Ravi Kumar
Scientist
Department of Molecular nutrition
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India
Biography
Ravi Kumar has finished his PhD from Molecular biophysics unit of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. During his PhD, he has worked on mycobacterial transcription factors andstudied their structural as well as biochemical aspects of transcription regulation. Currently he is employed as an scientist in CFTRI with expertise in structural biology, molecular biology and protein chemistry. He was awarded DST-INSPIRE faculty award (2014), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
Research Interest
His research area includes understanding the mechanism of chromosomal partitioning in bacteria
Publications
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Thakur KG, Jaiswal RK, Shukla JK, Praveena T, Gopal B (2010) Over-expression and purification strategies for recombinant multi-protein oligomers: A case study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis σ/anti-σ factor protein complexes. Prot. Exp. Purif 74: 223- 230.
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Jaiswal RK, Manjeera G, Gopal B ( 2010) Role of a PAS sensor domain in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcription regulator Rv1364c. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm 398: 342-349.
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Jaiswal RK, Prabha TS, Manjeera G, Gopal B (2013) Mycobacterium tuberculosis RsdA provides a conformational rationale for selective regulation of σ factor activity by proteolysis. Nucleic Acids Res 41: 3414-3423.
