Prof John Sommerville

Honorary Research fellow

Researcher profile

Email

js15@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

Ribonucleoprotein particles; chromatin structure; gene expression; early development

Selected publications

• The Scd6/Lsm14 protein xRAPB has properties different from RAP55 in selecting mRNA for early translation or intracellular distribution in Xenopus oocytes

  Ladomery, M. & Sommerville, J., 2015, In : Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene regulatory mechanisms. In press

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Dynamic regulation of histone modifications in Xenopus oocytes through histone exchange.

  Stewart, MD., Sommerville, J. & Wong, J., Sep 2006, In : Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26, 18, p. 6890-6901 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Xp54 and related (DDX6-like) RNA helicases: roles in messenger RNP assembly, translation regulation and RNA degradation

  Weston, A. & Sommerville, J., Jul 2006, In : Nucleic Acids Research. 34, 10, p. 3082-3094 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Signal recognition particle assembly in relation to the function of amplified nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes

  Sommerville, J., Brumwell, CL., Ritland Politz, JC. & Pederson, T., 15 Mar 2005, In : Journal of Cell Science. 118, 6, p. 1299-1307 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Electron Microscopy of Biomolecules

  Bock, C-T., Franz, A., Zentgraf, H. & Sommerville, J., 2004, Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine. Meyers, RA. (ed.). Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, p. 89-114

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter

• Nuclear import and activity of histone deacetylase in Xenopus oocytes is regulated by phosphorylation

  Smillie, DA., Llinas, AJ., Ryan, JTP., Kemp, G. D. & Sommerville, J., 1 Apr 2004, In : Journal of Cell Science. 117, 9, p. 1857 - 1866 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Expression in Xenopus oocytes shows that WT1 binds transcripts in vivo, with a central role for zinc finger one.

  Ladomery, M., Sommerville, J., Woolner, S., Slight, J. & Hastie, N., 15 Apr 2003, In : Journal of Cell Science. 116, p. 1539-1549 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• RNA helicase p54 (DDX6) is a shuttling protein involved in nuclear assembly of stored mRNP particles

  Smillie, DA. & Sommerville, J., 15 Jan 2002, In : Journal of Cell Science. 115, 2, p. 395-407 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• The nucleolus and biosynthesis of the signal recognition particle

  Politz, J. C., Lewandowski, L., Sommerville, J., Alayian, C. N., Brumwell, C. L. & Pederson, T., Nov 2002, In : Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13, 1 p., 106A-106A.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Abstract

• C4SR, a novel zinc-finger protein with SR-repeats, is expressed during early development of Xenopus

  Ladomery, M., Marshall, R., Arif, L. & Sommerville, J., 3 Oct 2000, In : Gene. 256, p. 293-302 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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