Rachna Chaba

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Rachna Chaba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachna Chaba has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rachna Chaba's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers). Rachna Chaba is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers). Rachna Chaba collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Russia. Rachna Chaba's co-authors include Carol A. Gross, Athanasios Typas, Robert J. Nichols, Pradip K. Chakraborti, Robert T. Sauer, Monica S. Guo, Śaunak Sen, Michael Shales, Susan T. Lovett and Pedro Beltrão and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rachna Chaba

19 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell
    2010 509 citations Robert J. Nichols, Śaunak Sen et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rachna Chaba India 12 1.1k 687 232 182 175 21 1.5k
Patricia Bordes France 20 935 0.8× 822 1.2× 410 1.8× 193 1.1× 244 1.4× 28 1.4k
Josette Pidoux France 9 1.1k 1.0× 779 1.1× 285 1.2× 271 1.5× 108 0.6× 12 1.7k
Matylda Zietek Germany 6 854 0.8× 651 0.9× 319 1.4× 153 0.8× 276 1.6× 8 1.4k
Yu Luo Canada 20 941 0.9× 394 0.6× 135 0.6× 252 1.4× 145 0.8× 45 1.5k
Aurélia Battesti France 12 1.1k 1.0× 868 1.3× 392 1.7× 299 1.6× 162 0.9× 13 1.6k
Tania J. Lupoli United States 19 769 0.7× 449 0.7× 248 1.1× 79 0.4× 200 1.1× 34 1.2k
Houra Merrikh United States 26 1.6k 1.5× 958 1.4× 247 1.1× 101 0.6× 270 1.5× 38 2.1k
Benjamin M. Alba United States 10 784 0.7× 672 1.0× 210 0.9× 314 1.7× 115 0.7× 14 1.3k
Sabine Hunke Germany 17 624 0.6× 419 0.6× 133 0.6× 182 1.0× 192 1.1× 25 1.2k
Catherine Paradis‐Bleau Canada 15 718 0.7× 402 0.6× 330 1.4× 141 0.8× 249 1.4× 18 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachna Chaba

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All Works

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Chaba, Rachna, et al.. (2025). Long-chain fatty acids as nutrients for Gram-negative bacteria: stress, proliferation, and virulence. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 85. 102609–102609.
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Singh, Swati, et al.. (2024). D-galactonate metabolism in enteric bacteria: a molecular and physiological perspective. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 81. 102524–102524. 2 indexed citations
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Chaba, Rachna, et al.. (2021). Revisiting long-chain fatty acid metabolism in Escherichia coli: integration with stress responses. Current Genetics. 67(4). 573–582. 16 indexed citations
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Pal, Mohinder, et al.. (2020). Molecular insights into effector binding by DgoR, a GntR/FadR family transcriptional repressor of D‐galactonate metabolism in Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 115(4). 591–609. 8 indexed citations
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Khan, Mohd Imran, et al.. (2018). DNA polymerase β of Leishmania donovani is important for infectivity and it protects the parasite against oxidative damage. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 124. 291–303. 6 indexed citations
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Shiver, Anthony L., et al.. (2017). A genome-wide screen in Escherichia coli reveals that ubiquinone is a key antioxidant for metabolism of long-chain fatty acids. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(49). 20086–20099. 35 indexed citations
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Lima, Santiago, Monica S. Guo, Rachna Chaba, Carol A. Gross, & Robert T. Sauer. (2013). Dual Molecular Signals Mediate the Bacterial Response to Outer-Membrane Stress. Science. 340(6134). 837–841. 139 indexed citations
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Chaba, Rachna, Benjamin M. Alba, Monica S. Guo, et al.. (2011). Signal integration by DegS and RseB governs the σ E -mediated envelope stress response in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(5). 2106–2111. 54 indexed citations
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Oh, Eugene, Arzu Sandikci, Damon Huber, et al.. (2011). Selective Ribosome Profiling Reveals the Cotranslational Chaperone Action of Trigger Factor In Vivo. Cell. 147(6). 1295–1308. 351 indexed citations
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Nichols, Robert J., Śaunak Sen, Pedro Beltrão, et al.. (2010). Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell. Cell. 144(1). 143–156. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thakur, Meghna, Rachna Chaba, Alok K. Mondal, & Pradip K. Chakraborti. (2008). Interdomain Interaction Reconstitutes the Functionality of PknA, a Eukaryotic Type Ser/Thr Kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(12). 8023–8033. 24 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Nidhi, Dmitry Korkin, Rachna Chaba, et al.. (2008). Analyzing the Interaction of RseA and RseB, the Two Negative Regulators of the σE Envelope Stress Response, Using a Combined Bioinformatic and Experimental Strategy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(8). 5403–5413. 9 indexed citations
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Chaba, Rachna, Irina Grigorova, Julia M. Flynn, Tania A. Baker, & Carol A. Gross. (2007). Design principles of the proteolytic cascade governing the σE-mediated envelope stress response in Escherichia coli: keys to graded, buffered, and rapid signal transduction. Genes & Development. 21(1). 124–136. 82 indexed citations
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Grigorova, Irina, Rachna Chaba, Benjamin M. Alba, et al.. (2004). Fine-tuning of the Escherichia coli σE envelope stress response relies on multiple mechanisms to inhibit signal-independent proteolysis of the transmembrane anti-sigma factor, RseA. Genes & Development. 18(21). 2686–2697. 98 indexed citations
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Kundu, Bishwajit, Anshuman Shukla, Rachna Chaba, & Purnananda Guptasarma. (2004). The excised heat-shock domain of αB crystallin is a folded, proteolytically susceptible trimer with significant surface hydrophobicity and a tendency to self-aggregate upon heating. Protein Expression and Purification. 36(2). 263–271. 9 indexed citations
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Chaba, Rachna, Manoj Raje, & Pradip K. Chakraborti. (2002). Evidence that a eukaryotic‐type serine/threonine protein kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulates morphological changes associated with cell division. European Journal of Biochemistry. 269(4). 1078–1085. 86 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Sita, et al.. (2001). B-subunit of Phosphate-specific Transporter fromMycobacterium tuberculosis Is a Thermostable ATPase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(48). 44590–44597. 21 indexed citations

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