Robert A. Obar

7.1k total citations
31 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Obar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Obar has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Obar's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers). Robert A. Obar is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers). Robert A. Obar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Robert A. Obar's co-authors include Richard B. Vallee, James A. Hammarback, Timothy W. Austin, Christopher C. Schroeder, Samuel C. Wadsworth, Clifton A. Poodry, Howard S. Shpetner, Christine A. Collins, R B Vallee and Lisa McKerracher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Obar

29 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Obar United States	15	1.3k	1.1k	334	186	163	31	1.8k
Walter Witke Germany	20	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	497 1.5×	175 0.9×	122 0.7×	30	2.5k
Ann M. Wehman United States	20	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	384 1.1×	120 0.6×	130 0.8×	35	2.4k
Dmitry Poteryaev Russia	14	915 0.7×	616 0.6×	424 1.3×	174 0.9×	99 0.6×	30	1.7k
Thomas Osterwalder Switzerland	14	840 0.7×	376 0.4×	738 2.2×	150 0.8×	182 1.1×	14	1.7k
Hans‐Martin Maischein Germany	28	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	300 0.9×	78 0.4×	232 1.4×	37	2.3k
Ayako Satoh Japan	11	1.3k 1.0×	792 0.8×	379 1.1×	120 0.6×	127 0.8×	14	1.9k
Warren J. Gallin Canada	25	2.0k 1.6×	538 0.5×	521 1.6×	73 0.4×	215 1.3×	51	2.6k
Gregory M. Kelly Canada	23	1.3k 1.1×	519 0.5×	164 0.5×	80 0.4×	229 1.4×	61	1.8k
Yasushi Izumi Japan	20	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	318 1.0×	114 0.6×	137 0.8×	40	2.8k
Tomoyuki Yamanaka Japan	19	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	341 1.0×	129 0.7×	134 0.8×	46	2.3k

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Arévalo-Alquichire, Said, Michael O’Hare, William P. Miller, et al.. (2025). ApoE3 Christchurch and tau interaction as a protective mechanism against Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70396–e70396. 1 indexed citations

Bhat, G. Jayarama, Kejie Li, George Locke, et al.. (2024). Next-generation Drosophila protein interactome map and its functional implications. Developmental Cell. 59(18). 2506–2517.e6.

Stoiber, Marcus H., Sara Olson, Gemma E. May, et al.. (2015). Extensive cross-regulation of post-transcriptional regulatory networks in Drosophila. Genome Research. 25(11). 1692–1702. 19 indexed citations

Guruharsha, K. G., Kazuya Hori, Robert A. Obar, & Spyros Artavanis‐Tsakonas. (2014). Proteomic Analysis of the Notch Interactome. Methods in molecular biology. 1187. 181–192. 6 indexed citations

Rhee, David Y., Dong-Yeon Cho, Bo Zhai, et al.. (2014). Transcription Factor Networks in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Reports. 8(6). 2031–2043. 63 indexed citations

Guruharsha, K. G., et al.. (2012). Drosophila Protein interaction Map (DPiM). Fly. 6(4). 246–253. 12 indexed citations

Morris, Robert L., Matthew P. Hoffman, Robert A. Obar, et al.. (2006). Analysis of cytoskeletal and motility proteins in the sea urchin genome assembly. Developmental Biology. 300(1). 219–237. 39 indexed citations

Friden, Phillip M., et al.. (1996). Characterization, receptor mapping and blood-brain barrier transcytosis of antibodies to the human transferrin receptor.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 278(3). 1491–1498. 33 indexed citations

Schoenfeld, Thomas A. & Robert A. Obar. (1994). Diverse Distribution and Function of Fibrous Microtubule-Associated Proteins in the Nervous System. International review of cytology. 151. 67–137. 97 indexed citations

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Obar, Robert A., et al.. (1993). The ‘tubulin-like’ S1 protein of Spirochaeta is a member of the hsp65 stress protein family. Biosystems. 31(2-3). 161–167. 12 indexed citations

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Obar, Robert A. & Erika L.F. Holzbaur. (1993). Chapter 18 Immunoselection and Characterization of cDNA Clones. Methods in cell biology. 37. 361–405. 3 indexed citations

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Obar, Robert A., Christopher C. Schroeder, Timothy W. Austin, et al.. (1991). Multiple forms of dynamin are encoded by shibire, a Drosophila gene involved in endocytosis. Nature. 351(6327). 583–586. 466 indexed citations

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Hammarback, James A., et al.. (1991). MAP1B is encoded as a polyprotein that is processed to form a complex N-terminal microtubule-binding domain. Neuron. 7(1). 129–139. 90 indexed citations

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Obar, Robert A., Christine A. Collins, James A. Hammarback, Howard S. Shpetner, & Richard B. Vallee. (1990). Molecular cloning of the microtubule-associated mechanochemical enzyme dynamin reveals homology with a new family of GTP-binding proteins. Nature. 347(6290). 256–261. 299 indexed citations

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Obar, Robert A., Jane Dingus, Hagan Bayley, & Richard B. Vallee. (1989). The RII subunit of camp-dependent protein kinase binds to a common amino-terminal domain in microtubule-associated proteins 2A, 2B, and 2C. Neuron. 3(5). 639–645. 121 indexed citations

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McKerracher, Lisa, et al.. (1989). MAP 1A and MAP 1B are structurally related microtubule associated proteins with distinct developmental patterns in the CNS. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(5). 1712–1730. 225 indexed citations

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Paschal, Bryce M., Robert A. Obar, & Richard Vallée. (1989). Interaction of brain cytoplasmic dynein and MAP2 with a common sequence at the C terminus of tubulin. Nature. 342(6249). 569–572. 157 indexed citations

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Hammarback, James A., Robert A. Obar, & R B Vallee. (1988). Molecular cloning of microtubule associated protein 1b. 3. 460. 1 indexed citations

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Margulis, Lynn, David Bermudes, Robert A. Obar, & George Tzertzinis. (1986). Symbiosis in evolution: Status of the hypothesis of the spirochete origin of undulipodia. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 16(3-4). 319–319. 1 indexed citations

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Obar, Robert A., et al.. (1985). The origin of eukaryotic cells. Van Nostrand Reinhold eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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