Publications

Mycobacterium smegmatis whmD and its homologue Mycobacterium tuberculosis whiB2 are functionally equivalent.

Microbiology 152(9): 2735-2747

Towards establishing a method to screen for inhibitors of essential genes in mycobacteria: Evaluation of the Acetamidase promoter

Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 28(1): 37-42

Regulation of the expression of whiB1 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Role of cAMP receptor protein

Microbiology 152(9): 2749-2756

Differential gene expression in response to antibiotic exposure, growth phase, and stress conditions among the seven Mycobacterium tuberculosis whiB-like genes

Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 50(8):2836-2841

Deletion of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasomal ATPase homologue produces a slow growing strain which persists in host tissues

J. Infect. Dis.194:1233-1240

Association of cathepsin B gene polymorphisms with tropical calcific pancreatitis

Gut. 2006 Sep;55(9):1270-5. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.087403. Epub 2006 Feb 21.

Allelic drop-out may occur with a primer binding site polymorphism for the commonly used RFLP assay for the -1131T>C polymorphism of the Apolipoprotein AV gene

Lipids Health Dis. 2006 May 2;5:11. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-5-11.

Juvenile fibrocalculous pancreatopathy--a patient report

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jul;19(7):947-50. doi: 10.1515/jpem.2006.19.7.947.

A novel mutation in STK11 gene is associated with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome in Indian patients

BMC Med Genet. 2006 Sep 30;7:73. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-73.

Triglyceride associated polymorphisms of the APOA5 gene have very different allele frequencies in Pune, India compared to Europeans

BMC Med Genet. 2006 Oct 10;7:76. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-76.