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Tarun M. Kapoor is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 103 publications in these areas. Their work covers several subfields, primarily molecular biology and cell biology, alongside research in ecology, genetics, and infectious diseases.

Kapoor's research topics span diverse biological mechanisms and cellular processes. Key areas of focus include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications
  • DNA repair mechanisms

The scientist has a significant publication record in reputable journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with 12 publications
  • The Journal of Cell Biology, 4 publications
  • Biophysical Journal, 3 publications
  • Cell chemical biology, 3 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 3 publications

Some of Kapoor's notable recent papers are:

  • "Structural Basis for Helicase-Polymerase Coupling in the SARS-CoV-2 Replication-Transcription Complex" (2020), published in Cell
  • "Chemical strategies to overcome resistance against targeted anticancer therapeutics" (2020), published in Nature Chemical Biology
  • "MZT Proteins Form Multi-Faceted Structural Modules in the γ-Tubulin Ring Complex" (2020), published in Cell Reports
  • "Force-dependent stimulation of RNA unwinding by SARS-CoV-2 nsp13 helicase" (2020), published in Biophysical Journal
  • "Non-centrosomal microtubules at kinetochores promote rapid chromosome biorientation during mitosis in human cells" (2022), published in Current Biology

Throughout their career, Kapoor has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Recurring co-authors include:

  • Brian T. Chait
  • Amol Aher
  • Paul Dominic B. Olinares
  • Keith J. Mickolajczyk
  • L. Urnavicius

Best Publications

  • Small Molecule Inhibitor of Mitotic Spindle Bipolarity Identified in a Phenotype-Based Screen

    Thomas U. Mayer;Tarun M. Kapoor;Stephen J. Haggarty;Stephen J. Haggarty;Randall W. King

  • Probing spindle assembly mechanisms with monastrol, a small molecule inhibitor of the mitotic kinesin, Eg5.

    Tarun M. Kapoor;Thomas U. Mayer;Margaret L. Coughlin;Timothy J. Mitchison

  • Microtubule attachment and spindle assembly checkpoint signalling at the kinetochore.

    Emily A. Foley;Tarun M. Kapoor

  • The bipolar mitotic kinesin Eg5 moves on both microtubules that it crosslinks

    Lukas C. Kapitein;Erwin J. G. Peterman;Benjamin H. Kwok;Jeffrey H. Kim

  • Correcting improper chromosome-spindle attachments during cell division.

    Michael A Lampson;Kishore Renduchitala;Alexey Khodjakov;Tarun M Kapoor

  • Chromosomes Can Congress to the Metaphase Plate Before Biorientation

    Tarun M. Kapoor;Michael A. Lampson;Polla Hergert;Lisa Cameron;Lisa Cameron

  • The human mitotic checkpoint protein BubR1 regulates chromosome-spindle attachments

    Michael A Lampson;Tarun M Kapoor

  • Structural basis for helicase-polymerase coupling in the SARS-CoV-2 replication-transcription complex

    James Chen;Brandon Malone;Eliza Llewellyn;Michael Grasso

  • Small-molecule inhibitors of the AAA+ ATPase motor cytoplasmic dynein

    Ari J. Firestone;Joshua S. Weinger;Maria Maldonado;Kari Barlan

  • Midzone activation of aurora B in anaphase produces an intracellular phosphorylation gradient.

    Brian G. Fuller;Michael A. Lampson;Emily A. Foley;Sara Rosasco-Nitcher

  • Insights into antiparallel microtubule crosslinking by PRC1, a conserved nonmotor microtubule binding protein.

    Radhika Subramanian;Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek;Christopher P. Arthur;Matthew J. Bick

  • Evidence that monastrol is an allosteric inhibitor of the mitotic kinesin Eg5.

    Zoltan Maliga;Tarun M Kapoor;Timothy J Mitchison

  • Par6α signaling controls glial-guided neuronal migration

    David J Solecki;Lynn Model;Jedidiah Gaetz;Tarun M Kapoor

  • The kinesin-4 protein Kif7 regulates mammalian Hedgehog signalling by organizing the cilium tip compartment

    Mu He;Radhika Subramanian;Fiona Bangs;Tatiana Omelchenko

  • Formation of stable attachments between kinetochores and microtubules depends on the B56-PP2A phosphatase

    Emily A. Foley;Maria Maldonado;Tarun M. Kapoor

  • Minus-end capture of preformed kinetochore fibers contributes to spindle morphogenesis.

    Alexey Khodjakov;Lily Copenagle;Michael B. Gordon;Duane A. Compton

  • Determining the position of the cell division plane

    Julie C. Canman;Lisa A. Cameron;Paul S. Maddox;Aaron Straight

  • Selection of gp41-mediated HIV-1 cell entry inhibitors from biased combinatorial libraries of non-natural binding elements

    Marc Ferrer;Tarun M. Kapoor;Tim Strassmaier;Winfried Weissenhorn;Winfried Weissenhorn

  • Dynein/dynactin regulate metaphase spindle length by targeting depolymerizing activities to spindle poles.

    Jedidiah Gaetz;Tarun M. Kapoor

  • Small-molecule inhibitors of the AAA1 ATPase motor cytoplasmic dynein

    Ari J. Firestone;Joshua S. Weinger;Maria Maldonado;Kari Barlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian T. Chait
Brian T. Chait Rockefeller University
James K. Chen
James K. Chen Stanford University
Michael A. Lampson
Michael A. Lampson University of Pennsylvania
Alexey Khodjakov
Alexey Khodjakov New York State Department of Health
Lukas C. Kapitein
Lukas C. Kapitein Utrecht University
Timothy J. Mitchison
Timothy J. Mitchison Harvard University
Edward D. Salmon
Edward D. Salmon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vladimir I. Gelfand
Vladimir I. Gelfand Northwestern University
Maxence V. Nachury
Maxence V. Nachury University of California, San Francisco
Seth A. Darst
Seth A. Darst Rockefeller University

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