Pundi N. Rangarajan

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Pundi N. Rangarajan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pundi N. Rangarajan has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Pundi N. Rangarajan's work include Malaria Research and Control (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers). Pundi N. Rangarajan is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (16 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and Mosquito-borne diseases and control (12 papers). Pundi N. Rangarajan collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Netherlands. Pundi N. Rangarajan's co-authors include Ronald M. Evans, Govindarajan Padmanaban, Inder M. Verma, Steven A. Kliewer, Jack Bolado, Lynn J. Ransone, Roland Schüle, Na Yang, Kazuhiko Umesono and Thomas Perlmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pundi N. Rangarajan

84 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Functional antagonism between oncoprotein c-Jun and the glucocorticoid receptor

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pundi N. Rangarajan India	31	2.6k	1.3k	669	634	545	85	4.7k
Akio Kihara Japan	55	7.5k 2.8×	892 0.7×	376 0.6×	581 0.9×	312 0.6×	168	10.6k
Roberto Crea United States	33	5.6k 2.1×	1.6k 1.3×	124 0.2×	1.0k 1.6×	620 1.1×	73	8.4k
Robbert H. Cool Netherlands	37	4.5k 1.7×	693 0.5×	99 0.1×	654 1.0×	517 0.9×	84	5.7k
Thottethodi Subrahmanya Keshava Prasad India	37	2.9k 1.1×	363 0.3×	609 0.9×	847 1.3×	536 1.0×	319	5.8k
Myron R. Szewczuk Canada	30	1.8k 0.7×	908 0.7×	183 0.3×	1.6k 2.5×	628 1.2×	121	5.1k
Carmelo B. Bruni Italy	42	3.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	111 0.2×	715 1.1×	317 0.6×	127	5.4k
Hassan Y. Naim Germany	46	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	167 0.2×	1.2k 1.8×	520 1.0×	216	7.2k
Hiroshi Teraoka Japan	33	2.5k 1.0×	530 0.4×	146 0.2×	369 0.6×	514 0.9×	102	4.5k
Kentaro Hanada Japan	55	6.8k 2.6×	386 0.3×	465 0.7×	702 1.1×	442 0.8×	228	9.9k
Jérôme Boudeau United Kingdom	21	4.9k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	60 0.1×	567 0.9×	670 1.2×	29	6.7k

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Rao, Jun, Pundi N. Rangarajan, Brian T. Fisher, et al.. (2025). Clinical Scale Cryopreservation of Human Deceased Donor Islet and Stem Cell-Derived Beta Clusters by Vitrification for Allotransplantation in Type I Diabetes. American Journal of Transplantation. 25(8). S74–S74.

Sharma, Yash Pal, et al.. (2024). Unlocking Nature’s Toolbox: glutamate-inducible recombinant protein production from the Komagatella phaffii PEPCK promoter. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 66–66. 2 indexed citations

Sahu, Umakant & Pundi N. Rangarajan. (2016). Methanol Expression Regulator 1 (Mxr1p) Is Essential for the Utilization of Amino Acids as the Sole Source of Carbon by the Methylotrophic Yeast, Pichia pastoris. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(39). 20588–20601. 18 indexed citations

Padmanaban, Govindarajan, Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj, & Pundi N. Rangarajan. (2012). Artemisinin-based combination with curcumin adds a new dimension to malaria therapy. Current Science. 102(5). 704–711. 23 indexed citations

Rangarajan, Pundi N., et al.. (2012). The Zinc Finger Proteins Mxr1p and Repressor of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ROP) Have the Same DNA Binding Specificity but Regulate Methanol Metabolism Antagonistically in Pichia pastoris. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(41). 34465–34473. 23 indexed citations

Dutta, Kallol, Pundi N. Rangarajan, Sudhanshu Vrati, & Anirban Basu. (2010). Japanese encephalitis: pathogenesis, prophylactics and therapeutics.. Current Science. 98(3). 326–334. 26 indexed citations

Nagaraj, Viswanathan Arun, Prasad Dasari, Pundi N. Rangarajan, & Govindarajan Padmanaban. (2009). Mitochondrial localization of functional ferrochelatase from Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 168(1). 109–112. 25 indexed citations

Singanallur, Nagendrakumar B., M. Madhanmohan, Pundi N. Rangarajan, & V.A. Srinivasan. (2009). Genetic analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A of Indian origin and detection of positive selection and recombination in leader protease- and capsid-coding regions. Journal of Biosciences. 34(1). 85–101. 18 indexed citations

Nagaraj, Viswanathan Arun, et al.. (2008). Localisation of Plasmodium falciparum uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase of the heme-biosynthetic pathway in the apicoplast and characterisation of its catalytic properties. International Journal for Parasitology. 39(5). 559–568. 30 indexed citations

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Padmanaban, Govindarajan, Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj, & Pundi N. Rangarajan. (2007). Drugs and drug targets against malaria. Current Science. 92(11). 1545–1555. 13 indexed citations

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Saha, Sougata, et al.. (2007). Characterization of mouse neuronal Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II inhibitor α. Brain Research. 1148. 38–42. 8 indexed citations

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Padmanaban, Govindarajan, Viswanathan Arun Nagaraj, & Pundi N. Rangarajan. (2007). An alternative model for heme biosynthesis in the malarial parasite. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 32(10). 443–449. 31 indexed citations

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Chandra, Nagasuma, et al.. (2004). δ-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase from Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(8). 6934–6942. 45 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Pundi N.. (2003). DNA vaccines: Past, present and future. NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore). 2 indexed citations

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Mani, Sendurai A., et al.. (2000). Receptor-Mediated Gene Delivery Approach Demonstrates the Role of 5′-Proximal DNA Region in Conferring Phenobarbitone Responsiveness to CYP2B2 Gene in Rat Liver in Vivo. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 268(3). 734–739. 7 indexed citations

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Fernandez, Maria Aparecida, Sendurai A. Mani, Pundi N. Rangarajan, & Polani B. Seshagiri. (1999). Sperm-mediated gene transfer into oocytes of the golden hamster: assessment of sperm function.. PubMed. 37(11). 1085–92. 8 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, V.A., et al.. (1999). Evaluation of the protective efficacy of a rabies DNA vaccine in mice using an intracerebral challenge model.. Current Science. 76(7). 1012–1016. 11 indexed citations

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Yin, Yuxin, Yasuo Terauchi, Gregory Solomon, et al.. (1998). Involvement of p85 in p53-dependent apoptotic response to oxidative stress. Nature. 391(6668). 707–710. 135 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Pundi N. & Govindarajan Padmanaban. (1996). Gene therapy: Principles, practice, problems and prospects. Current Science. 71(5). 360–368. 3 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Pundi N., Kazuhiko Umesono, & Ronald M. Evans. (1992). Modulation of glucocorticoid receptor function by protein kinase A.. Molecular Endocrinology. 6(9). 1451–1457. 140 indexed citations

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