Research Groups

Plant Biology: Plant Molecular Biology

Senior Research Scientist

Research Interests and Description
Group Members
Group Leader

Sunil Mukherjee

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
110 067 New Delhi, India

E-mail: sunilm@icgeb.res.in
Office tel: +91-11-26741358-61, 26741242
Office fax: +91-11-26742316

Education

Visva Bharati University, Physics Department, India, MSc, 1977
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Nuclear Physics Division, Calcutta, India, Post-MSc, 1978
Calcutta University, Physics Department, Biophysics Division, Calcutta, India, PhD, 1983

Career History

Since 2008, Associate Scientist, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
1990, Assistant Scientist, ICGEB, New Delhi, India.
1984-1990, Research Associate, Duke University, USA.
1983-1984, Post-doc, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
1970-1972, Operator, NMR Spectroscopy, CIFR, Dhanbad, India.

Awards
2008, Prof. Ranjan Memorial Lecture Award, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad
2007, Fellow, The Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
2005, Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
2001, Fellow  National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad

Teaching Activity

ICGEB-Ph.D. Programme.

Scientific Activity

DNA replication and pathogenecity of geminiviruses. Detection and Mechanism of viral RNAi suppressors. Deep profiling of microRNAs for stress biomarkers.

Selected publications

Karjee, S., Islam, M.N., Mukherjee, S.K. 2008. Screening and identification of virus encoded RNA silencing suppressors. Met. Mol. Biol. (In Press)

Naqvi, A.R., Roychoudhury, N.R., Haq, M.R., Mukherjee, S.K., 2008. MicroRNAs as biomarkers in ToLCV disease. Nucl.Acid. Symp. Sr. 52, 507-508

Teotia, P.S., Mukherjee, S.K., Mishra, N.S. 2008. Fine tuning of Auxin signalling by miRs. Physiol.Mol.Biol.Plants 14, 81-90

Karjee, S., Islam, M.N., Mukherjee, S.K. 2008. Screening and identification of virus encoded RNA silencing suppressors. Met. Mol. Biol. 442, 187-203

Singh, D.K., Malik, P.S., Roychoudhury, P.S., Mukherjee, S.K. 2008. MYMIV replication initiator protein: Roles at the initiation and elongation steps of MYMIV DNA replication. Virology 380, 75-83

Singh, D.K., Islam, M.N., Roy Choudhury, N., Karjee, S., Mukherjee, S.K. 2007. The 32 kDa subunit of replication protein A (RPA) participates in the DNA replication of MYMIV by interacting with the viral rep protein. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 755-770

Chilakamarthi, U., Mukherjee, S.K., Deb, J.K. 2007. Intervention of geminiviral replication in yeast by ribozyme mediated downregulation of its Rep protein. FEBS Letts. 581, 2675-2683

Roy,S., Roy Choudhury, S.R., Mukherjee, S.K., Sengupta, D.N. 2007. Tobacco PCNA binds directly and stimulates both activity and processivity of ddNTP-sensitive mungbean DNA Polymerase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 468, 22-31

Singh, D.K., Karjee, S., Malik, P.S., Islam, M.N., Mukherjee, S.K. 2007. DNA replication and pathogenecity of MYMIV. Communicating Current Research Trends in Applied Microbiology 1, 155-162

Mishra, N.S., Mukherjee, S.K. 2007. A peep into plant microRNA world. The open Plant Sc. J. 1, 1-9

Roy Choudhury, N., Malik, P.S., Singh, D.K., Islam, M.N., Kaliappan, K., Mukherjee, S.K. 2006. The oligomeric Rep protein of Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV) is a likely replicative helicase. Nucl. Ac. Res., 34, 6362-6377

Malik, P.S, Kumar, V., Bagewadi, B., Mukherjee, S.K. 2005. Interaction between coat protein (CP) and replication initiation protein (Rep) of Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMIV) might lead to control of viral DNA replication. Virology 337, 273-283

Raghavan, V., Malik, P.S., Rochoudhury, N., Mukherjee, S. 2004. The DNA-A component of a Plant Geminivirus (IMYMV) replicates in Budding Yeast cells. J. Virol. 78, 2405-2413

Bagewadi, B., Chen, S., Lal, S., Roychoudhury, N., Mukherjee, S. 2004. PCNA interacts with IMYMV-Rep and downregulates Rep’s Activity. J. Virol. 78, 11890-11903