Publications

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Pubmed link to J Nagaraju publications

2011

Mrinal N, Tomar A and Nagaraju J (2011) Role of sequence encoded κB DNA geomtery in gene regulation by Dorsal. Nucleic Acids Research. 39:9574-9591. PDF
Terenius O, Papanicolaou A, Garbutt JS, Eleftherianos I, Huvenne H, Sriramana K, Albrechtsen M, An C, Aymeric JL, Barthel A et al. (2011) RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design. J Insect Physiol. 57:231-245 PDF
Bentur JS, Sinha DK, Padmavathy C, Revathy C, Muthulakshmi M and Nagaraju J (2011) Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Loci in the Asian Rice Gall Midge (Orseolia oryzae) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12:755-772. PDF

2010

Morrison NI, Koukidou M, Franz G, Miller TA, Saccone G, Simmons GS, Alphey LS, Polito LC and Nagaraju J (2010) Review: Genetic Improvements to the Sterile Insect Technique for Agricultural Pests As. Pac. J. Mol. Biol. & Biotech. 18:275-295.PDF
Arunkumar, KP and Nagaraju, J (2010) Drosophila intersex orthologue in the silkworm, Bombyx mori and related species. Genetica. 139:141-147.PDF
Special issue - How is sex determined in insects? Journal of Genetics. Volume 89, Number 3, September 2010 LINK
Nagaraju J and Saccone G (2010) How is sex determined in insects?. J. Genet.PDF
Shukla JN and Nagaraju J (2010) Doublesex: a conserved downstream gene controlled by diverse upstream regulators. J. Genet. 89:341-356.PDF
Nagaraju J and Saccone G (2010) How is sex determined in insects? An epilogue. J. Genetics PDF
Singh J, Singh CP, Bhavani A and Nagaraju J (2010) Discovering microRNAs from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrosis virus. Virology. 407:120-128.PDF
Shukla JN, Jadhav S and Nagaraju J (2010) Novel female-specific splice form of dsx in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Genetica PDF
Shukla JN and Nagaraju J (2010) Two female-specific DSX proteins are encoded by the sex-specific transcripts of dsx, and are required for female sexual differentiation in two wild silkmoth species, Antheraea assama and Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 40:672-682. PDF
Mrinal N and Nagaraju J (2010) Dynamic repositioning of dorsal to two different kB motifs controls its autoregulation during immune response in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285:24206-24216. PDF

2009

Beech CJ, Vasan SS, Quinlan MM, Capurro ML, Alphey L, Bayard V, Bouare M, Kittayapong P, Lavery JV, Lee HL, Marrelli MT, McLeod MC, Nagaraju J, Ombongi K, Othman RY, Pillai V, Ramsey J, Reuben R, Rose RI, Tyagi BK, and Mumford J (2009a) Deployment of innovative genetic vector control strategies: Progress on regulatory and biosafety aspects, capacity building and development of best-practice guidance. Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 17: 75-85.PDF
Beech CJ, Nagaraju J, Vasan SS, Rose RI, Othman RY, Pillai V, and Saraswathy TS (on behalf of the working groups) (2009b) Risk analysis of a hypothetical open field release of a self-limiting transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquito strain to combat dengue. Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 17: 99-111.PDF
Shimomura M, Minami H, Suetsugu Y, Ohyanagi H, Satoh C, Antonio B, Nagamura Y, Kadono-Okuda K, Kajiwara H, Sezutsu H, Nagaraju J, Goldsmith MR, Xia O, Yamamoto K, Mita K (2009) KAIKObase: An integrated silkworm genome database and data mining tools. BMC Genomics 10: 486. PDF
Arunkumar KP, Mita K, Nagaraju J (2009) The Silkworm Z Chromosome is Enriched in Testis-Specific Genes. Genetics 182: 493-501.PDF
Johny S, Chakraborty S, Gadagkar R, Nagaraju J (2009) Polymorphic microsatellite loci for primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 2203-2205.PDF

2008

Arunkumar KP, Kifayathullah L, Nagaraju J (2008) Microsatellite markers for the Indian golden silkmoth, Antheraea assama (Saturniidae: Lepidoptera). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 268-270.PDF
Mrinal N, Nagaraju J (2008) Intron loss is associated with gain of function in the evolution of gloverin family of antibacterial genes in Bombyx mori. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283: 23376-23387 PDF
Kanginakudru S, Metta M, Jakati RD, Nagaraju J (2008) Genetic evidence from Indian red jungle fowl corroborates multiple domestication of modern day chicken. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:174. PDF
Arunkumar KP, Tomar A, Daimon T, Shimada T, Nagaraju J (2008) WildSilkbase: An EST database of wild silkmoths. BMC Genomics 9: 338. PDF
Singh J, Nagaraju J (2008) In silico prediction and characterization of microRNAs from red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum). Insect Molecular Biology 17: 427-436. PDF

