Chris Somerville

Research.com Recognitions

• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
• 2002 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Best Publications

• Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma

  David Tilman;Robert Socolow;Jonathan A. Foley;Jason Hill

  1986
  Citations

• Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls

  Chris Somerville;Chris Somerville;Stefan Bauer;Ginger Brininstool;Michelle Facette;Michelle Facette

  1553
  Citations

• Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

  Chris Somerville;Heather Youngs;Caroline Taylor;Sarah C. Davis

  1535
  Citations

• Visualization of Cellulose Synthase Demonstrates Functional Association with Microtubules

  Alexander R. Paredez;Alexander R. Paredez;Christopher R. Somerville;Christopher R. Somerville;David W. Ehrhardt

  1512
  Citations

• Insensitivity to Ethylene Conferred by a Dominant Mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana

  Anthony B. Bleecker;Mark A. Estelle;Chris Somerville;Hans Kende

  1309
  Citations

• Cellulose Synthesis in Higher Plants

  Chris Somerville

  1217
  Citations

• Random GFP∷cDNA fusions enable visualization of subcellular structures in cells of Arabidopsis at a high frequency

  Sean R. Cutler;David W. Ehrhardt;Joel S. Griffitts;Chris R. Somerville

  1149
  Citations

• Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

  Xiaoying Lin;Samir Kaul;Steve Rounsley;Terrance P. Shea

  972
  Citations

• Catalytic Plasticity of Fatty Acid Modification Enzymes Underlying Chemical Diversity of Plant Lipids

  Pierre Broun;John Shanklin;Ed Whittle;Chris Somerville

  922
  Citations

• Glycerolipid Synthesis: Biochemistry and Regulation

  J Browse;C Somerville

  842
  Citations

• Genes Galore: A Summary of Methods for Accessing Results from Large-Scale Partial Sequencing of Anonymous Arabidopsis cDNA Clones

  T. Newman;F. J. de Bruijn;P. Green;K. Keegstra

  831
  Citations

• Gibberellin Is Required for Flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana under Short Days.

  Ruth N. Wilson;John W. Heckman;Chris R. Somerville

  802
  Citations

• Collapsed xylem phenotype of Arabidopsis identifies mutants deficient in cellulose deposition in the secondary cell wall.

  Simon R. Turner;Chris R. Somerville

  779
  Citations

• Sulfonylurea-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

  George W. Haughn;Chris Somerville

  779
  Citations

• The Cellulose Synthase Superfamily

  Todd A. Richmond;Chris R. Somerville;Chris R. Somerville

  771
  Citations

• Map-based cloning of a gene controlling omega-3 fatty acid desaturation in Arabidopsis

  Vincent Arondel;Bertrand Lemieux;Inhwan Hwang;Sue Gibson

  764
  Citations

• Auxin-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with an altered morphology

  Mark A. Estelle;Chris Somerville

  734
  Citations

• Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis PHO1 gene involved in phosphate loading to the xylem.

  Dirk Hamburger;Enea Rezzonico;Jean MacDonald-Comber Petétot;Chris Somerville

  733
  Citations

• Genetic evidence for three unique components in primary cell-wall cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis

  Staffan Persson;Alexander Paredez;Andrew Carroll;Hildur Palsdottir

  705
  Citations

• Identification of genes required for cellulose synthesis by regression analysis of public microarray data sets

  Staffan Persson;Hairong Wei;Jennifer Milne;Grier P. Page

  668
  Citations

• Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology

  Winslow R. Briggs;Russell L. Jones;Virginia Walbot;Christopher R. Somerville

  235
  Citations