Research Interests
Selected Publications
Ramakrishnan G, Ragland BD, Purdy JE and BJ Mann (1996) Physical mapping and expression of gene families encoding the N-acetyl D-galactosamine adherence lectin of Entamoeba histolytica. Mol Microbiol, 19:91-100. [Entrez]
Ramakrishnan G, Vines RR, Mann BJ and WA Petri Jr. (1997) Establishment of an inducible expression system in Entamoeba histolytica. Archives of Medical Research, 28:34-5. [Entrez]
Ramakrishnan G, Vines RR, Mann BJ and WA Petri Jr. (1997) A tetracycline-inducible gene expression system in Entamoeba histolytica. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 84:93-100. [Entrez]
Vines RR*, Ramakrishnan G*, Rogers JB, Lockhart LA, Mann BJ and WA Petri Jr. (1998) Regulation of adherence and virulence by the Entamoeba histolytica lectin cytoplasmic domain, which contains a b2 integrin motif. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 9:2069-2079. [Entrez]
Petri WA Jr and G Ramakrishnan (1999) Applying antisense technology to the study of Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis. Trends in Microbiology, 7:471-473. [Entrez]
Ramakrishnan G and WA Petri Jr. (2000) Pathogenesis and Molecular Biology (chapter). Amebiasis. Ravdin JI, Ed. Imperial College Press, pp 99-112.
Ramakrishnan G, Lee S, Mann BJ and WA Petri Jr. (2000) Entamoeba histolytica: Deletion of the GPI anchor signal sequence on the Gal/NalNAc lectin light subunit prevents its assembly into the lectin heterodimer. Experimental Parasitology, 96:57-60. [Entrez]
Ramakrishnan G, Rogers JB, Mann BJ and WA Petri Jr. (2000) New tools for genetic analysis of Entamoeba histolytica: blasticidin S deaminase and green fluorescence protein. Parasitology International, 50:47-50. [Entrez]
Ramakrishnan G and WA Petri Jr. (2001) Getting sense and finding function in protozoa. Nature Biotechnology 19:213-214. [Entrez]
* Both authors contributed equally to the work published.