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Ramesh Gupta

Associate Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, IL - 62901.

E-mail: rgupta@siumed.edu

Director,
Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry Graduate Program,
Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale , IL 62901 – 4413.

Ph.D & Post Doctoral fellow: with Prof Carl Woese at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Selected publication ( Complete list )

  • Singh, S. K., P. Gurha, E. J. Tran, E. S. Maxwell and R. Gupta. 2004. Sequential 2'-O-methylation of Archaeal pre- tRNATrp nucleotides is guided by the intron-encoded but trans-acting box C/D ribonucleoprotein of pre- tRNA. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 47661-47671.
    (Pubmed)

  • Salgia , S. R., S. K. Singh, P. Gurha and R. Gupta. 2003. Two reactions of Haloferax volcanii RNA splicing enzymes: Joining of exons and circulrization of introns. RNA 9: 319-330.
    (Pubmed)

  • Zofallova , L., Y. Guo and R. Gupta. 2000. Junction phosphate is derived from the precursor in the tRNA spliced by the archaeon Haloferax volcanii cell extract. RNA 6:1019-1030.
    (Pubmed)

  • Gomes, I. and R. Gupta. 1997. RNA splicing ligase activity in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 237:588-594.
    (Pubmed)

  • Datta , P. K., L. K. Hawkins and R. Gupta. 1989. Presence of an intron in elongator methionine - tRNA of Halobacterium volcanii. Can. J. Microbiol. 35:189-194.
    (Pubmed)

  • Gupta, R. 1986. Transfer RNAs of Halobacterium volcanii: Sequences of five leucine and three serine tRNAs. System. Appl. Microbiol. 7:102-105.

  • Daniels, C. J., R. Gupta and W. F. Doolittle. 1985. Transcription and excision of a large intron in the tRNATrp gene of an archaebacterium, Halobacterium volcanii. J. Biol. Chem. 260:3132-3134.
    (Pubmed)

  • Gupta, R. 1984. Halobacterium volcanii tRNAs: Identification of 41 tRNAs covering all amino acids, and the sequences of 33 class I tRNAs. J. Biol. Chem. 259:9461-9471.
    (Pubmed)

  • Kaine, B. P., R. Gupta and C. R. Woese. 1983. Putative introns in tRNA genes of prokaryotes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80:3309-3312.
    (Pubmed)

  • Gupta, R., J. M. Lanter and C. R. Woese. 1983. Sequence of the 16S ribosomal RNA from Halobacterium volcanii, an archaebacterium. Science 221:656-659.

  • Gupta, R. and C. R. Woese. 1980. Unusual modification patterns in the transfer ribonucleic acids of archaebacteria. Curr. Microbiol. 4:245-249.