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Madhusoodanan, Urulangodi Kunhiraman ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2010) Diversity of DNA methyltransferases that recognize asymmetric target sequences Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45 (2). pp. 125-145. ISSN 1040-9238

Yadav, Vijay Pal ; Mandal, Prabhat Kumar ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Bhattacharya, Sudha (2009) Characterization of the restriction enzyme-like endonuclease encoded by the Entamoeba histolytica non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon EhLINE1 FEBS Journal, 276 (23). pp. 7070-7082. ISSN 1742-464X

Wootla, Bharath ; Mahendra, Ankit ; Dimitrov, Jordan D. ; Friboulet, Alain ; Borel-Derlon, Annie ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Uda, Taizo ; Borg, Jeanne-Yvonne ; Bayry, Jagadeesh ; Kaveri, Srinivas V. ; Lacroix-Desmazes, Sébastien (2009) Factor VIII-hydrolyzing IgG in acquired and congenital hemophilia FEBS Letters, 583 (15). pp. 2565-2572. ISSN 0014-5793

Kranthi, Balla Venkata ; Kumar, Ritesh ; Kumar, Nallani Vijay ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Rangarajan, Pundi N. (2009) Identification of key DNA elements involved in promoter recognition by Mxr1p, a master regulator of methanol utilization pathway in Pichia pastoris Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1789 (6-8). pp. 460-468. ISSN 1874-9399

Sharma, Ruchika ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2009) Orchestration of Haemophilus influenzae RecJ exonuclease by interaction with single-stranded DNA-binding protein Journal of Molecular Biology, 385 (5). pp. 1375-1396. ISSN 0022-2836

Kumar, Ritesh ; Srivastava, Richa ; Singh, Ramendra Kumar ; Surolia, Avadhesha ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2008) Activation and inhibition of DNA methyltransferases by S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine analogues Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 16 (5). pp. 2276-2285. ISSN 0968-0896

Sivapriya, Kirubakaran ; Suguna, Perumal ; Banerjee, Arun ; Saravanan, Vadivelu ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan (2007) Facile one-pot synthesis of thio and selenourea derivatives: a new class of potent urease inhibitors Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 17 (22). pp. 6387-6391. ISSN 0960-894X

Crampton, Neal ; Yokokawa, Masatoshi ; Dryden, David T. F. ; Michael Edwardson, J. ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Takeyasu, Kunio ; Yoshimura, Shige H. ; Henderson, Robert M. (2007) Fast-scan atomic force microscopy reveals that the type III restriction enzyme EcoP15I is capable of DNA translocation and looping PNAS, 104 (31). pp. 12755-12760. ISSN 0027-8424

Crampton, Neal ; Roes, Stefanie ; Dryden, David T.F. ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Michael Edwardson, J. ; Henderson , Robert M. (2007) DNA looping and translocation provide an optimal cleavage mechanism for the type III restriction enzymes EMBO Journal, 26 . 3815 - 3825. ISSN 0261-4189

Saravanan, Matheshwaran ; Vasu, Kommireddy ; Kanakaraj, Radhakrishnan ; Rao, Desirazu Narasimha ; Nagaraja, Valakunja (2007) R.KpnI, an HNH superfamily REase, exhibits differential discrimination at non-canonical sequences in the presence of Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ Nucleic Acids Research, 35 (8). pp. 2777-2786. ISSN 0305-1048

Bheemanaik, Shivakumara ; Bujnicki, Janusz M. ; Nagaraja, Valakunja ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2006) Functional analysis of amino acid residues at the dimerisation interface of KpnI DNA methyltransferase Biological Chemistry, 387 (5). pp. 515-523. ISSN 1431-6730

Bist, Pradeep ; Madhusoodanan, Urulangodi Kunhiraman ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2006) A mutation in the mod subunit of EcoP15I restriction enzyme converts the DNA methyltransferase to a site-specific endonuclease Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282 (6). pp. 3520-3530. ISSN 0021-9258

Lee, Jae Young ; Chang, Judy ; Joseph, Nimesh ; Ghirlando, Rodolfo ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Yang, Wei (2005) MutH complexed with hemi- and unmethylated DNAs: Coupling base recognition and DNA cleavage Molecular Cell, 20 (1). pp. 155-166. ISSN 1097-2765

