Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20223767›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2010

Ubc13 dosage is critical for immunoglobulin gene conversion and gene targeting in vertebrate cells.

Isin Ertongur, Nils-Sebastian Tomi, André Kutzera, Sabine Fischer-Burkart, Berit Jungnickel

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 86% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isin ErtongurInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany.
Nils-Sebastian Tomi
André Kutzera
Sabine Fischer-Burkart
Berit Jungnickel
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In contrast to lower eukaryotes, most vertebrate cells are characterized by a moderate efficiency of homologous recombination (HR) and limited feasibility of targeted genetic modifications. As a notable exception, the chicken DT40 B cell line is distinguished by efficient homology-mediated repair of DNA lesions during Ig gene conversion, and also shows exceptionally high gene-targeting efficiencies. The molecular basis of these phenomena is elusive. Here we show that the activity levels of Ubc13, the E2 enzyme responsible for non-canonical K63-linked polyubiquitination, are critical for high efficiency of Ig gene conversion and gene targeting in DT40. Ubc13(+/-) cells show substantially lower homology-mediated repair, yet do not display changes in somatic hypermutation, overall DNA repair or cell proliferation. Our results suggest that modulation of the activity of K63-linked polyubiquitination may be used to customize HR efficiencies in vertebrate cells.

Indexed as

Gene ConversionGenes, ImmunoglobulinGene TargetingAnimalsCell LineChickensHeterozygoteUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes

Identifiers

PMID20223767
PMCPMC2919702
OpenAlexW2169633206

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.