2007

Archak S, Nagaraju J (2007) InSatDb: A Genomic Tool for Insect Geneticists. FLY 1:5, 279-281. PDF
Archak S, Nagaraju J (2007) Computational prediction of rice (Oryza sativa) miRNA targets. Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics 5: 196-206. PDF
Biju SD, Bocxlaer IV, Giri VB, Roelants K, Nagaraju J, Bossuyt F (2007) A new rightfrog, Nyctibatrachus minimus sp. nov. (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae): The smallest frog from India. Current Science 93: 854-858. PDF
Gandhe A S, John S H, Nagaraju J (2007) Noduler, a novel immune upregulated protein mediates nodulation response in insects. Journal of Immunology 179: 6943-6951 . PDF
Lakshminarayanareddy V, Archak S, Nagaraju J (2007) Capillary electrophoresis is essential for microsatellite marker based detection and quantification of adulteration of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 55: 8112-8117. PDF
Kanginakudru S, Royer C, Edupalli SV, Jalabert A, Mauchamp B, Chandrashekaraiah, Prasad S V, Chavancy G , Couble P, Nagaraju J (2007) Targeting ie-1 gene by RNAi induces baculoviral resistance in lepidopteran cell lines and in the transgenic silkworms. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 635-644. PDF
Archak S, Lakshminarayanareddy V, Nagaraju J (2007) High-throughput multiplex microsatellite marker assay for detection and quantification of adulteration in Basmati rice (Oryza sativa). Electrophoresis 28: 2396-2405.PDF
Ravi Kumar A, Sathish V, Balakrish Nair G, Nagaraju J (2007) Genetic characterization of Vibrio cholerae strains by inter simple sequence repeat-PCR. FEMS Microbiology Letters 272: 251-258. PDF
Gandhe AS, Janardhan G, Nagaraju J (2007) Immune upregulation of novel antibacterial proteins from silkmoths (Lepidoptera) that resemble lysozymes but lack muramidase activity. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37: 655-666. PDF
Meglecz E, Anderson SJ, Bourguet D, Butcher R, Caldas A, Cassel-Lundhagen A, d'Acier AC, Dawson DA, Faure N, Fauvelot C, Franck P, Harper G, Keyghobadi N, Kluetsch C, Muthulakshmi M, Nagaraju J, Patt A, Petenian F, Silvain JF, Wilcock HR (2007) Microsatellite flanking region similarities among different loci within insect species. Insect Molecular Biology 16:175-85. PDF
Sreenu V, Kumar P, Nagaraju J, Nagarajaram H (2007) Simple sequence repeats in mycobacterial genomes. Journal of Biosciences 32: 3-15. PDF
Archak S, Meduri E, Sravana Kumar P and Nagaraju J (2007) In SatDb: A microsatellite database of fully sequenced insect genomes. Nucleic Acid s Research 35: D36 - D39. PDF

2006

Arunkumar KP, Nagaraju J (2006) Unusually long palindromes are abundant in mitochondrial control regions of insects and nematodes. PLoS ONE 1: e110. PDF
Bocxlaer IV, Roelants K, Biju SD, Nagaraju J, Bossuyt F (2006) Late cretaceous vicariance in gondwanan amphibians. PLoS ONE 1: e74. PDF
Gandhe AS, Arunkumar KP, John SH, Nagaraju J (2006) Analysis of bacteria-challenged wild silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta (lepidoptera) transcriptome reveals potential immune genes. BMC Genomics 7: 184. PDF
Sreenu VB, Kumar P, Nagaraju J, Nagarajaram HA (2006) Microsatellite polymorphism across the M. tuberculosis and M. bovis genomes: implications on genome evolution and plasticity. BMC Genomics 7: 78. PDF
Khurad AM, Kanginakudru S, Qureshi SO, Rathod MK, Rai MM, Nagaraju J (2006) A new Bombyx mori larval ovarian cell line highly susceptible to nucleopolyhedrovirus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 92: 59-65. PDF
Archak S, Nagaraju J (2006) Eicosapentapeptide repeats (EPRs): novel repeat proteins specific to flowering plants. Bioinformatics 22: 2455-2458. PDF
Arunkumar KP, Metta M, Nagaraju J (2006) Molecular phylogeny of silkmoths reveals the origin of domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori from Chinese Bombyx mandarina and paternal inheritance of Antheraea proylei mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 419-427. PDF
Johny S, Kanginakudru S, Muralirangan MC, Nagaraju J (2006) Morphological and molecular characterization of a new microsporidian (Protozoa: Microsporidia) isolated from Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Parasitology 132: 803-814. PDF
Singh Negi D, Alam M, Bhavani SA, Nagaraju J (2006) Multistep microsatellite mutation in the maternally transmitted locus D13S317: a case of maternal allele mismatch in the child. International Journal of Legal Medicine 120: 286-292. PDF

