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Ghosh, Gairika ; Sharma, Pankaj V. ; Kumar, Amit ; Jain, Sriyans ; Sen, Ranjan (2021) Design of novel peptide inhibitors against the conserved bacterial transcription terminator, Rho Journal of Biological Chemistry, 296 . p. 100653. ISSN 0021-9258

Said, Nelly ; Hilal, Tarek ; Sunday, Nicholas D. ; Khatri, Ajay ; Bürger, Jörg ; Mielke, Thorsten ; Belogurov, Georgiy A. ; Loll, Bernhard ; Sen, Ranjan ; Artsimovitch, Irina ; Wahl, Markus C. (2021) Steps toward translocation-independent RNA polymerase inactivation by terminator ATPase ρ Science, 371 (6524). ISSN 0036-8075

Hafeezunnisa, Md. ; Sen, Ranjan (2020) The Rho-Dependent Transcription Termination Is Involved in Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Susceptibility in Escherichia coli Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 . ISSN 1664-302X

Wahl, Markus C. ; Sen, Ranjan (2019) Exploiting phage strategies to modulate bacterial transcription Transcription, 10 (4-5). pp. 222-230. ISSN 2154-1264

Jain, Sriyans ; Gupta, Richa ; Sen, Ranjan (2019) Rho-dependent transcription termination in bacteria recycles RNA polymerases stalled at DNA lesions Nature Communications, 10 (1). ISSN 2041-1723

Pal, Kamalendu ; Yadav, Malti ; Jain, Sriyans ; Ghosh, Biplab ; Sen, Ranjan ; Sen, Udayaditya (2019) Vibrio cholerae YaeO is a Structural Homologue of RNA Chaperone Hfq that Inhibits Rho-dependent Transcription Termination by Dissociating its Hexameric State Journal of Molecular Biology, 431 (24). pp. 4749-4766. ISSN 0022-2836

Singh, Shweta ; Godavarthi, Sapna ; Kumar, Amit ; Sen, Ranjan (2019) A mycobacteriophage genomics approach to identify novel mycobacteriophage proteins with mycobactericidal properties Microbiology, 165 (7). pp. 722-736. ISSN 1350-0872

Ghosh, Gairika ; Reddy, Jayavardhana ; Sambhare, Susmit ; Sen, Ranjan ; Henkin, Tina M. (2018) A Bacteriophage Capsid Protein Is an Inhibitor of a Conserved Transcription Terminator of Various Bacterial Pathogens Journal of Bacteriology, 200 (1). ISSN 0021-9193

Chhakchhuak, Passong Immanuel R. ; Khatri, Ajay ; Sen, Ranjan (2018) Mechanism of Action of Bacterial Transcription Terminator Rho Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy - Part A: Physical Sciences, 84 . ISSN 0370-0046

Mitra, Pallabi ; Ghosh, Gairika ; Hafeezunnisa, Md. ; Sen, Ranjan (2017) Rho Protein: Roles and mechanisms Annual Review of Microbiology, 71 (1). pp. 687-709. ISSN 0066-4227

Ghosh, Gairika ; Reddy, Jayavardhana ; Sambhare, Susmit ; Sen, Ranjan (2017) A bacteriophage capsid protein is an inhibitor of a conserved transcription terminator of various bacterial pathogens Journal of Bacteriology, 200 (1). Article ID e00380-36 pages. ISSN 0021-9193

Takada, Hiraku ; Shimada, Tomohiro ; Dey, Debashish ; Quyyum, M. Zuhaib ; Nakano, Masahiro ; Ishiguro, Akira ; Yoshida, Hideji ; Yamamoto, Kaneyoshi ; Sen, Ranjan ; Ishihama, Akira (2016) Differential regulation of rRNA and tRNA transcription from the rRNA-tRNA composite operon in Escherichia coli PLoS One, 11 (12). Article ID e0163057-24 pages. ISSN 1932-6203

Valabhoju, Vishalini ; Agrawal, Sonia ; Sen, Ranjan (2016) Molecular basis of NusG-mediated regulation of Rho-dependent transcription termination in bacteria Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291 (43). pp. 22386-22403. ISSN 0021-9258

Zuhaib Qayyum, M. ; Dey, Debashish ; Sen, Ranjan (2016) Transcription elongation factor NusA is a general antagonist of Rho-dependent termination in Escherichia coli Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291 (15). pp. 8090-8108. ISSN 0021-9258

Mishra, Saurabh ; Sen, Ranjan (2015) N protein from lambdoid phages transforms NusA into an antiterminator by modulating NusA-RNA polymerase flap domain interactions Nucleic Acids Research, 43 (12). pp. 5744-5758. ISSN 0305-1048

Sudha Kalyani, B. ; Sen, Ranjan ; Ranjan, Amitabh ; Wal, Megha ; Kunamneni, Radhika (2015) A NusG paralogue from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rv0639, has evolved to interact with ribosomal protein S10 (Rv0700) but not to function as a transcription elongation–termination factor Microbiology, 161 (1). pp. 67-83. ISSN 1350-0872

