K. Natarajan
Professor
Environmental Science
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
Teaching: 2001 - present; Research: 1994 - present Mentor/Supervisor: Ph.D. - 04 (current); 10 (awarded) M.Sc. - 24 (awarded)
Research Interest
Broad area of research- Cell and Molecular biology/Molecular genetics: Transcription, chromatin and gene regulation Specific areas- (1) TAF complexes and Mechanism of Transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans; (2) Gene regulation during Iron Homeostasis in Candida albicans (3) Transcriptional Regulatory Network controlling Melanogenesis and pigment disorders using Mouse Melanoma cell lines
Publications
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Sinha I, Poonia P, Sawhney S, Natarajan K. (2017) Functional Specialization of Two Paralogous TAF12 Variants by Their Selective Association with SAGA and TFIID Transcriptional Regulatory Complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry 292: 6047–6055.