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Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity at Excitatory Synapses on the Rat Subicular Pyramidal Neurons
(2018-05-08)
The subiculum is a structure that forms a bridge between the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex (EC) in the brain, and plays a major role in the memory consolidation process. It consists of different types of pyramidal ...
Structural Studies on Mycobacterial Aspartic Proteinases and Adenylyl Cyclases
(2018-04-11)
Structural investigations on two mycobacterial enzymes were carried out. Tuberculosis still remains a major threat to mankind even though drugs against it have been in use for many decades. The emergence of drug resistant ...
Expanding The Horizon Of Mycobacterial Stress Response : Discovery Of A Second (P)PPGPP Synthetase In Mycobacterium Smegmatis
(2015-12-21)
The stringent response is a highly conserved physiological response mounted by bacteria under stress (Ojha and Chatterji, 2001; Magnusson et al., 2005; Srivatsan and Wang, 2007; Potrykus and Cashel, 2008). Until recently, ...
Probing Ligand Induced Perturbations In Protien Structure Networks : Physico-Chemical Insights From MD Simulations And Graph Theory
(2014-07-16)
The fidelity of biological processes and reactions, inspite of the widespread diversity, is programmed by highly specific physico-chemical principles. This underlines our basic understanding of different interesting phenomena ...
A Systems Biology Approach towards Understanding Host Response and Pathogen Adaptation in Latent Tuberculosis Infection
(2018-01-04)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, has adapted with the host environment and evolved to survive in harsh conditions in the host. The pathogen has successfully evolved strategies not only to ...
Emergence and Homeostasis of Functional Maps in Hippocampal Neurons
(2017-11-23)
Systematic investigations through several experimental techniques have revealed that hippocampal pyramidal neurons express voltage gated ion channels (VGICs) with well-defined gradients along their dendritic arbor. These ...
Structural and Mechanistic Features of Protein Assemblies with Special Reference to Spliceosome
(2017-12-07)
Macromolecular assemblies such as the ribosome, spliceosome, polymerases are imperative for cellular functions. The current understanding of these important machineries and many other assemblies at the molecular level is ...
The Dynamics of Iron in Miniferritins : A Structure-Function Connection
(2017-11-23)
The DNA binding proteins under starvation (Dps) from M. smegmatis are cage-like structures which internalize iron and bind DNA. They provide resistance to the cells from free radical damage, and physically protect the DNA ...
Further Structural Studies on Jacalin and Genomics Search for Mycobacterial and Archeal Lectins
(2017-12-03)
This thesis consists of two parts. The first part is concerned with further structural and related studies of jacalin, one of the two lectins found in jack fruit seeds. The second part deals with the search of mycobacterial ...
Structural Studies on Thiolases and Thiolase-like Proteins
(2017-11-21)
The genus Mycobacterium comprises some of the most devastating pathogens that infect humans. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis in humans leading to high morbidity and mortality. The disease is especially ...