Raghavendra, Nidhanapati K. ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2005) Exogenous AdoMet and its analogue sinefungin differentially influence DNA cleavage by R.EcoP15I-Usefulness in SAGE Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 334 (3). pp. 803-811. ISSN 0006-291X

Joseph, Nimesh ; Duppatla, Viswanadham ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2005) Functional characterization of the DNA mismatch binding protein MutS from Haemophilus influenzae Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 334 (3). pp. 891-900. ISSN 0006-291X

Joseph, Nimesh ; Sawarkar, Ritwick ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2004) DNA mismatch correction in Haemophilus influenzae: characterization of MutL, MutH and their interaction DNA Repair, 3 (12). pp. 1561-1577. ISSN 1568-7864

Sistla, Srivani ; Krishnamurthy, Vinita ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2004) Single-stranded DNA binding and methylation by EcoP1I DNA methyltransferase Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 314 (1). pp. 159-165. ISSN 0006-291X

Saravanan, Matheshwaran ; Bujnicki, Janusz M. ; Cymerman, Iwona A. ; Rao, Desirazu Narasimha ; Nagaraja, Valakunja (2004) Type II restriction endonuclease R.KpnI is a member of the HNH nuclease superfamily Nucleic Acids Research, 32 (20). pp. 6129-6135. ISSN 0305-1048

Raghavendra, Nidhanapati K. ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2004) Unidirectional translocation from recognition site and a necessary interaction with DNA end for cleavage by Type III restriction enzyme Nucliec Acids Research, 32 (19). pp. 5703-5711. ISSN 0305-1048

Bist, Pradeep ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2003) Identification and mutational analysis of Mg²⁺ binding site in EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (43). pp. 41837-41848. ISSN 0021-9258

Bheemanaik, Shivakumar ; Chandrashekaran, Siddamadappa ; Nagaraja, Valakunja ; Rao, Desirazu Narasimha (2003) Kinetic and catalytic properties of dimeric KpnI DNA methyltransferase Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (10). pp. 7863-7874. ISSN 0021-9258

Raghavendra, Nidhanapathi K. ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2003) Functional cooperation between exonucleases and endonucleases-basis for the evolution of restriction enzymes Nucliec Acids Research, 31 (7). pp. 1888-1896. ISSN 0305-1048

Roberts, Richard J. ; Belfort, Marlene ; Bestor, Timothy ; Bhagwat, Ashok S. ; Bickle, Thomas A. ; Bitinaite, Jurate ; Blumentha, Robert M. ; Degtyarev, Sergey Kh. ; Dryden, David T. F. ; Dybvig, Kevin ; Firman, Keith ; Gromova, Elizaveta S. ; Gumport, Richard I. ; Halford, Stephen E. ; Hattman, Stanley ; Heitman, Joseph ; Hornby, David P. ; Janulaitis, Arvydas ; Jeltsch, Albert ; Josephsen, Jytte ; Kiss, Antal ; Klaenhammer, Todd R. ; Kobayashi, Ichizo ; Kong, Huimin ; Kruger, Detlev H. ; Lacks, Sanford ; Marinus, Martin G. ; Miyahara, Michiko ; Morgan, Richard D. ; Murray, Noreen E. ; Nagaraja, Valakunja ; Piekarowicz, Andrzej ; Pingoud, Alfred ; Raleigh, Elisabeth ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Reich, Norbert ; Repin, Vladimir E. ; Selker, Eric U. ; Shaw, Pang-Chui ; Stein, Daniel C. ; Stoddard, Barry L. ; Szybalski, Waclaw ; Trautner, Thomas A. ; Van Etten, James L. ; Vitor, Jorge M. B. ; Wilson, Geoffrey G. ; Xu, Shuang-yong (2003) A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes Nucleic Acids Research, 31 (7). pp. 1805-1812. ISSN 0305-1048

Sankpal, Umesh T. ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2002) Mutational analysis of conserved residues in HhaI DNA methyltransferase Nucliec Acids Research, 30 (12). pp. 2628-2638. ISSN 0305-1048

