A. Dinakara Rao
Associate Professor
Centre for Bioinformatics
Pondicherry University
India
Biography
A. Dinakara Rao obtained Ph.D. from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He currently holds as an associate Professor in Department of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences at Pondicherry University. He has been honoured with Young Investigator award- under Pilot Project grant in Cancer Biology-DBT, New Delhi. In 2011- Awarded certificate of merit for The Best Teacher Award, Pondicherry University, Puducherry and in 2008- Young Scientist Award under fast track scheme from the DST, New Delhi, India.
Research Interest
Functional Genomics, Signal Transduction, Molecular Entomology,Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Publications
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Matthew A. Sanders, Dinakar Ampasala and Marc D. Basson (2009) Dock5 and Dock1 regulate Caco-2 Intestinal epithelial cell spreading and migration on collagen IV. J Biol.Chem 284: 27-35.
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Silke Sure, Dinakar Ampasala Mary F. Walsh, and Basson MD (2009). Role of ERK/mTOR signaling in transforming growth factor β-modulated focal adhesion kinase mRNA stability and protein synthesis in intestinal epithelial cell. Cell and Tissue Res. 336: 213-223.
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Dinakar R. Ampasala, Sichun Zheng, Dayu Zhang, Tim Ladd, and Daniel Doucet Peter J. Krell, Arthur Retnakaran and Qili Feng (2011).An epidermis-specific chitin synthase cDNA in Choristoneura fumiferana: Cloning, characterization, developmental and hormonal regulated expression. Arch Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 76: 83–96.
