Research Publications
1. Basanta K. Rajbongshi, N. Nair, M. Nethaji and Gurunath Ramanathan (2012)
Segregation into chiral enantiomeric conformations of an achiral molecule by concomitant polymorphism.
Cryst. Growth and Design, 12, 1823-1829.
2. Shahnawaz Rafiq, B. K. Rajbonghshi, N. N. Nair, P. Sen and Gurunath Ramanathan (2011)
Excited state relaxation dynamics of model green fluorescent protein chromophore analogs: evidence for cistrans
isomerism.
J. Phys. Chem. (A) 115, 13733-13742.
3. Anju Duley, M. Nethaji and Gurunath Ramanathan (2011)
A change in the 310- to α- helical transition point in the heptapeptides containing sulfur and selenium
Cryst. Growth and Design, 11, 2238-2240.
4. Rajbhongshi B.K., P. Sen and Gurunath R (2010)
Twisted intramolecular charge transfer in a model green fluorescent protein luminophore analog
Chem. Phys. Lett. 494, 295-300.
5. Mondal S., Shivswaroop, Verma S. and Gurunath R (2010)
A synthetic ditryptophan conjugate that rescues bacteria from mercury toxicity through complexation.
Tetrahedron Letters, 51, 6111-6115.
6. Shivswaroop, Sughosh P and Gurunath R (2009)
Biomineralization of N,N-Dimethylformamide by paracoccus so. Strain DMF
J. Hazardous materials. 171, 268-272.
7. B. K. Rajbhongshi and Gurunath R (2009)
Designed modulation of interactions in the crystal structures of a series of 4-benzylidene imidazolin-5-ones.
J. Chemical Sciences 121, 973-982.
8. Vibhor Jain, Basanta Kumar Rajbongshi, Arun Tej Mallajosyula, Gitalee Bhattacharjya, S Sundar Kumar
Iyer and Gurunath R (2008)
Photovoltaic effect in single layer organic solar cell devices fabricated with two new imidazolin-5-one
molecules.
Solar energy materials and solar cells 92, 1043-1046.
9. Jassi, M.; Gurunath, R.; Sundar Kumar Iyer, S (2008)
Degradation Study of Organic Semiconductor Devices Under Electrical and Optical Stresses
Electron Display Letters 29, 442-444.
10. Bhattacharjya G.,Arun Tej, S.S.K. Iyer and Gurunath R (2006)
Imidazolin-5-ones in organic semiconducting diodes
Molecules to materials- Proceedings of the international conference on molecules to materials 2006 at at Sant
Longowal Instittue of Engineering and Technology. Longowal, Punjab. pp 8-12.
11. Bhattacharjya G., Agasti S.S., Savitha G. and Gurunath R (2006)
A solvent free lewis acid catalyzed vinylogous condensation
ARKIVOC 6, 152-161.
12. Vibhor Jain , Gitalee Bhattacharjya , Arun Tej 2, CK Suman , R
Gurunath, B Mazhari and SSK Iyer (2006)
Study of Optical and Electrical Properties of Imidazolin-5-one Molecules for Optoelectronic Applications”,
Proceedings Asian Symposium on Information Display(ASID), 2006, 244-247.
13. Singh, P, Iyengar, L., Birkeland, N. and Gurunath R (2006)
Mineralization of Sulphanilic acid by Agrobacterium sp. Strain PNS -1
Biodegradation, Feb 2006, 1 – 8.
14. Bhattacharjya G, Savitha G and Gurunath R (2005)
C-H....O interactions are favoured over C=O....C interactions in the crystal packing of imidazolin-5-one analogues
J. Molecular Structure 752, 101-106.
15. Yadav, K., Iyengar, L., Birkeland, N. and Gurunath R (2005)
Accumulation of metabolic intermediates of p-Cresol in the culture medium by a Pseudomonas sp. strain A
isolated from the activated sludge of a domestic waste water treatment plant.
World J. Microbiology and biotechnology 21(8-9), 1529-1534.
16. Bhattacharjya G, Savitha G and Gurunath R (2004)
Short C=O•••C intermolecular contacts for molecular assembly
CrytEngComm, 6(40), 233-235.
17. Pekkari K, Javier Avila-Cari"o, Gurunath R, Åsa Bengtsson Annika Scheynius and Arne Holmgren(2003)
Truncated thioredoxin (Trx80) exerts unique mitogenic cytokine effects via a mechanism independent of thiol
oxido-reductase activity,
FEBS Letters, 539(1-3), 143-148.
18. Pekkari K, Javier Avila-Cari"o, Åsa Bengtsson, Gurunath R, Annika Scheynius and Arne Holmgren
(2001)
Truncated thioredoxin (Trx80) activates human resting monocytes and induces Interleukin 12 production
Blood, 97(10):3184-3190.
19. Pekkari K, Gurunath R, Arnér ESJ & Holmgren A (2000)
Truncated Thioredoxin Is a Mitogenic Cytokine for Resting Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and
Is Present in Human Plasma
J. Biol. Chem., 2000 275: 37474-37480.
20. Bertini R, Howard ZOM, dong H-F, Oppenheim JJ, Bizzari C, Sergi R, Caselli G, Pagiliei S, Romines B,
Wilshire JA, Mengozzi M, Nakamura H, Yodoi J, Pekkari K, Gurunath R, Holmgren A, Herzenberg LA,
Herzenberg LA and Ghezzi P. (1999)
Thioredoxin a redox enzyme released in infection and inflammation, is a unique chemoattractant for
neutrophils, monocytes and T cells.
J. Experimental Medicine, (1999) 189 (7), 1783-1789.
21. Karle IL, Gurunath R, Prasad S, Rao RB, Balaram P (1996)
Crystal structures of a nonapeptide helix containing α,α-di-n-butylglycine (Dbg), Boc-Gly-Dbg-Ala-Val-Ala-Leu-Aib-Val-Leu-OMe
Int. J. Peptide. Protein Res., 47, 376-382.
22. Datta S, Shamala N, Gurunath R & Balaram P (1996)
Observation of a mixed antiparallel and parallel β- sheet motif in the crystal structure of Boc-Ala-Ile-Aib-OMe.
Int. J. Peptide. Protein Res., 48, 209-214.
23. Gurunath R & Balaram P (1995)
A nonhelical, multiple β-turn conformation in a glycine-rich heptapeptide fragment of Trichogin A IV
containing a single central α-aminoisobutyric acid residue.
Biopolymers, 35(1), 21-9.
24. Karle IL, Gurunath R, Prasad S, Kaul R, Rao B, Balaram P (1995)
Peptide design. Structural evaluation of potential non-helical segments attached to helical modules.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117, 9632-9637.
25. Gurunath R, Beena TK, Adiga PR & Balaram P (1995)
Enhancing peptide antigenicity by helix stabilization.
FEBS Lett., 361(2-3), 176-178.
26. Karle IL, Flippen-Anderson JL, Gurunath R & Balaram P (1994)
Facile transition between 310- and α-helix: structures of 8-, 9-, and 10-residue peptides containing the -(Leu- Aib-Ala)2-Phe-Aib- fragment.
Protein Science, 3(9), 1547-1555.
27. Gurunath R & Balaram P (1994)
Incorporation of a potentially helix breaking D-Phe-Pro sequence into the center of a right handed 16 residue
peptide helix.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 202(1) 241-245.
