell lineImmunoglobulin light chain genesNucleotide sequence analysisLight chain genesV-J junctionGene junctionSequence analysisImmunoglobulin genesGenesRearrangement substratesTerminal deoxynucleotidyl transferaseContinuous rearrangementApparent absenceJunctional sitesProvirusDeoxynucleotidyl transferaseRearrangementControl vectorN regionInsertion