Thompson Ph.D., Sunnie

Thompson Ph.D., Sunnie
Associate Professor

Scientist, Cancer Cell Biology , O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor (P), Microbiology , Academic Joint Departments 2005 -
Associate Scientist (C), Center for AIDS Research , School of Medicine 2011 -
Scientist (C), Global Center for Craniofacial, Oral and Dental Disorders (GC-CODED) , School of Dentistry 2017 -
Scientist (C), O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center , School of Medicine 2019 -

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	BK Polyomavirus Activates the DNA Damage Response To Prolong S Phase. Journal of Virology. 93. 2019
2019	Translational control in virus-infected cells. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 11. 2019
2019	Erratum: Non-canonical translation initiation of the spliced mRNA encoding the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 basic leucine zipper protein (Nucleic acids research (2018) 46 20 (11030-11047)). Nucleic Acids Research. 47:1599. 2019
2019	Noncanonical translation initiation in eukaryotes. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 11. 2019
2018	Foxp1 Negatively Regulates T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation and Germinal Center Responses by Controlling Cell Migration and CTLA-4. Journal of Immunology. 200:586-594. 2018
2018	Non-canonical translation initiation of the spliced mRNA encoding the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 basic leucine zipper protein. Nucleic Acids Research. 46:11030-11047. 2018
2017	Erratum: Molecular analysis of the factorless internal ribosome entry site in Cricket Paralysis virus infection. Scientific Reports. 7:39439. 2017
2016	Molecular analysis of the factorless internal ribosome entry site in Cricket Paralysis virus infection. Scientific Reports. 6. 2016
2016	Identification of RNA Binding Proteins Associated with Dengue Virus RNA in Infected Cells Reveals Temporally Distinct Host Factor Requirements. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 10. 2016
2016	Structural domains within the HIV-1 mRNA and the ribosomal protein S25 influence cap-independent translation initiation. European Journal of Biochemistry. 2508-2527. 2016
2016	Cap-independent translational control of carcinogenesis. Frontiers in Oncology. 6. 2016
2014	Hu antigen R (HuR) is a positive regulator of the RNA-binding proteins TDP-43 and FUS/TLS: Implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289:31792-31804. 2014
2014	The 5' untranslated region of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 mRNA enables cap-independent translation initiation. Journal of Virology. 88:5936-5955. 2014
2013	Thiouracil cross-linking mass spectrometry: A cell-based method to identify host factors involved in viral amplification. Journal of Virology. 87:8697-8712. 2013
2013	Ribosomal protein S25 dependency reveals a common mechanism for diverse internal ribosome entry sites and ribosome shunting. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 33:1016-1026. 2013
2012	Tricks an IRES uses to enslave ribosomes. Trends in Microbiology. 20:558-566. 2012
2012	So you want to know if your message has an IRES?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA. 3:697-705. 2012
2011	RRNA Pseudouridylation Defects Affect Ribosomal Ligand Binding and Translational Fidelity from Yeast to Human Cells. Molecular Cell. 44:660-666. 2011
2011	In vivo functional analysis of the Dicistroviridae intergenic region internal ribosome entry sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 39:7276-7288. 2011
2011	Mechanism of translation initiation by Dicistroviridae IGR IRESs. Virology. 411:355-361. 2011
2009	RPS25 is essential for translation initiation by the Dicistroviridae and hepatitis C viral IRESs. Genes and Development. 23:2753-2764. 2009
2009	Translation initiation factors are not required for Dicistroviridae IRES function in vivo. RNA. 15:932-946. 2009
2008	Distinct eRF3 Requirements Suggest Alternate eRF1 Conformations Mediate Peptide Release during Eukaryotic Translation Termination. Molecular Cell. 30:599-609. 2008
2007	Conditional disruption of calcineurin B1 in osteoblasts increases bone formation and reduces bone resorption. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282:35318-35327. 2007
2003	Enterovirus 71 contains a type I IRES element that functions when eukaryotic initiation factor eIF4G is cleaved. Virology. 315:259-266. 2003
2001	Poly(A) Polymerase and the Regulation of Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276:41810-41816. 2001
2001	Internal initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediated by an initiator tRNA/eIF2-independent internal ribosome entry site element. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98:12972-12977. 2001
2001	Initiator Met-tRNA-independent translation mediated by an internal ribosome entry site element in cricket paralysis virus-like insect viruses. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 66:285-292. 2001
2000	Rapid deadenylation and Poly(A)-dependent translational repression mediated by the Caenorhabditis elegans tra-2 3' untranslated region in Xenopus embryos. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20:2129-2137. 2000
2000	Regulation of host cell translation by viruses and effects on cell function. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 3:366-370. 2000
1996	Evolutionary conservation of sequence elements controlling cytoplasmic polyadenylylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93:9027-9032. 1996