Shashni, Rajesh ; Qayyum, M. Zuhaib ; Vishalini, V. ; Dey, Debashish ; Sen, Ranjan (2014) Redundancy of primary RNA-binding functions of the bacterial transcription terminator Rho Nucleic Acids Research, 42 (15). pp. 9677-9690. ISSN 0305-1048

Sen, Ranjan ; Chalissery, Jisha ; Qayyum, M. Zuhaib ; Vishalini, V. ; Muteeb, Ghazala (2014) Nus Factors of Escherichia coli EcoSal Plus, 6 (1). No pp. given. ISSN 2324-6200

Ranjan, Amitabh ; Sharma, Savita ; Banerjee, Ramanuj ; Sen, Udayaditya ; Sen, Ranjan (2013) Structural and mechanistic basis of anti-termination of Rho-dependent transcription termination by bacteriophage P4 capsid protein Psu Nucleic Acids Research, 41 (14). pp. 6839-6856. ISSN 0305-1048

Mishra, Saurabh ; Mohan, Shalini ; Godavarthi, Sapna ; Sen, Ranjan (2013) The interaction surface of a bacterial transcription elongation factor required for complex formation with an antiterminator during transcription antitermination Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288 (39). pp. 28089-28103. ISSN 0021-9258

Ranjan, Amitabh ; Banerjee, Ramanuj ; Pani, Bibhusita ; Sen, Udayditya ; Sen, Ranjan (2013) The moonlighting function of bacteriophage P4 capsid protein, Psu, as a transcription antiterminator Bacteriophage, 3 (2). Article ID e25657. ISSN 2159-7081

Banerjee, Ramanuj ; Nath, Seema ; Ranjan, Amitabh ; Khamrui, Susmita ; Pani, Bibhusita ; Sen, Ranjan ; Sen, Udayaditya (2012) The first structure of polarity suppression protein, Psu from enterobacteria phage P4, reveals a novel fold and a knotted dimer Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287 (53). pp. 44667-44675. ISSN 0021-9258

Muteeb, Ghazala ; Dey, Debashish ; Mishra, Saurabh ; Sen, Ranjan (2012) A multipronged strategy of an anti-terminator protein to overcome Rho-dependent transcription termination Nucleic Acids Research, 40 (22). pp. 11213-11228. ISSN 0305-1048

Shashni, Rajesh ; Mishra, Saurabh ; Sudha Kalayani, B. ; Sen, Ranjan (2012) Suppression of in vivo Rho-dependent transcription termination defects: evidence for kinetically controlled steps Microbiology, 158 (Pt_6). pp. 1468-1481. ISSN 1350-0872

Kalyani, B. Sudha ; Muteeb, Ghazala ; Qayyum, M. Zuhaib ; Sen, Ranjan (2011) Interaction with the nascent RNA is a prerequisite for the recruitment of Rho to the transcription elongation complex in vitro Journal of Molecular Biology, 413 (3). pp. 548-560. ISSN 0022-2836

Chalissery, Jisha ; Muteeb, Ghazala ; Kalarickal, Nisha C. ; Mohan, Shalini ; Jisha, V. ; Sen, Ranjan (2011) Interaction surface of the transcription terminator Rho required to form a complex with the C-terminal domain of the antiterminator NusG Journal of Molecular Biology, 405 (1). pp. 49-64. ISSN 0022-2836

Kalarickal, Nisha C. ; Ranjan, Amitabh ; Kalyani, B. Sudha ; Wal, Megha ; Sen, Ranjan (2010) A bacterial transcription terminator with inefficient molecular motor action but with a robust transcription termination function Journal of Molecular Biology, 395 (5). pp. 966-982. ISSN 0022-2836

Khamrui, Susmita ; Ranjan, Amitabh ; Pani, Bibhusita ; Sen, Ranjan ; Sen, Udayaditya (2010) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Psu, an inhibitor of the bacterial transcription terminator Rho Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 66 (2). pp. 204-206. ISSN 1744-3091

Muteeb, Ghazala ; Sen, Ranjan (2010) Random mutagenesis using a mutator strain Methods in Molecular Biology, 634 . pp. 411-419. ISSN 1064-3745

Pani, Bibhusita ; Ranjan, Amitabh ; Sen, Ranjan (2009) Interaction surface of bacteriophage P4 protein Psu required for complex formation with the transcription terminator Rho Journal of Molecular Biology, 389 (4). pp. 647-660. ISSN 0022-2836

Sen, Ranjan ; Dipak, Dasgupta (2009) Simple fluorescence assays probing conformational changes of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase during transcription initiation Methods in Enzymology, 370 . pp. 598-605. ISSN 0076-6879

Komissarova, Natalia ; Velikodvorskaya, Tatiana ; Sen, Ranjan ; King, Rodney A. ; Banik-Maiti, Sarbani ; Weisberg, Robert A. (2008) Inhibition of a transcriptional pause by RNA Anchoring to RNA polymerase Molecular Cell, 31 (5). pp. 683-694. ISSN 1097-2765

Dutta, Dipak ; Chalissery, Jisha ; Sen, Ranjan (2008) Transcription termination factor Rho prefers catalytically active elongation complexes for releasing RNA Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (29). pp. 20243-20251. ISSN 0021-9258

