Venigalla Rao
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Venigalla Rao's Degrees
- Bachelors Biochemistry University of California, Berkeley
- PhD Biochemistry Stanford University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Venigalla Basaveswara Rao is an Indian-American biochemist who is a professor of biology at the Catholic University of America. He serves as Director of the Bacteriophage Medical Research Center. In 2021, he was elected a Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology and the National Academy of Inventors.
Venigalla Rao's Published Works
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- The bacteriophage DNA packaging motor. (2008) (352)
- Molecular architecture of the prolate head of bacteriophage T4. (2004) (275)
- The Structure of the Phage T4 DNA Packaging Motor Suggests a Mechanism Dependent on Electrostatic Forces (2008) (227)
- Single phage T4 DNA packaging motors exhibit large force generation, high velocity, and dynamic variability (2007) (178)
- Sequence analysis of bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging/terminase genes 16 and 17 reveals a common ATPase center in the large subunit of viral terminases. (2002) (123)
- Genome packaging in viruses. (2010) (122)
- The structure of the ATPase that powers DNA packaging into bacteriophage T4 procapsids. (2007) (120)
- The bacteriophage DNA packaging machine. (2012) (117)
- Cloning, overexpression and purification of the terminase proteins gp16 and gp17 of bacteriophage T4. Construction of a defined in-vitro DNA packaging system using purified terminase proteins. (1988) (111)
- Mechanisms of DNA Packaging by Large Double-Stranded DNA Viruses. (2015) (109)
- Structure and assembly of bacteriophage T4 head (2010) (96)
- Biochemical Characterization of an ATPase Activity Associated with the Large Packaging Subunit gp17 from Bacteriophage T4* (2000) (92)
- Viral Molecular Machines (2012) (90)
- Structure of the small outer capsid protein, Soc: a clamp for stabilizing capsids of T4-like phages. (2010) (85)
- The Functional Domains of Bacteriophage T4 Terminase* (2004) (82)
- Genetic Engineering of Bacteriophages Against Infectious Diseases (2019) (80)
- Structure and function of the small terminase component of the DNA packaging machine in T4-like bacteriophages (2011) (80)
- Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 portal protein assembly at near-atomic resolution (2015) (78)
- Molecular architecture of bacteriophage T4 capsid: vertex structure and bimodal binding of the stabilizing accessory protein, Soc. (2000) (76)
- Assembly of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antigens on Bacteriophage T4: a Novel In Vitro Approach To Construct Multicomponent HIV Vaccines (2006) (76)
- In vitro and in vivo delivery of genes and proteins using the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine (2013) (72)
- The DNA translocating ATPase of bacteriophage T4 packaging motor. (2006) (72)
- Engineering of Bacteriophage T4 Genome Using CRISPR-Cas9. (2017) (71)
- The N-terminal ATPase site in the large terminase protein gp17 is critically required for DNA packaging in bacteriophage T4. (2001) (71)
- Analysis of capsid portal protein and terminase functional domains: interaction sites required for DNA packaging in bacteriophage T4. (1999) (64)
- The molecular architecture of the bacteriophage T4 neck. (2013) (62)
- Correlation between Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Antibody Titers and Protection from Intranasal Challenge with Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain Spores in Mice after Transcutaneous Immunization with Recombinant Anthrax Protective Antigen (2006) (62)
- In vitro binding of anthrax protective antigen on bacteriophage T4 capsid surface through Hoc-capsid interactions: a strategy for efficient display of large full-length proteins. (2006) (61)
- Multicomponent anthrax toxin display and delivery using bacteriophage T4. (2007) (61)
- Bacteriophage T4 nanoparticles for vaccine delivery against infectious diseases. (2019) (60)
- Structure, assembly, and DNA packaging of the bacteriophage T4 head. (2012) (60)
- DNA packaging of bacteriophage T4 proheads in vitro. Evidence that prohead expansion is not coupled to DNA packaging. (1985) (60)
- A novel terminase activity associated with the DNA packaging protein gp17 of bacteriophage T4. (1993) (58)
- Structure of the Three N-Terminal Immunoglobulin Domains of the Highly Immunogenic Outer Capsid Protein from a T4-Like Bacteriophage (2011) (57)
