Subrata Sau
Lecturer, Biochemistry
PhD: University of Calcutta (1995)

Research interest

Development of genetic tools suitable for antibacterial drug discovery & gene expression, and bacteriophage genomics.

Research Scholars:

•  Mr. Partho Chattoraj (SRF)

•   Mr. Tridib Ganguly (SRF)

•    Ms Malabika Das (SRF)

•    Mr Palas Chanda (JRF)

Important publications (five)

1.      Thanh L, Sau S, Gomez M, Lee JC and Lee CY (2002). Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus Capsular Polysaccharide Expression by agr and sarA. Infect Immun 70 (2) 440 -50.

 2.      Chattopadhyay C, Sau S and Mandal NC. (2003). Cloning and Characterization of the Promoters of Temperate Mycobacteriophage L1. J Biochem Mol Biol. 36 (6) 586 - 592.  

3.      Sau S, Chattoraj P, Ganguly T, Lee CY, and Mandal NC (2004). Cloning  and Sequencing Analysis of the Repressor Gene of Temperate Mycobacteriophage L1. J Biochem Mol Biol. 37 (2) 254 -259.

4.      Sahu K, Gupta SK, Sau S and Ghosh TC (2004). Synonymous Codon Usage  Analysis of Mycobacteriophage Bxz1 and its plating bacteria M. smegmatis: identification of the Highly and Lowly Expressed Genes of Bxz1 and the possible function of its tRNA species. J Biochem Mol Biol. 37 (4): 487-92.  

5.      Ganguly T, Chattoraj P, Das M, Mandal NC, Lee CY and Sau S (2004). A  point mutation at the C-terminal half of the repressor of temperate Mycobacteriophage L1 affects its binding to the operator DNA at temperatures above 32°C. J Biochem Mol Biol. 37(6): 709-714. 

6.      Mandal NC, Bhattacharyya R, Sau S and Chaudhuri B (2004) Studies on  Temperate Mycobacteriophage L1: Its Physical Map, Site of Deletion in one of   its Mutant, and Organization of Early, Delayed Early and Late Genes. Perspective in Cytology & Genetics 11: 81-100. Ed. G. K. Manna & S. C. Roy;  AICCG Publications, Kolkata. 

7.      Datta I, Banik-Maiti S, Adhikari L, Sau S, Das N and Mandal NC (2005). The  Mutation that makes Escherichia coli Resistant to l P Gene Mediated Host  Lethality is Located within the DNA Initiator Gene dnaA of the Bacterium.  J Biochem Mol Biol. 38(1): 89-96. 

8.      Datta I, Sau S, Sil AK and Mandal NC (2005). The Bacteriophage l DNA  Replication Protein P Inhibits the oriC DNA- and ATP-binding Functions of the DNA Replication Initiator Protein DnaA of Escherichia coli. J Biochem Mol Biol. 38(1): 97-103. 

9.      Gupta SK, Banerjee T, Basak S, Sahu K, Sau S and Ghosh TC (2005). Studies on codon usage in Thermoplasma acidophilum and its possible implications on the occurrences of lateral gene transfer. J Basic Microbiol. (in press).

10.  Sahu K, Gupta SK, Sau S and Ghosh TC. (2005). Comparative analysis of the base composition and codon usages in fourteen mycobacteriophage genomes. J Biomol struct Dyn. (in press).

11. Sau K, Gupta SK, Sau S, and Ghosh TC. (2005). Synonymous codon usage bias in sixteen Staphylococcus aureus phages: Implication in phage therapy. Virus Res (in press).

Full list of publications (reverse chronological order)

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