2005

Miao XX, Xub SJ, Li MH, Li MW, Huang JH, Dai FY, Marino SW, Mills DR, Zeng P, Mita K, Jia SH, Zhang Y, Liu WB, Xiang H, Guo QH, Xu AY, Kong XY, Lin HX, Shi YZ, Lu G, Zhang X, Huang W, Yasukochi Y, Sugasaki T, Shimada T, Nagaraju J, Xiang ZH, Wang SY, Goldsmith MR, Lu C, Zhao GP, Huang YP (2005) Simple sequence repeat-based consensus linkage map of Bombyx mori. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102: 16303-16308. PDF
Nagaraja GM, Mahesh G, Satish V, Madhu M, Muthulakshmi M, Nagaraju J (2005) Genetic mapping of Z chromosome and identification of W chromosome-specific markers in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Heredity 95: 148-157. PDF
Marec F, Neven LG, Robinson AS, Vreysen M, Goldsmith MR, Nagaraju J, Franz G (2005) Development of genetic sexing strains in Lepidoptera: from traditional to transgenic approaches. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 248-259. PDF
Prasad MD, Muthulakshmi M, Madhu M, Archak S, Mita K, Nagaraju J (2005) Survey and analysis of microsatellites in the silkworm, Bombyx mori: frequency, distribution, mutations, marker potential and their conservation in heterologous species. Genetics 169: 197-214. PDF
Prasad MD, Muthulakshmi M, Arunkumar KP, Madhu M, Sreenu VB, Pavithra V, Bose B, Nagarajaram HA, Mita K, Shimada T, Nagaraju J (2005) SilkSatDb: a microsatellite database of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nucleic Acids Research 33: D403-406. PDF

2004

Nagaraja, Nagaraju J, Ranganath HA (2004) Molecular phylogeny of the nasuta subgroup of Drosophila based on 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA and CoI mitochondrial genes, RAPD and ISSR polymorphisms. Genes and Genetic Systems 79: 293-299. PDF
Nagaraju J (2004) Spider silks: A possible key to evolution of spiders. Heredity 93: 520-521.PDF
Metta M, Kanginakudru S, Gudiseva N, Nagaraju J (2004) Genetic characterization of the Indian cattle breeds, Ongole and Deoni (Bos indicus), using microsatellite markers - a preliminary study. BMC Genetics 5: 16. PDF
Khurad AM, Mahulikar A, Rathod MK, Rai MM, Kanginakudru S, Nagaraju J (2004) Vertical transmission of nucleopolyhedrovirus in the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 87: 8-15. PDF
Nageswara Rao S, Muthulakshmi M, Kanginakudru S, Nagaraju J (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of three new microsporidian isolates from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 86: 87-95. PDF
Yasodha R, Kathirvel M, Sumathi R, Gurumurthi K, Archak S, Nagaraju J (2004) Genetic analyses of casuarinas using ISSR and FISSR markers. Genetica 122: 161-172. PDF
Awasthi AK, Nagaraja GM, Naik GV, Kanginakudru S, Thangavelu K, Nagaraju J (2004) Genetic diversity and relationships in mulberry (genus Morus) as revealed by RAPD and ISSR marker assays. BMC Genetics 5: 1. PDF
Sreenu VB, Ranjitkumar G, Swaminathan S, Priya S, Bose B, Pavan PM, Nagaraju J, Nagarajaram HA (2004) MICdb - Database of Prokaryotic Microsatellites. Nucleic Acids Research (Published in online database issue). Link