- A Promiscuous DNA Packaging Machine from Bacteriophage T4 (2011) (55)
- Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 isometric head at 3.3-Å resolution and its relevance to the assembly of icosahedral viruses (2017) (54)
- Direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified DNA. (1994) (54)
- An ATP hydrolysis sensor in the DNA packaging motor from bacteriophage T4 suggests an inchworm-type translocation mechanism. (2007) (52)
- Functional analysis of the highly antigenic outer capsid protein, Hoc, a virus decoration protein from T4‐like bacteriophages (2010) (49)
- The headful packaging nuclease of bacteriophage T4 (2008) (49)
- THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (2011) (47)
- Assembly of the small outer capsid protein, Soc, on bacteriophage T4: a novel system for high density display of multiple large anthrax toxins and foreign proteins on phage capsid. (2007) (46)
- Mutated and Bacteriophage T4 Nanoparticle Arrayed F1-V Immunogens from Yersinia pestis as Next Generation Plague Vaccines (2013) (45)
- The Small Terminase, gp16, of Bacteriophage T4 Is a Regulator of the DNA Packaging Motor* (2009) (43)
- Functional analysis of the DNA-packaging/terminase protein gp17 from bacteriophage T4. (1998) (43)
- Unexpected evolutionary benefit to phages imparted by bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 (2018) (42)
- Bacteriophage T4 capsid: a unique platform for efficient surface assembly of macromolecular complexes. (2006) (42)
- Novel and deviant Walker A ATP-binding motifs in bacteriophage large terminase-DNA packaging proteins. (2004) (42)
- Defining the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine: evidence for a C-terminal DNA cleavage domain in the large terminase/packaging protein gp17. (2003) (40)
- Defining the ATPase center of bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine: requirement for a catalytic glutamate residue in the large terminase protein gp17. (2003) (39)
- A Bacteriophage T4 Nanoparticle-Based Dual Vaccine against Anthrax and Plague (2018) (39)
- A discontinuous headful packaging model for packaging less than headful length DNA molecules by bacteriophage T4. (1996) (38)
- Anthrax Vaccine Antigen-Adjuvant Formulations Completely Protect New Zealand White Rabbits against Challenge with Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain Spores (2011) (37)
- Functional Analysis of the Bacteriophage T4 DNA-packaging ATPase Motor* (2006) (34)
- The dynamic pause-unpackaging state, an off-translocation recovery state of a DNA packaging motor from bacteriophage T4 (2012) (34)
- Structural analysis of DNA cleaved in vivo by bacteriophage T4 terminase. (1994) (33)
- Molecular anatomy of the receptor binding module of a bacteriophage long tail fiber (2019) (32)
- Mutations Altering a Structurally Conserved Loop-Helix-Loop Region of a Viral Packaging Motor Change DNA Translocation Velocity and Processivity (2010) (32)
- Regulation by interdomain communication of a headful packaging nuclease from bacteriophage T4 (2010) (32)
- Highly effective generic adjuvant systems for orphan or poverty-related vaccines. (2011) (32)
- The ATPase domain of the large terminase protein, gp17, from bacteriophage T4 binds DNA: implications to the DNA packaging mechanism. (2008) (30)
- Portal-Large Terminase Interactions of the Bacteriophage T4 DNA Packaging Machine Implicate a Molecular Lever Mechanism for Coupling ATPase to DNA Translocation (2012) (28)
- Specificity of Interactions among the DNA-packaging Machine Components of T4-related Bacteriophages* (2010) (28)
- HIV-1 variable loop 2 and its importance in HIV-1 infection and vaccine development. (2013) (27)
- A New Approach to Produce HIV-1 Envelope Trimers (2015) (25)
- Structure-function analysis of the DNA translocating portal of the bacteriophage T4 packaging machine. (2014) (25)
- Membrane-associated assembly of a phage T4 DNA entrance vertex structure studied with expression vectors. (1989) (25)
- A universal bacteriophage T4 nanoparticle platform to design multiplex SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates by CRISPR engineering (2021) (25)
- Evidence for an electrostatic mechanism of force generation by the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging motor (2014) (25)
- Evidence that a phage T4 DNA packaging enzyme is a processed form of the major capsid gene product (1985) (24)
- Dynamic Shifts in the HIV Proviral Landscape During Long Term Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Implications for Persistence and Control of HIV Infections (2020) (24)
