Research Publications

1. Sanyal R, Vimala A and Harinarayanan R (2020) Studies on the regulation of (p)ppGpp metabolism and its perturbation through the over-expression of Nudix Hydolases in Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:562804
   
   
2. Sanyal R and Harinarayanan R (2020). Activation of RelA by pppGpp as the basis for its differential toxicity over ppGpp in Escherichia coli. J. Biosci. 45: 28.
   
   
3. Sanyal R and Harinarayanan R (2019). A novel gene contributing to the initiation of fatty acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 201: e00354-19
   
   
4. Nazir A and Harinarayanan R (2016). (p)ppGpp and the bacterial cell cycle. J. Biosci. 41: 277-282.
   
   
5. Vimala A, Harinarayanan R (2015). Tansketolase activity modulates glycerol-3-phosphate levels in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol. 100:263-77.
   
   
6. Nazir A, Harinarayanan R (2015). Inactivation of cell division protein FtsZ by SulA makes Lon indispensable for the viability of ppGpp0 strain of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 198:688-700.
   
   
7. Lee SJ, Trostel A, Le P, Harinarayanan R, Fitzgerald PC, Adhya S (2009). Cellular stress created by intermediary metabolite imbalances. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106:19515-20.
   
   
8. Harinarayanan R^*, Murphy H, Cashel M (2008). Synthetic growth phenotypes of Escherichia coli lacking ppGpp and transketolase A (tktA) are due to ppGpp-mediated transcriptional regulation of tktB. Mol Microbiol. 69:882-94. (^* - corresponding author)
   
   
9. Gowrishankar J, Harinarayanan R (2004). Why is transcription coupled to translation in bacteria? Mol Microbiol. 54:598-603. Review.
   
   
10. Harinarayanan R Gowrishankar J (2004). A dnaC mutation in Escherichia coli that affects copy number of ColE1-like plasmids and the PriA-PriB (but not Rep-PriC) pathway of chromosomal replication restart.Genetics 166:1165-76.
    
    
11. Harinarayanan R, Gowrishankar J (2003). Host factor titration by chromosomal R-loops as a mechanism for runaway plasmid replication in transcription termination-defective mutants of Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol. 332:31-46.