2020
Position-Dependent Differential Targeting of Somatic Hypermutation
Zhou JQ, Kleinstein SH. Position-Dependent Differential Targeting of Somatic Hypermutation. The Journal Of Immunology 2020, 205: 3468-3479. PMID: 33188076, PMCID: PMC7726104, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic hypermutationSHM targetingIg sequencesSame DNA motifTranscription start siteAllele-specific effectsInfluence of selectionGene familyVariable gene familiesDNA motifsSequence neighborhoodError-prone repairStart siteAb diversityDNA lesionsDifferential targetingUnique motifMotifSequenceTargetingHypermutationEffective humoral immunityIntrinsic biasesAffinity maturationLarge collection
2015
Change-O: a toolkit for analyzing large-scale B cell immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing data
Gupta NT, Vander Heiden JA, Uduman M, Gadala-Maria D, Yaari G, Kleinstein SH. Change-O: a toolkit for analyzing large-scale B cell immunoglobulin repertoire sequencing data. Bioinformatics 2015, 31: 3356-3358. PMID: 26069265, PMCID: PMC4793929, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-throughput sequencing technologyB cell immunoglobulinLarge-scale characterizationLineage treesSpecialized computational methodsSelection pressureSequencing technologiesSomatic diversityClonal populationsIg repertoireSomatic hypermutationIg sequencesDiversityNon-commercial useSuite of utilitiesRepertoire diversityGermlineComputational methodsAllelesHypermutation
2008
Two levels of protection for the B cell genome during somatic hypermutation
Liu M, Duke JL, Richter DJ, Vinuesa CG, Goodnow CC, Kleinstein SH, Schatz DG. Two levels of protection for the B cell genome during somatic hypermutation. Nature 2008, 451: 841-845. PMID: 18273020, DOI: 10.1038/nature06547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsError-free DNA repairB cell genomeGenomic stabilityNumerous oncogenesDNA repairCell genomeBase excisionGenomeMismatch repairImmunoglobulin genesSomatic hypermutationWidespread mutationsHypermutationB-cell tumorsB-cell malignanciesHigh-affinity antibodiesB cellsGenesOncogeneLarge fractionDiversityVital roleMutationsEnzymeRepair
2006
Mutation parameters from DNA sequence data using graph theoretic measures on lineage trees
Magori-Cohen R, Louzoun Y, Kleinstein SH. Mutation parameters from DNA sequence data using graph theoretic measures on lineage trees. Bioinformatics 2006, 22: e332-e340. PMID: 16873490, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLineage treesDNA sequencesDNA sequence dataSomatic hypermutationMaximum likelihood analysisTree shapeBioinformatics methodsSequence dataLethal mutationsMutation rateNumber of generationsLikelihood analysisMutation parametersB cellsSynthetic treeClonal expansionTreesSequenceMutationsHypermutationAffinity maturationCellsImportant linkClonesUnexpected locations