- A critical coiled coil motif in the small terminase, gp16, from bacteriophage T4: insights into DNA packaging initiation and assembly of packaging motor. (2006) (23)
- DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage T4 (2013) (23)
- A Bivalent Anthrax–Plague Vaccine That Can Protect against Two Tier-1 Bioterror Pathogens, Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis (2017) (23)
- A rapid polymerase-chain-reaction-directed sequencing strategy using a thermostable DNA polymerase from Thermus flavus. (1992) (22)
- A bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging related DNA-dependent ATPase-endonuclease. (1982) (22)
- Single-molecule packaging initiation in real time by a viral DNA packaging machine from bacteriophage T4 (2014) (20)
- Highly Effective Soluble and Bacteriophage T4 Nanoparticle Plague Vaccines Against Yersinia pestis. (2016) (20)
- Effect of cytokines on Siglec-1 and HIV-1 entry in monocyte–derived macrophages: the importance of HIV-1 envelope V1V2 region (2015) (19)
- Nucleotide-dependent DNA gripping and an end-clamp mechanism regulate the bacteriophage T4 viral packaging motor (2018) (19)
- A phage T4 in vitro packaging system for cloning long DNA molecules. (1992) (19)
- Structural morphing in a symmetry-mismatched viral vertex (2020) (18)
- A prokaryotic-eukaryotic hybrid viral vector for delivery of large cargos of genes and proteins into human cells (2019) (18)
- Designing a Soluble Near Full-length HIV-1 gp41 Trimer* (2012) (18)
- Cryo-electron microscopy study of bacteriophage T4 displaying anthrax toxin proteins. (2007) (17)
- Glycosylation and oligomeric state of envelope protein might influence HIV-1 virion capture by α4β7 integrin. (2017) (17)
- Bacteriophage T4 Escapes CRISPR Attack by Minihomology Recombination and Repair (2021) (16)
- Anthrax LFn-PA Hybrid Antigens: Biochemistry, Immunogenicity, and Protection Against Lethal Ames Spore Challenge in Rabbits. (2009) (16)
- Covalent Modifications of the Bacteriophage Genome Confer a Degree of Resistance to Bacterial CRISPR Systems (2020) (15)
- A sequestered fusion peptide in the structure of an HIV-1 transmitted founder envelope trimer (2019) (15)
- Strategies for direct sequencing of PCR-amplified DNA. (1994) (15)
- Novel mutants in the 5' upstream region of the portal protein gene 20 overcome a gp40-dependent prohead assembly block in bacteriophage T4. (1996) (14)
- Exclusion of small terminase mediated DNA threading models for genome packaging in bacteriophage T4 (2016) (14)
- Bacteriophage T4 as a Nanoparticle Platform to Display and Deliver Pathogen Antigens: Construction of an Effective Anthrax Vaccine. (2017) (13)
- A Universal Bacteriophage T4 Nanoparticle Platform to Design Multiplex SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Candidates by CRISPR Engineering (2021) (12)
- Bacteriophage T4 Vaccine Platform for Next-Generation Influenza Vaccine Development (2021) (11)
- A Bacteriophage-Based, Highly Efficacious, Needle- and Adjuvant-Free, Mucosal COVID-19 Vaccine (2022) (10)
- Altering the speed of a DNA packaging motor from bacteriophage T4 (2017) (7)
- Recombinant DNA Principles and Methodologies (2021) (7)
- Adenine recognition is a key checkpoint in the energy release mechanism of phage T4 DNA packaging motor. (2012) (7)
- Quantitative analyses reveal distinct sensitivities of the capture of HIV-1 primary viruses and pseudoviruses to broadly neutralizing antibodies. (2017) (6)
- Engineered Bacteriophage T4 Nanoparticle as a Potential Targeted Activator of HIV-1 Latency in CD4+ Human T-cells (2021) (6)
- Viruses: sophisticated biological machines. (2012) (5)
- A viral genome packaging ring-ATPase is a flexibly coordinated pentamer (2021) (5)
- Structures of a large prolate virus capsid in unexpanded and expanded states generate insights into the icosahedral virus assembly (2022) (5)
- Engineering T4 Bacteriophage for In Vivo Display by Type V CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing. (2021) (5)
- A sequestered fusion peptide in the structure of an HIV-1 transmitted founder envelope trimer (2019) (4)
- CRISPR Engineering of Bacteriophage T4 to Design Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 and Emerging Pathogens. (2021) (4)
- A virus DNA gate: Zipping and unzipping the packed viral genome (2009) (4)
- The remarkable viral portal vertex: structure and a plausible model for mechanism. (2021) (4)
