@article{829438c362064ddc9e707dff518fcbd6,
title = "Uracil residues dependent on the deaminase AID in immunoglobulin gene variable and switch regions",
abstract = "Activation-induced deaminase (AID) initiates diversity of immunoglobulin genes through deamination of cytosine to uracil. Two opposing models have been proposed for the deamination of DNA or RNA by AID. Although most data support DNA deamination, there is no physical evidence of uracil residues in immunoglobulin genes. Here we demonstrate their presence by determining the sensitivity of DNA to digestion with uracil DNA glycosylase (UNG) and abasic endonuclease. Using several methods of detection, we identified uracil residues in the variable and switch regions. Uracil residues were generated within 24 h of B cell stimulation, were present on both DNA strands and were found to replace mainly cytosine bases. Our data provide direct evidence for the model that AID functions by deaminating cytosine residues in DNA.",
author = "Maul, {Robert W.} and Huseyin Saribasak and Martomo, {Stella A.} and McClure, {Rhonda L.} and William Yang and Alexandra Vaisman and Gramlich, {Hillary S.} and Schatz, {David G.} and Roger Woodgate and Wilson, {David M.} and Gearhart, {Patricia J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank J. Stivers (John Hopkins University) for UNG; S. Wilson (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health) for polymerase βlyase; R. Kohli (University of Pennsylvania), J. Buerstedde and H. Arakawa (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry) for reagents and advice; S. Fugmann and R. Sen for discussions; T. Wolf, C. Nguyen and R. Wersto for assistance in flow cytometry; and the Comparative Medicine Section for mouse maintenance. Supported by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (Intramural Research Program) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (D.G.S.).",
year = "2011",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1038/ni.1970",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "12",
pages = "70--76",
journal = "Nature Immunology",
issn = "1529-2908",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}