Division of Biological Sciences: Recent submissions
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Identification and Characterisation of a miRNA releasing activity from Caenorhabditis elegans
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are endogenous, small non coding RNAs, which play a prominent role in eukaryotic gene regulation. Perturbations leading to an altered abundance of miRNAs can lead to pathological conditions like neurological ... -
Understanding the redox homeostatic mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an obligate intra-cellular pathogen that causes the disease tuberculosis (TB) in its human hosts. An estimated 1% of the world population is reported to get infected with the disease ... -
Dissecting the Role of Calcium Binding Proteins in Muscle using Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscles as the Model System
Muscle development and function are highly synchronized processes that involve simultaneous action of several transcription factors, signalling cascades, kinases and phosphatases, ion channels, structural proteins and ... -
Insights into Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells to Cardiac Progenitors and Cardiomyocytes
The mammalian heart is the first organ formed during development. It forms the crux of the circulatory system of the body and pumps blood (and therefore, nutrients) to all parts of the body. The continuous functioning of ... -
Genetic control of Embryonic and Adult muscle development in Drosophila melanogaster by Mlp60A
Many genetic regulatory networks are required to define the overall characters in a living organism. Characters which are necessary for survival in the wild are often canalized, such that despite genetic and environmental ... -
Immunological insights into Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling: Implications for host-pathogen interactions
Infectious diseases account for a large proportion of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The major global efforts lie in effectively enhancing the health span of infected individuals and more importantly, curbing infection ... -
Investigations on the regulatory role of BglG on the expression of ridA and the pleiotropic effects of bglG deletion in E. coli
The bgl operon of E. coli encodes for the proteins involved in the uptake and catabolism of plant-derived aromatic beta-glucosides, normally associated with the soil environment. The silent state of the operon seen ... -
Structure analysis of lectin and lectin-like domains from Entamoeba histolytica
Lectins are a diverse group of proteins which can recognize different types of carbohydrates specifically and reversibly. Though first characterized in plants, lectins have now been identified in all other forms of life. ... -
Investigating the Novel Roles of miR-9a and the Regulators of Mitochondrial Dynamics During the Development and Functioning of Indirect Flight Muscles in Drosophila melanogaster
The muscular system is a highly complex and important system in the body. Proper muscle physiology is critical for locomotion, digestion, circulation, reproduction as well as for metabolic and immune homeostasis. Defects ... -
Investigating the role of taxi gene in flight behavior of Drosophila melanogaster
Locomotion is essential for animals and it is regulated by crosstalk between neurons and muscles. Although defects in the crosstalk between neurons and muscles are implicated in many mobility related diseases in human, ... -
Studies on inflammatory responses: Roles of Interferon-gamma in macrophage activation and Nitric oxide synthase 2 during Salmonella Typhimurium infection-induced sepsis
Inflammation is a complex set of immune responses that is critical for survival during injury or infection. It is also crucial for maintenance of tissue homeostasis under myriad conditions caused by cellular stress and ... -
Role of Second (p)ppGpp Synthetase MS_RHII-RSD in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Adaptation to a rapidly fluctuating environment is the key to the survival of an organism. Bacteria sense and respond to stress by an overall reprogramming of the cellular processes to shut down the energy-consuming processes ... -
Role of RNA Polymerase ω Subunit in Metabolism and Stress Response
RNA polymerase (RNAP) is the key enzyme in transcription and it is a multi-subunit enzyme made up of alpha, beta, beta prime and omega subunit in the stoichiometry of α2ββω. Except for the smallest subunit ω (rpoZ), all ... -
Structural Characterization of Biological Macromolecules by Random Conical Tilt Pair Experiments
Structural biology deals with determining the structure of biological macromolecules especially proteins, DNA, RNA. The conformational changes in the structure of a macromolecule helps to decipher its function. This ... -
Understanding the Role of Lsm Domain in Translation Repression Activity of RGG-motif Containing Protein Scd6
Control of gene expression in eukaryotes is regulated at various steps such as transcription, translation and protein degradation. Translation repression of mRNA regulates protein levels and maintains cell homeostasis. ... -
Elucidating Deregulated Novel Pathways in Glioma through Genetic and Epigenetic Approaches
Malignancy of glial cells is termed as glioma. Gliomas comprise of thirty percent of all tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) and eighty percent of malignant brain tumors (Goodenberger and Jenkins, 2012). Astrocytoma, ... -
Structural and Biochemical Studies on Mycobacterial Uracil- DNA N-glycosylase and Mut T1
Maintenance of the genomic integrity of the cell is crucial for the survival and successful propagation of an organism. However, this integrity is under continuous threat from DNA-damaging agents. In addition, errors in ... -
Molecular Insights into the Structure and Function of Pepper Vein Banding Virus Encoded Proteins and Endocytic Uptake Pathway of Virus-like Particles into Mammalian Cells
Viruses are major pathogenic agents that cause a variety of diseases in all living systems. Since their first isolation in 1892 by Dimitrii Ivanovsky, methods of their diagnosis and control, their life cycles, host - virus ... -
Protein Structure and Mutant Phenotype Prediction from Analysis of Mutant Libraries by Deep Sequencing
Proteins play a central role in all the biological processes. The immense diversity in protein structures and functions despite similar underlying composition is intriguing. The work presented in this thesis aims to provide ... -
Exploration of the Recombination Repair Pathway in Mycobacteria : Identification and Characterization of New Proteins
Genomic integrity is a fundamental requisite for survival and proliferation of all organisms. The genetic material is continuously threatened by a multitude of extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Consequently, the presence ...