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Affiliations
University of Chicago(Current)
Yale University
Purdue University West Lafayette
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
David R. Kovar is an author at University of Chicago specializing in medicine, cytoskeleton, and molecular biology.
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MedicineCytoskeletonMolecular BiologyNatural SciencesCell MotilityCell BiologyCellular BiochemistryCell PhysiologySignal TransductionCell Division
Publications per year
2000–2024
Insertional assembly of actin filament barbed ends in association with formins produces piconewton forces
David R. Kovar, Thomas D. Pollard · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 432 citations · Full text
Protein Assembly, Single Actin Filaments, Cell Adhesion +22
Identification and Characterization of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Formin-Mediated Actin Assembly
Abrar Rizvi, Erin M. Neidt, Jiayue Cui et al. · Chemistry & Biology · 2009 · 363 citations · Full text
Protein Assembly, Biochemistry, Protein Folding +12
The fission yeast cytokinesis formin Cdc12p is a barbed end actin filament capping protein gated by profilin
David R. Kovar, J. R. Kuhn, Andrea L. Tichy et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2003 · 339 citations · Full text
Molecular Regulation, Molecular Biology, Cytoskeleton +16
Assembly of the cytokinetic contractile ring from a broad band of nodes in fission yeast
Jian‐Qiu Wu, Vladimir Sirotkin, David R. Kovar et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2006 · 275 citations · Full text
Molecular Biology, Cytoskeleton, Cell Cycle +20
Profilin-1 Serves as a Gatekeeper for Actin Assembly by Arp2/3-Dependent and -Independent Pathways
Jeremy D. Rotty, Congying Wu, Elizabeth M. Haynes et al. · Developmental Cell · 2014 · 267 citations · Full text
-Independent Pathways, Protein Function, Signal Transduction +11
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