- Preparation of a Bacteriophage T4-based Prokaryotic-eukaryotic Hybrid Viral Vector for Delivery of Large Cargos of Genes and Proteins into Human Cells. (2020) (4)
- DNA Packaging in Barteriophage T4 (2005) (3)
- Designing a nine cysteine-less DNA packaging motor from bacteriophage T4 reveals new insights into ATPase structure and function. (2014) (3)
- Function of a viral genome packaging motor from bacteriophage T4 is insensitive to DNA sequence (2020) (3)
- A phage-encoded nucleoid associated protein compacts both host and phage DNA and derepresses H-NS silencing. (2021) (3)
- Bacteriophage T4 as a nanovehicle for delivery of genes and therapeutics into human cells. (2022) (2)
- A genetic shift in an escaped transmitted/founder virus guides combinatorial vaccine design against HIV-1 (2021) (2)
- Selection and immune recognition of HIV-1 MPER mimotopes. (2020) (2)
- Delivery of vaccine genes and proteins into dendritic cells using the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging machine (P3273) (2013) (2)
- Purification and characterization of giant empty proheads from packaging-defective 23ptg mutants of bacteriophage T4. (1993) (2)
- Correction: Trinh, H.V., et al. Humoral Response to the HIV-1 Envelope V2 Region in a Thai Early Acute Infection Cohort. Cells 2019, 8, 365 (2019) (1)
- Bacteriophage Vaccines (2021) (1)
- Three N-terminal domains of the bacteriophage RB49 Highly Immunogenic Outer Capsid protein (Hoc) (2011) (1)
- Fc receptor engagement of HIV-1 Env-specific antibodies in mothers and infants predicts reduced vertical transmission (2022) (1)
- The complex roles of genomic DNA modifications of bacteriophage T4 in resistance to nuclease-based defense systems of E. coli (2022) (1)
- Bacteriophage T4 isometric capsid (2017) (1)
- Liposomes containing glucosyl ceramide specifically bind T4 bacteriophage: a self-assembling nanocarrier formulation (2011) (1)
- Rapid Development of a Mucosal Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine by Genetic Engineering of Bacteriophage T4 using CRISPR-Cas (2022) (1)
- Mechanism of Coordination of the Bacteriophage T4 DNA Packaging Motor Analyzed by Real-Time Single Molecule Fluorescence Assay (2016) (1)
- Primary HIV-1 and Infectious Molecular Clones Are Differentially Susceptible to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies (2020) (0)
- Induction of linear and conformational V2-specific antibodies using HIV-1 gp145 clade B envelope protein as the immunogen (P4505) (2013) (0)
- Small outer capsid protein (Soc) from bacteriophage RB69 (2009) (0)
- Portal vertex structure of bacteriophage T4 (2020) (0)
- Alix Arrives Late During HIV-1 Assembly (2014) (0)
- Nucleotide-dependent DNA gripping and an end-clamp mechanism regulate the bacteriophage T4 viral packaging motor (2018) (0)
- The X-ray structure of the gp15 hexamer and the model of the gp18 protein fitted into the cryo-EM reconstruction of the contracted T4 tail (2013) (0)
- Structure of the bacteriophage T4 tail terminator protein, gp15 (C-terminal truncation mutant 1-261). (2013) (0)
- Structural morphing in a symmetry-mismatched viral vertex (2020) (0)
- Testing a structural model for viral DNA packaging motor function by optical tweezers measurements, site directed mutagenesis, and molecular dynamics calculations (2013) (0)
- Studies of viral DNA packaging motors with optical tweezers: a comparison of motor function in bacteriophages φ29, λ, and T4 (2007) (0)
- Structure-function Analyses Reveal Key Molecular Determinants of HIV-1 CRF01_AE Resistance to the Entry Inhibitor Temsavir (2023) (0)
- A bacteriophage T4 in vitro system to clone long DNA molecules. Final report, June 1, 1990--January 31, 1996 (1997) (0)
- The Homopentameric Ring ATPase Motor of the Bacteriophage T4 Tolerates One Inactive Subunit (2014) (0)
- Model of the bacteriophage T4 fibritin based on the cryo-EM reconstruction of the contracted T4 tail containing the phage collar and whiskers (2013) (0)
- Analyzing DNA Packaging Initiation of Bacteriophage T4 by a Real-Time Single Molecule Fluorescence Assay (2012) (0)
- Mechanism of DNA packaging in bacteriophage T4 (2008) (0)
- Bacteriophage T4 Head: Structure, Assembly, and Genome Packaging (2023) (0)
- Effect of ATPase-Defective Mutant Doping on Functionality and Dynamics of Single Bacteriophage T4 DNA Packaging Motors (2021) (0)
- Structure of the bacteriophage T4 tail terminator protein, gp15. (2013) (0)
- Regulation of a Viral Packaging Motor's Grips on DNA (2018) (0)
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