2012
Quantifying selection in high-throughput Immunoglobulin sequencing data sets
Yaari G, Uduman M, Kleinstein SH. Quantifying selection in high-throughput Immunoglobulin sequencing data sets. Nucleic Acids Research 2012, 40: e134-e134. PMID: 22641856, PMCID: PMC3458526, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantifying selectionDifferent selection pressuresHigh-throughput immunoglobulinSomatic hypermutationNext-generation sequencing dataDNA mutation patternsSomatic mutation patternsGroups of sequencesAntigen-driven selection processMutation patternsSequence dataSelection pressureSequencing dataB cell affinity maturationB-cell cancersNegative selection
2011
Somatic hypermutation targeting is influenced by location within the immunoglobulin V region
Cohen RM, Kleinstein SH, Louzoun Y. Somatic hypermutation targeting is influenced by location within the immunoglobulin V region. Molecular Immunology 2011, 48: 1477-1483. PMID: 21592579, PMCID: PMC3109224, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObserved mutation patternSpecific DNA motifsBiased codon usageImmunoglobulin V genesMutation accumulationGene positionCodon usageMutation patternsDNA motifsPositive selectionPosition-specific effectsImmunoglobulin V regionsNegative selectionB cellsMutationsMutation frequencyV geneGenesPeripheral B cellsSubstitution typeV regionsTargetingSpecific targetingCellsSequence