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D-Index
81
Citations
20555
World Ranking
3947
National Ranking
294

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

John Kendrick-Jones is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span several key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and cell biology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Biotin and Related Studies

John Kendrick-Jones has published research in various scientific venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Recent papers by Kendrick-Jones are:

  • Motor domain phosphorylation increases nucleotide exchange and turns MYO6 into a faster and stronger motor, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Approaches to Identify and Characterise MYO6-Cargo Interactions, 2020, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Their work involves collaboration with frequent co-authors such as Folma Buß, Janeska J. de Jonge, Andreas Graw, Vasileios Kargas, and Christopher Batters.

Kendrick-Jones's research encompasses several fields, mainly:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, they have contributed notably to subfields like molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and cell biology.

John Kendrick-Jones has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an affiliation reflecting standing in the molecular biology community.

Best Publications

  • Movement and force produced by a single myosin head

    J. E. Molloy;J. E. Burns;J. Kendrick-Jones;R. T. Tregear

  • Cingulin, a new peripheral component of tight junctions.

    Sandra Citi;Sandra Citi;Helena Sabanay;Ross Jakes;Benjamin Geiger

  • Mutations in the myosin VIIA gene cause non-syndromic recessive deafness.

    X. Z. Liu;J. Walsh;P. Mburu;J. Kendrick-Jones

  • Primary structure of dystrophin-related protein.

    Jonathon M. Tinsley;Derek J. Blake;A. Roche;U. Fairbrother

  • Regulation in molluscan muscles

    John Kendrick-Jones;William Lehman;Andrew G. Szent-Györgyi

  • Light-chain phosphorylation controls the conformation of vertebrate non-muscle and smooth muscle myosin molecules.

    Roger Craig;Roger Craig;Robin Smith;John Kendrick-Jones

  • Optineurin links myosin VI to the Golgi complex and is involved in Golgi organization and exocytosis.

    Daniela A. Sahlender;Rhys C. Roberts;Susan D. Arden;Giulietta Spudich

  • Localized mutations in the gene encoding the cytoskeletal protein filamin A cause diverse malformations in humans.

    Stephen P. Robertson;Stephen P. Robertson;Stephen R.F. Twigg;Andrew J. Sutherland-Smith;Valérie Biancalana

  • The light chains of scallop myosin as regulatory subunits.

    Andrew G. Szent-Györgyi;Eva M. Szentkiralyi;John Kendrick-Jones

  • Load-dependent kinetics of force production by smooth muscle myosin measured with optical tweezers

    Claudia Veigel;Justin E. Molloy;Stephan Schmitz;John Kendrick-Jones

  • Regulation of non-muscle myosin assembly by calmodulin-dependent light chain kinase.

    J. M. Scholey;K. A. Taylor;K. A. Taylor;J. Kendrick-Jones

  • Cingulin Contains Globular and Coiled-Coil Domains and Interacts with Zo-1, Zo-2, Zo-3, and Myosin

    Michelangelo Cordenonsi;Fabio D'Atri;Eva Hammar;David A.D. Parry

  • Paramyosin and the filaments of molluscan "catch" muscles. II. Native filaments: isolation and characterization.

    Andrew G. Szent-Györgyi;Carolyn Cohen;John Kendrick-Jones

  • Regulatory light chains in myosins

    John Kendrick-Jones;Eva M. Szentkiralyi;Andrew G. Szent-Györgyi

  • Myosin VI isoform localized to clathrin‐coated vesicles with a role in clathrin‐mediated endocytosis

    Folma Buss;Susan D. Arden;Margaret Lindsay;J. Paul Luzio

  • Conservation within the myosin motor domain: implications for structure and function.

    M Jamie Tv Cope;James Whisstock;Ivan Rayment;John Kendrick-Jones

  • Autophagy-receptors link myosin VI to autophagosomes to mediate Tom1-dependent autophagosome maturation and fusion with the lysosome

    David A. Tumbarello;Bennett J. Waxse;Susan D. Arden;Nicholas A. Bright

  • The Localization of Myosin VI at the Golgi Complex and Leading Edge of Fibroblasts and Its Phosphorylation and Recruitment into Membrane Ruffles of A431 Cells after Growth Factor Stimulation

    Folma Buss;John Kendrick-Jones;Corinne Lionne;Alex E. Knight

  • Paramyosin and the filaments of molluscan "catch" muscles. I. Paramyosin: structure and assembly.

    Carolyn Cohen;Andrew G. Szent-Györgyi;John Kendrick-Jones

  • OPD-spectrum Disorders Clinical Collaborative Group. Localized mutations in the gene encoding the cytoskeletal protein filamin A cause diverse malformations in humans

    SP Robertson;Twigg;AJ Sutherland-Smith;Biancalana

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra Citi
Sandra Citi University of Geneva
Robert A. Cross
Robert A. Cross University of Warwick
Jonathan M. Scholey
Jonathan M. Scholey University of California, Davis
David R. Trentham
David R. Trentham King's College London
J. Paul Luzio
J. Paul Luzio University of Cambridge
Malcolm Irving
Malcolm Irving King's College London
Ross Jakes
Ross Jakes MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
James R. Sellers
James R. Sellers National Institutes of Health
Kay E. Davies
Kay E. Davies University of Oxford
John E. T. Corrie
John E. T. Corrie Medical Research Council

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