2003

Kanginakudru S, Subbaiah EV, Couble P, Nagaraju J (2003) LepidopteraAbstracts. Towards development of baculoviral resistant strains of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Sixth International Workshop on the Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Science 3: 36. PDF
Sreenu VB, Ranjitkumar G, Swaminathan S, Priya S, Bose B, Pavan MN, Thanu G, Nagaraju J, Nagarajaram HA (2003) MICAS: a fully automated web server for microsatellite extraction and analysis from prokaryote and viral genomic sequences. Applied Bioinformatics 2: 165-168. PDF
Prasad MD, Han SJ, Nagaraju J, Lee WJ, Brey PT (2003) Cloning and characterization of an eukaryotic initiation factor-2alpha kinase from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1628: 56-63. PDF
Prasad MD, Nagaraju J (2003) A comparative phylogenetic analysis of full-length mariner elements isolated from the Indian tasar silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera: saturniidae). Journal of Biosciences 28: 443-453. PDF
Sreenu VB, Alevoor V, Nagaraju J, Nagarajaram HA (2003) MICdb: database of prokaryotic microsatellites. Nucleic Acids Research 31: 106-108. PDF
Priyadarshini P, Murthy BS, Nagaraju J, Singh L (2003) A GATA-binding protein expressed predominantly in the pupal ovary of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 33: 185-195. PDF

2002

Nagaraju J (2002) Recent advances in silkworm biology. Current Science (Editor, Special Issue) 83: 409-471. Link
Nagaraju J (2002) Application of genetic principles for improving silk production. Current Science 83: 409-414. PDF
Nagaraju J*, Goldsmith MR (2002) Silkworm genomics - progress and prospects. Current Science 83: 415-425. PDF
* Corresponding author
Nagaraju J*, Kathirvel M, Kumar RR, Siddiq EA, Hasnain SE (2002) Genetic analysis of traditional and evolved Basmati and non-Basmati rice varieties by using fluorescence-based ISSR-PCR and SSR markers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99: 5836-5841. PDF
* Corresponding author
Nagaraju J*, Kathirvel M, Subbaiah EV, Muthulakshmi M, Kumar LD (2002) FISSR-PCR: a simple and sensitive assay for highthroughput genotyping and genetic mapping. Molecular and Cellular Probes 16: 67-72. PDF
* Corresponding author
Prasad MD, Nurminsky DL, Nagaraju J (2002) Characterization and molecular phylogenetic analysis of mariner elements from wild and domesticated species of silkmoths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 210-217. PDF

2001

Nagaraju J (2001) Identification of a gene associated with Bt resistance in the lepidopteran pest, Heliothis virescens and its implications in Bt transgenic-based pest control. Current Science 81: 746-747. PDF
Jain D, Nair DT, Swaminathan GJ, Abraham EG, Nagaraju J, Salunke DM (2001) Structure of the induced antibacterial protein from tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta. Implications to molecular evolution. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276: 41377-41382. PDF
Nagaraju J, Reddy KD, Nagaraja GM, Sethuraman BN (2001) Comparison of multilocus RFLPs and PCR-based marker systems for genetic analysis of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Heredity 86: 588-597. PDF
Kumar LD, Kathirvel M, Rao GV, Nagaraju J (2001) DNA profiling of disputed chilli samples (Capsicum annum) using ISSR-PCR and FISSR-PCR marker assays. Forensic Science International 116: 63-68. PDF

2000

Nagaraju J (2000) Recent advances in molecular genetics of the silk moth, Bombyx mori. Current Science 78: 151-161. PDF
Nagaraju J, Klimenko V, Couble P (2000) The silkworm Bombyx mori, a model genetic system, In: Encyclopedia of Genetics; Reeves E, editor. London, UK: Fitzroy Dearborn.

1999

Reddy KD, Nagaraju J, Abraham EG (1999) Genetic characterization of the silkworm Bombyx mori by simple sequence repeat (SSR)-anchored PCR. Heredity 83: 681-687. PDF
Reddy KD, Abraham EG, Nagaraju J (1999) Microsatellites in the silkworm, Bombyx mori: abundance, polymorphism, and strain characterization. Genome 42: 1057-1065. PDF
Sharma A, Niphadkar MP, Kathirvelu P, Nagaraju J, Singh L (1999) DNA fingerprinting variability within and among the silkworm Bombyx mori genotypes and estimation of their genetic relatedness using Bkm-derived probe. Journal of Heredity 90: 315-319. PDF

1997

Nagaraju JG, Singh L (1997) Assessment of genetic diversity by DNA profiling and its significance in silkworm, Bombyx mori. Electrophoresis 18: 1676-1681. PDF

1996

Nagaraju J, Raje U, Datta RK (1996) Crossbreeding and heterosis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, A review. Sericologia 36: 1-20. PDF
Nagaraju J, Kanda T, Tamura T, Coulon M, Couble P (1996) Attempts at transgenesis of the silkworm (Bombyx mori) by egg injection of foreign DNA. Applied Entomology and Zoology 31: 587-596.

