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Christopher M. Johnson is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing to 13 publications in these areas.

The scientist's work intersects significant subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Epidemiology. Their research topics cover Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Christopher M. Johnson include:

  • "Membrane characteristics tune activities of endosomal and autophagic human VPS34 complexes," 2020, eLife
  • "CCDC61/VFL3 Is a Paralog of SAS6 and Promotes Ciliary Functions," 2020, Structure
  • "Dual synaptic inhibitions of brainstem neurons by GABA and glycine with impact on Rett syndrome," 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • "In vivo evidence for the cellular basis of central hypoventilation of Rett syndrome and pharmacological correction in the rat model," 2021, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • "Dynamic catch-bonding generates the large stall forces of cytoplasmic dynein," 2020, Physical Biology

Their frequent publication venues reflect a breadth of research dissemination and include Journal of Cellular Physiology, eLife, Structure, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Physical Biology.

Collaborations have been established with several co-authors on multiple occasions, among them:

  • Stephen H. McLaughlin
  • Hao Xing
  • Ningren Cui
  • Chun Jiang
  • Yohei Ohashi

Christopher M. Johnson also has a contribution to academic book literature, with at least one book published through Springer Science+Business Media titled "Protein-Ligand Interactions" in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9

    A J Mungall;S A Palmer;S K Sims;C A Edwards

  • The complete folding pathway of a protein from nanoseconds to microseconds

    Ugo Mayor;Nicholas R. Guydosh;Christopher M. Johnson;J. Günter Grossmann

  • Antibodies mediate intracellular immunity through tripartite motif-containing 21 (TRIM21)

    Donna L. Mallery;William A. McEwan;Susanna R. Bidgood;Greg J. Towers

  • Thermodynamic stability of wild-type and mutant p53 core domain

    Alex N. Bullock;Julia Henckel;Brian S. DeDecker;Christopher M. Johnson

  • Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs): What They Do and How They Work

    Christopher M. Johnson;Alan D. Grossman

  • Heat does not come in different colours: Entropy-enthalpy compensation, free energy windows, quantum confinement, pressure perturbation calorimetry, solvation and the multiple causes of heat capacity effects in biomolecular interactions

    Alan Cooper;Christopher M Johnson;Jeremy H Lakey;Marcelo Nöllmann

  • Protein folding and unfolding in microseconds to nanoseconds by experiment and simulation

    Ugo Mayor;Christopher M. Johnson;Valerie Daggett;Alan R. Fersht

  • CD8 T Cell Clonal Expansion and Development of Effector Function Require Prolonged Exposure to Antigen, Costimulation, and Signal 3 Cytokine

    Julie M. Curtsinger;Christopher M. Johnson;Matthew F. Mescher

  • Structures of SAS-6 Suggest Its Organization in Centrioles

    Mark van Breugel;Masafumi Hirono;Antonina Andreeva;Haru-aki Yanagisawa

  • Differential scanning calorimetry as a tool for protein folding and stability.

    Christopher M. Johnson

  • Effect of cavity-creating mutations in the hydrophobic core of chymotrypsin inhibitor 2.

    Sophie E. Jackson;Marco Moracci;Nadia elMasry;Christopher M. Johnson

  • Ubiquitin Ser65 phosphorylation affects ubiquitin structure, chain assembly and hydrolysis.

    Tobias Wauer;Kirby N. Swatek;Jane L. Wagstaff;Christina Gladkova

  • Structure and flexibility of the endosomal Vps34 complex reveals the basis of its function on membranes

    Ksenia Rostislavleva;Nicolas Soler;Yohei Ohashi;Lufei Zhang

  • Solution structure of the nonmethyl-CpG-binding CXXC domain of the leukaemia-associated MLL histone methyltransferase

    Mark D Allen;Charles G Grummitt;Christine Hilcenko;Sandra Young Min

  • Wnt Signalosome Assembly by DEP Domain Swapping of Dishevelled

    Melissa V. Gammons;Miha Renko;Christopher M. Johnson;Trevor J. Rutherford

  • Bacterial actin MreB assembles in complex with cell shape protein RodZ

    Fusinita van den Ent;Christopher M Johnson;Logan Persons;Piet de Boer

  • Chaperone activity and structure of monomeric polypeptide binding domains of GroEL.

    Ralph Zahn;Ashley M. Buckle;Sarah Perrett;Christopher M. Johnson

  • Protein stability as a function of denaturant concentration: the thermal stability of barnase in the presence of urea.

    Christopher M. Johnson;Alan R. Fersht

  • Thermodynamic stability of wild-type and mutant p53 core domain (tumor suppressorydenaturationyfoldingyzincyprotein)

    Alex N. Bullock;Julia Henckel;Brian S. Dedecker;Christopher M. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Fersht
Alan R. Fersht University of Cambridge
Neil M. Ferguson
Neil M. Ferguson Imperial College London
Roger L. Williams
Roger L. Williams University of Cambridge
Gary M. Dunny
Gary M. Dunny University of Minnesota
Leo C. James
Leo C. James MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Valerie Daggett
Valerie Daggett University of Washington
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Jan Löwe
Jan Löwe MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Mariann Bienz
Mariann Bienz MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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