Chris Somerville

40.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
191 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

Chris Somerville is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Somerville has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 119 papers in Plant Science and 35 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Chris Somerville's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (47 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (47 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers). Chris Somerville is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (47 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (47 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers). Chris Somerville collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Chris Somerville's co-authors include John Browse, Mark Estelle, Andrew Carroll, George W. Haughn, David W. Ehrhardt, Heather Youngs, Shauna Somerville, Sean R. Cutler, William L. Ogren and Staffan Persson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Chris Somerville

190 papers receiving 27.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma

2009 1.2k citations Chris Somerville et al. Science profile →
Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

2010 999 citations Chris Somerville et al. Science profile →
Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls

2004 948 citations Chris Somerville, Štefan Bauer et al. Science profile →
Random GFP∷cDNA fusions enable visualization of subcellular structures in cells of Arabidopsis at a high frequency

2000 811 citations David W. Ehrhardt, Chris Somerville et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Insensitivity to Ethylene Conferred by a Dominant Mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana

1988 749 citations Chris Somerville et al. Science profile →
Cellulose Synthesis in Higher Plants

2006 716 citations Chris Somerville profile →
Cellulosic Biofuels

2008 534 citations Andrew Carroll, Chris Somerville profile →
Sulfonylurea-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

1986 493 citations Chris Somerville et al. profile →
Auxin-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with an altered morphology

1987 492 citations Chris Somerville et al. profile →
Alterations in Growth, Photosynthesis, and Respiration in a Starchless Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Deficient in Chloroplast Phosphoglucomutase Activity

1985 435 citations Chris Somerville et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Somerville

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	TRANVIA (TVA) facilitates cellulose synthase trafficking and delivery to the plasma membrane 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tamara Vellosillo, José R. Dinneny, Chris Somerville, David W. Ehrhardt	21
2	Anisotropic Cell Expansion Is Affected through the Bidirectional Mobility of Cellulose Synthase Complexes and Phosphorylation at Two Critical Residues on CESA3 2016 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Shaolin Chen, Honglei Jia, (unknown), Dan Liu, Yanmei Liu, Boyang Liu, Štefan Bauer, Chris Somerville	51
3	Complexes with Mixed Primary and Secondary Cellulose Synthases Are Functional in Arabidopsis Plants 2012 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Andrew Carroll, Nasim Mansoori, Shundai Li, Lei Lei, Samantha Vernhettes, Richard G. F. Visser, Chris Somerville, Ying Gu, Luisa M. Trindade	77
4	Metabolic click-labeling with a fucose analog reveals pectin delivery, architecture, and dynamics in Arabidopsis cell walls 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Charles T. Anderson, Ian S. Wallace, Chris Somerville	122
5	O-Glycosylated Cell Wall Proteins Are Essential in Root Hair Growth 2011 ·Science ·Silvia M. Velasquez, Martiniano M. Ricardi, (unknown), Paula Virginia Fernández, Alejandro D. Nadra, Laércio Pol Fachin, Jack Egelund, Sascha Gille, Jesper Harholt, Marina Ciancia, Hugo Verli, Markus Pauly, Antony Bacic, Carl Erik Olsen, Peter Ulvskov, Bent Larsen Petersen, Chris Somerville, Norberto D. Iusem, José M. Estevez	239
6	Mutations of cellulose synthase (CESA1) phosphorylation sites modulate anisotropic cell expansion and bidirectional mobility of cellulose synthase 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shaolin Chen, David W. Ehrhardt, Chris Somerville	130
7	Real-Time Imaging of Cellulose Reorientation during Cell Wall Expansion in Arabidopsis Roots 2009 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Charles T. Anderson, Andrew Carroll, Laila Akhmetova, Chris Somerville	323
8	Discovery of Lignin in Seaweed Reveals Convergent Evolution of Cell-Wall Architecture 2009 ·Current Biology ·Patrick T. Martone, José M. Estevez, Fachuang Lu, K. Ruel, Mark W. Denny, Chris Somerville, John Ralph	324
9	Genetic Evidence That Cellulose Synthase Activity Influences Microtubule Cortical Array Organization 2008 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Alexander R. Paredez, Staffan Persson, David W. Ehrhardt, Chris Somerville	129
10	A conserved role for kinesin-5 in plant mitosis 2007 ·Journal of Cell Science ·(unknown), Wolf‐Rüdiger Scheible, Wolfgang Lukowitz, Carey J. Fagerstrom, Patricia Wadsworth, Chris Somerville, Tobias I. Baskin	79
11	The GRV2/RME‐8 protein of Arabidopsis functions in the late endocytic pathway and is required for vacuolar membrane flow 2007 ·The Plant Journal ·(unknown), David W. Ehrhardt, (unknown), Christine Faulkner, Karl Oparka, Chris Somerville	64
12	Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins Are Required for Cell Wall Synthesis and Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis 2005 ·The Plant Cell ·C. Stewart Gillmor, Wolfgang Lukowitz, (unknown), John C. Sedbrook, Thorsten Hamann, (unknown), Chris Somerville	114
13	Stomatal Development and Pattern Controlled by a MAPKK Kinase 2004 ·Science ·Dominique C. Bergmann, Wolfgang Lukowitz, Chris Somerville	440
14	Identification and Characterization of the Arabidopsis PHO1 Gene Involved in Phosphate Loading to the Xylem 2002 ·The Plant Cell ·(unknown), Enea Rezzonico, (unknown), Chris Somerville, Yves Poirier	429
15	The Arabidopsis SKU5 Gene Encodes an Extracellular Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol–Anchored Glycoprotein Involved in Directional Root Growth[W] 2002 ·The Plant Cell ·John C. Sedbrook, Kathleen L. Carroll, Kai F. Hung, Patrick Masson, Chris Somerville	191
16	Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with altered cell wall polysaccharide composition 1997 ·The Plant Journal ·Wolf‐Dieter Reiter, Clint Chapple, Chris Somerville	210
17	Chilling-sensitive mutants of arabidopsis 1995 ·Plant Molecular Biology Reporter ·Jane C. Schneider, Suzanne Hugly, Chris Somerville	27
18	Perspectives on the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in plants 1992 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Yves Poirier, Douglas Dennis, Karen L. Klomparens, Christiane Nawrath, Chris Somerville	31
19	The Effects of Reduced Amounts of Lipid Unsaturation on Chloroplast Ultrastructure and Photosynthesis in a Mutant of Arabidopsis 1987 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Peter McCourt, Ljerka Kunst, John Browse, Chris Somerville	53
20	Mutants of the cruciferous plant Arabidopsis thaliana lacking glycine decarboxylase activity 1982 ·Biochemical Journal ·Chris Somerville, William L. Ogren	75

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