Swaminathan, Chittoor P. ; Sankpal, Umesh T. ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Surolia, Avadhesha (2001) Water-assisted dual mode cofactor recognition by HhaI DNA methyltransferase Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (6). pp. 4042-4049. ISSN 0021-9258

Bist, Pradeep ; Sistla, Srivani ; Krishnamurthy, Vinita ; Acharya, Asha ; Chandrakala, Basavannachar ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2001) S-adenosyl-L-methionine is required for DNA cleavage by type III restriction enzymes Journal of Molecular Biology, 310 (1). pp. 93-109. ISSN 0022-2836

Dryden, D. T. F. ; Murray, Noreen E. ; Rao, D. N. (2001) Nucleoside triphosphate-dependent restriction enzymes Nucliec Acids Research, 29 (18). pp. 3728-3741. ISSN 0305-1048

Reddy, Yeturu V. R. ; Rao, Desirazu N. (2000) Binding of EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase to DNA reveals a large structural distortion within the recognition sequence Journal of Molecular Biology, 298 (4). pp. 597-610. ISSN 0022-2836

Reddy, Yeturu V. R. ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1998) Probing the role of cysteine residues in the EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273 (37). pp. 23866-23876. ISSN 0021-9258

Saha, Swati ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1997) Mutations in the Res subunit of the EcoPI restriction enzyme that affect ATP-dependent reactions Journal of Molecular Biology, 269 (3). pp. 342-354. ISSN 0022-2836

Ahmad, Ishtiyaque ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1996) Functional analysis of conserved motifs inEcoP15I DNA methyltransferase Journal of Molecular Biology, 259 (2). pp. 229-240. ISSN 0022-2836

Ahmad, Ishtiyaque ; Krishnamurthy, Vinita ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1995) DNA recognition by the EcoP15I and EcoPI modification methyltransferases Gene, 157 (1-2). pp. 143-147. ISSN 0378-1119

Saha, Swati ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1995) ATP hydrolysis is required for DNA cleavage by EcoPI restriction enzyme Journal of Molecular Biology, 247 (4). pp. 559-567. ISSN 0022-2836

Ahmad, Ishtiyaque ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1994) Interaction of EcoP15I DNA methyltransferase with oligonucleotides containing the asymmetric Sequence 5'-CAGCAG-3' Journal of Molecular Biology, 242 (4). pp. 378-388. ISSN 0022-2836

Ahmad, Ishtiyaque ; Rao, Desirazu N. (1994) Photolabeling of the EcoP15 DNA methyltransferase with S-adenosyl-l-methionine Gene, 142 (1). pp. 67-71. ISSN 0378-1119

Rao, Desirazu N. ; Page, Malcolm G. P. ; Bickle, Thomas A. (1989) Cloning, over-expression and the catalytic properties of the EcoP15 modification methylase from Escherichia coli Journal of Molecular Biology, 209 (4). pp. 599-606. ISSN 0022-2836

Hümbelin, Markus ; Suri, Bruno ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Hornby, David P. ; Eberleshort, Helen ; Pripfl, Theres ; Kenel, Susanne ; Bickle, Thomas A. (1988) Type III DNA restriction and modification systems EcoP1 and EcoP15: nucleotide sequence of the EcoP1 operon, the EcoP15mod gene and some EcoP1mod mutants Journal of Molecular Biology, 200 (1). pp. 23-29. ISSN 0022-2836

Citron, Bruce A. ; Chaudary, Prabhakara V. ; Rao, Desirazu N. ; Kaufman, Seymour (1986) Evidence for transcription and potential translation of the human 1.9 kb HindIII repetitive element Nucliec Acids Research, 14 (7). pp. 3137-3142. ISSN 0305-1048

Rao, Desirazu Narasimha ; Appaji Rao, N. (1982) Purification and regulatory properties of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) serine hydroxymethyltransferase Plant Physiology, 69 . pp. 11-18. ISSN 0032-0889

Rao, Desirazu Narasimha ; Appaji Rao, N. (1980) Allosteric regulation of serine hydroxymethyltransferase from mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 92 (4). pp. 1166-1171. ISSN 0006-291X