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David Richard Kovar

Affiliations: 
Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Area:
actin
Website:
http://mgcb.uchicago.edu/faculty/kovar/index.html
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Parents

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Christopher John Staiger grad student 2001 Purdue (Microtree)
 (The characterization of plant actin -binding proteins.)
Thomas Dean Pollard post-doc Yale

Children

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Jenna Christensen grad student Chicago
Colleen T. Skau grad student 2011 Chicago
Tobias T. Falzone grad student 2012 Chicago
Andrew J. Bestul grad student 2013 Chicago
Yujie Li grad student 2014 Chicago

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Glen M Hocky collaborator (Chemistry Tree)
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Zsolnay V, Gardel ML, Kovar DR, et al. (2024) Cracked actin filaments as mechanosensitive receptors. Biophysical Journal
Kadzik RS, Kovar DR. (2024) A step-by-step guide to fragmenting bundled actin filaments. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223
Aydin F, Katkar HH, Morganthaler A, et al. (2024) Prediction of the essential intermolecular contacts for side-binding of VASP on F-actin. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)
Homa KE, Hocky GM, Suarez C, et al. (2024) Arp2/3 complex- and formin-mediated actin cytoskeleton networks facilitate actin binding protein sorting in fission yeast. European Journal of Cell Biology. 103: 151404
McCormick LE, Suarez C, Herring LE, et al. (2024) Multi-monoubiquitylation controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics. Journal of Cell Science. 137
Jorgenson TD, Baboolall KD, Suarez C, et al. (2024) Highly flexible PEG-LifeAct constructs act as tunable biomimetic actin crosslinkers. Soft Matter. 20: 971-977
Suarez C, Winkelman JD, Harker AJ, et al. (2023) Reconstitution of the transition from a lamellipodia- to filopodia-like actin network with purified proteins. European Journal of Cell Biology. 102: 151367
McCormick LE, Suarez C, Herring LE, et al. (2023) Multi-monoubiquitination controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology
Zsolnay V, Gardel ML, Kovar DR, et al. (2023) Cracked actin filaments as mechanosensitive receptors. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology
Tang Q, Pollard LW, Homa KE, et al. (2023) Acetylation of fission yeast tropomyosin does not promote differential association with cognate formins. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)
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