Girija Ramakrishnan

M.Sc., Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Ph.D., Molecular Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook

 

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.