1995

Nagaraju J, Sharma A, Sethuraman BN, Rao GV, Singh L (1995) DNA fingerprinting in silkworm Bombyx mori using banded krait minor satellite DNA-derived probe. Electrophoresis 16: 1639-1642. PDF
Nagaraja GM, Nagaraju J (1995) Genome fingerprinting of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, using random arbitrary primers. Electrophoresis 16: 1633-1638. PDF
Abraham EG, Nagaraju J, Salunke D, Gupta HM, Datta RK (1995) Purification and partial characterization of an induced antibacterial protein in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 65: 17-24. PDF
Nagaraju J, Abraham EG (1995) Purification and characterisation of amylase in tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology - Part B 110B: 201-209. PDF
Nagaraju J, Kumar PT (1995) Effect of selection of cocoon filament length in divergently selected lines of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of Sericulture Science Japan 64: 103-109. PDF

1992

Abraham EG, Nagaraju J, Datta RK (1992) Biochemical studies of amylase in silkworm, Bombyx mori (I) Comparative analysis in diapausing and non-diapausing strain. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 22: 867-873. PDF

1986

Nagaraju J, Jolly MS (1986) Interspecific hybrids of Antheraea pernyi and A. roylei - A cytogenetic reassessment. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 72: 269-273. PDF

Books/Reviews

Nagaraju J, Klimenko V, Couble P (2001) The silkworm, Bombyx mori: A model genetic system. In: Encyclopedia of Genetics (Ed. E.C.R. Reeve), pp 219-239. Fitzroy Dearbon Publishers, London, UK.PDF
Nagaraju J (1998) Silk yield attributes: Correlations and complexities. In: Silkworm Breeding (Ed. G.S. Reddy) Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi.
Datta RK, Nagaraju J (1993) Emerging applications of Biotechnology in Sericulture. In: Commericialisation of Biotechnologies for agriculture and aquaculture (Ed. Srivastava U.K. and Chandrashekar S.), pp, 201-210. Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi.
Nagaraju J (1999) Biotechnology: A novel concept for silkworm improvement. In: Advances in Mulberry Sericulture (Ed. M.C. Devaiah et al), pp. 208-242. CVG Publications, Bangalore.
Nagaraju J, Arun Kumar KP, Sriramana K, Muthulakshmi M, Satish V, Madhu M, Subbaiah EV (2004). Silkworm genomics on fast track. In: Frontier Areas of Entomological Research. Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi. (In press).

Patents taken/applied

Chandrashekariah, J. Nagaraju and others. The patents have been filed with Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Geneva for three high yielding silkworm hybrids; Swarnandhra, Kalpatharuvu and Hemavathy. (Patent No PCT/1B02/01349, dated April 17, 2002)
J. Nagaraju . An Indian patent has also been filed with PCT for DNA markers, which distinguish traditional Basmati, evolved Basmati and non-Basmati rice varieties. (Patent No 260/MAS/2002, dated April 8, 2002)
J. Nagaraju . The US patent has been applied for multiplex Simple Sequence Repeat kit containing 10 loci which can simultaneously distinguish traditional Basmati, evolved Basmati and non-Basmati varieties and quantify the adulterants (File No.FPO2559/RB/SM dated 19.04.2006)
J. Nagaraju . Transgenic silkworms resistant to baculovirus (Indian Patent No.1125/CHE/2006)
J. Nagaraju . The patent has been applied for fluorescent inter simple sequence repeat (FISSR) primer kit containing 36 sets of primers to make them available for plant and animal geneticists
J. Nagaraju. High-throughput multiplex microsatellite marker assay for detection and quantification of adulteration in Basmati rice (Indian Patent No.260/MAS/2002 and 662/CHE/2006; USA Patent No.USPTO 10/357, 488 and 11/406, 257; International Patent No.PCT/IN06/00254)