Cheeran, Anoop ; Kolli, Nanci R. ; Sen, Ranjan (2007) The site of action of the antiterminator protein N from the lambdoid phage H-19B Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282 (42). pp. 30997-31007. ISSN 0021-9258

Chalissery, Jisha ; Banerjee, Sharmistha ; Bandey, Irfan ; Sen, Ranjan (2007) Transcription termination defective mutants of Rho: role of different functions of Rho in releasing RNA from the Elongation Complex Journal of Molecular Biology, 371 (4). pp. 855-872. ISSN 0022-2836

Cheeran, Anoop ; Babu Suganthan, Rajan ; Swapna, G. ; Bandey, Irfan ; Achary, M.Sridhar ; Nagarajaram, H. A. ; Sen, Ranjan (2005) Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase mutations located near the upstream edge of an RNA:DNA hybrid and the beginning of the RNA-exit channel are defective for transcription antitermination by the N protein from lambdoid phage H-19B Journal of Molecular Biology, 352 (1). pp. 28-43. ISSN 0022-2836

King, Rodney A. ; Markov, Dmitry ; Sen, Ranjan ; Severinov, Konstantin ; Weisberg, Robert A. (2004) A conserved zinc binding domain in the largest subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase modulates intrinsic transcription termination and antitermination but does not stabilize the Elongation Complex Journal of Molecular Biology, 342 (4). pp. 1143-1154. ISSN 0022-2836

King, Rodney A. ; Sen, Ranjan ; Weisberg, Robert A. (2003) Using a lac repressor roadblock to analyze the E. coli transcription elongation complex Methods in Enzymology, 371 . pp. 207-218. ISSN 0076-6879

Sen, Ranjan ; King, Rodney A. ; Mzhavia, Nino ; Madsen, Peter L. ; Weisberg, Robert A. (2002) Sequence-specific interaction of nascent antiterminator RNA with the zinc-finger motif of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase Molecular Microbiology, 46 (1). pp. 215-222. ISSN 0950-382X

Susa, Motoki ; Sen, Ranjan ; Shimamoto, Nobuo (2002) Generality of the branched pathway in transcription initiation by Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (18). pp. 15407-15412. ISSN 0021-9258

Sen, Ranjan ; King, Rodney A. ; Weisberg, Robert A. (2001) Modification of the properties of elongating RNA Polymerase by persistent association with nascent antiterminator RNA Molecular Cell, 7 (5). pp. 993-1001. ISSN 1097-2765

Sen, Ranjan ; Nagai, Hiroki ; Shimamoto, Nobuo (2001) Conformational switching of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-promoter binary complex is facilitated by elongation factor GreA and GreB Genes to Cells, 6 (5). pp. 389-401. ISSN 1356-9597

Sen, Ranjan ; Nagai, Hiroki ; Shimamoto, Nobuo (2000) Polymerase arrest at the λP_R promoter during transcription initiation Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275 (15). pp. 10899-10904. ISSN 0021-9258

Sen, Ranjan ; Nagai, Hiroki ; James Hernandez, V. ; Shimamoto, Nobuo (1998) Reduction in abortive transcription from the λP_R promoter by mutations in Region 3 of the ζ⁷⁰ subunit of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273 (16). pp. 9872-9877. ISSN 0021-9258

Majee, Sangita ; Sen, Ranjan ; Guha, Suranjana ; Bhattacharyya, Dhananjay ; Dasgupta, Dipak (1997) Differential interactions of the Mg²⁺ complexes of chromomycin A₃ and mithramycin with Poly(dG-dC)•Poly(dC-dG) and Poly(dG)•Poly(dC) Biochemistry, 36 (8). pp. 2291-2299. ISSN 0006-2960

Sen, Ranjan ; Dasguota, Dipak (1996) Conformational changes of E. coli RNA polymerase during transcription initiation Biophysical Chemistry, 57 (2-3). pp. 269-278. ISSN 0301-4622

Sen, R. ; Dasgupta, D. (1994) Intrinsic fluorescence of Escherichia coli RNA-Polymerase as a probe for its conformational changes during transcription initiation Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 201 (2). pp. 820-828. ISSN 0006-291X

Sen, R. ; Dasgupta, D. (1993) Interaction of ribonucleotides with T7 RNA Polymerase: probable role of GTP in transcription initiation Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 195 (2). pp. 616-622. ISSN 0006-291X

Aich, Palok ; Sen, Ranjan ; Dasgupta, Dipak (1992) Interaction between antitumor antibiotic chromomycin A₃ and Mg²⁺. I. Evidence for the formation of two types of chromomycin A₃-Mg²⁺ complexes Chemico-Biological Interactions, 83 (1). pp. 23-33. ISSN 0009-2797

Aich, Palok ; Sen, Ranjan ; Dasgupta, Dipak (1992) Role of magnesium ion in the interaction between chromomycin A3 and DNA: binding of chromomycin A₃-magnesium²⁺ complexes with DNA Biochemistry, 31 (11). pp. 2988-2997. ISSN 0006-2960