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David P. Millar is a researcher affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States, with a focus on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Virology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ecology, and Oncology.

The primary topics of Millar's research include:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Millar's recent publications demonstrate a focus on molecular mechanisms and biophysical processes. Selected works include:

  • "Biased Signaling of the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor β2AR Is Governed by Conformational Exchange Kinetics," 2020, published in Structure
  • "Single-molecule view of coordination in a multi-functional DNA polymerase," 2021, published in eLife
  • "Computational investigation of the impact of core sequence on immobile DNA four-way junction structure and dynamics," 2021, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Discrimination between Functional and Non-functional Cellular Gag Complexes involved in HIV-1 Assembly," 2021, published in Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "Conformational Dynamics of DNA Polymerases Revealed at the Single-Molecule Level," 2022, published in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

The venues where Millar frequently publishes include:

  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Structure

Frequent collaborators in Millar's research endeavors are:

  • Raymond F. Pauszek
  • Rajan Lamichhane
  • Arishma Rajkarnikar Singh
  • Christopher T. Schafer
  • Martin Gustavsson

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of mismatched base pairs in DNA.

    Christopher R. Guest;Remo A. Hochstrasser;Remo A. Hochstrasser;Lawrence C. Sowers;Lawrence C. Sowers;David P. Millar;David P. Millar

  • Stability of hairpin ribozyme tertiary structure is governed by the interdomain junction

    Nils G. Walter;John M. Burke;David P. Millar

  • Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.

    David P Millar

  • Solvent-Dependent Photoinduced Tautomerization of 2-(2‘-Hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole

    Osama K. Abou-Zied;Ralph Jimenez;Elizabeth H. Z. Thompson;David P. Millar

  • Torsion and bending of nucleic acids studied by subnanosecond time-resolved fluorescence depolarization of intercalated dyes

    D. P. Millar;R. J. Robbins;A. H. Zewail

  • The nucleotide analog 2-aminopurine as a spectroscopic probe of nucleotide incorporation by the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli polymerase I and bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase.

    Michelle West Frey;Lawrence C. Sowers;David P. Millar;Stephen J. Benkovic

  • A fluorescence-based assay for monitoring helicase activity.

    Kevin D. Raney;Lawrence C. Sowers;David P. Millar;Stephen J. Benkovic

  • Fluorescence studies of DNA and RNA structure and dynamics.

    David P Millar

  • Time‐resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer: A versatile tool for the analysis of nucleic acids

    Dagmar Klostermeier;David P. Millar

  • CROSSOVER ISOMER BIAS IS THE PRIMARY SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT PROPERTY OF IMMOBILIZED HOLLIDAY JUNCTIONS

    Siobhan M. Miick;Richard S. Fee;David P. Millar;Walter J. Chazin

  • Conformational distributions of a four-way DNA junction revealed by time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer.

    Peggy S. Eis;David P. Millar

  • Melting of a DNA Helix Terminus within the Active Site of a DNA Polymerase

    Remo A. Hochstrasser;Theodore E. Carver;Theodore E. Carver;Lawrence C. Sowers;Lawrence C. Sowers;David P. Millar;David P. Millar

  • Direct observation of the torsional dynamics of DNA and RNA by picosecond spectroscopy

    D P Millar;R J Robbins;A H Zewail

  • Interaction of DNA with the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I studied by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

    C R Guest;R A Hochstrasser;C G Dupuy;D J Allen

  • Blue-fluorescent antibodies.

    Anton Simeonov;Masayuki Matsushita;Eric A. Juban;Elizabeth H. Z. Thompson

  • Single-molecule view of basal activity and activation mechanisms of the G protein-coupled receptor β2AR

    Rajan Lamichhane;Jeffrey J. Liu;Goran Pljevaljcic;Kate L. White

  • Real time kinetics of restriction endonuclease cleavage monitored by fluorescence resonance energy transfer.

    Soumitra S. Ghosh;Peggy S. Eis;Kirsten Blumeyer;Kim Fearon

  • Coupling of hydrogen bonding to chromophore conformation and function in photoactive yellow protein.

    Ronald Brudler;Terrence E. Meyer;Ulrich K. Genick;Savitha Devanathan

  • Atomic force microscopy of parallel DNA branched junction arrays

    Ruojie Sha;Furong Liu;David P Millar;Nadrian C Seeman

  • Picosecond dynamics of electronic energy transfer in condensed phases

    D. P. Millar;R. J. Robbins;A. H. Zewail

  • Picosecond dynamics of barrier crossing in solution: A study of the conformational change of excited state 1,1’‐binaphthyl

    David P. Millar;Kenneth B. Eisenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmed H. Zewail
Ahmed H. Zewail California Institute of Technology
Lawrence C. Sowers
Lawrence C. Sowers The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Stephen J. Benkovic
Stephen J. Benkovic Pennsylvania State University
Raymond C. Stevens
Raymond C. Stevens University of Southern California
Mengsu Yang
Mengsu Yang City University of Hong Kong
Peter G. Schultz
Peter G. Schultz Scripps Research Institute
Vsevolod Katritch
Vsevolod Katritch University of Southern California
David A. Case
David A. Case Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich ETH Zurich

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