Das, N.
Professor
Biotechnology
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
India
Biography
Education Ph.D., University of Calcutta (1996), Cloning, sequencing and characterization of seed-expressed acyl carrier protein (ACP) genes from Brassica campestris (Agrani), and studies of their expression during seed development (Ph.D. thesis work was carried out at Bose Institute, Kolkata) M.Sc University of Calcutta (1984) B.Sc. Presidency College, currently known as Presidency University, Kolkata (1982) Experience Teaching: 15 years Research/Postdoctoral 20 years
Research Interest
Research Interests Biochemical and molecular studies on different genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism particularly with regard to cold-induced sweetening in the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers, Inhibition of gene functions in potato through transgenics, Isolation and functional characterization of tuber-specific gene promoters, Genetic diversity of bio-diesel crop (Jatropha curcas L.)
Publications
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The mutation that makes Escherichia coli resistant to λ P gene-mediated host lethality is located within the DNA initiator gene dnaA of the bacterium I Datta, S Banik-Maiti, L Adhikari, S Sau, N Das, NC Mandal BMB Reports 38 (1), 89-96
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Histidine decarboxylase gene in the mouse uterus is regulated by progesterone and correlates with uterine differentiation for blastocyst implantation BC Paria, N Das, SK Das, X Zhao, KN Dileepan, SK Dey Endocrinology 139 (9), 3958-3966
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Expression of betacellulin and epiregulin genes in the mouse uterus temporally by the blastocyst solely at the site of its apposition is coincident with the “window†of implantation SK Das, N Das, J Wang, H Lim, B Schryver, GD Plowman, SK Dey Developmental biology 190 (2), 178-190
