Molecular virology

Publications:

Soma Chattopadhyay and Sandra K. Weller. Direct intraction between the N- and C-terminal portions of the HSV-1 origin binding protein, UL9 implies the formation of a head to tail dimer. J.Virology. 2007. 81:13659-67. Published ahead of print on 17 October 2007.

 Soma Chattopadhyay and Sandra K. Weller. The DNA binding activity of the HSV-1 origin binding protein, UL9, can be modulated by sequences in the N-terminus: Correlation between transdominance and DNA binding. J.Virology. 2006. 80: 4491-4500. 

Vici Varghese, Souvik Ghosh, Soma Das, Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya Triveni Krishnan, Parimal Karmakar, Nobumichi Kobayashi and Trailokya Nath Naik. Characterization of VP1, VP2 and VP3 Gene Segments of a Human Rotavirus Closely Related to Porcine Strains. Virus Genes. 2006. 32: 241-247.

 S. Chaudhuri, S. Das, A. Chaudhuri, A. Santra, S.K.Bhattacharya and T.N.Naik. Molecular epidemiology of HCV infection among acute and chronic liver disease patients in Kolkata, India. J. Clinical Virology. 2005. 32:38-46. 

Soma Das, V. Varghese, S. Chaudhuri, P. Barman, K. Kojima, P. Dutta, S.K. Bhattacharya, T. Krishnan, N. Kobayashi and T.N. Naik. Genetic variability of human rotavirus strains isolated from Eastern and Northern India. 2004. J. Med Virol, 72: 156-161.

 P. Barman, S. Ghosh, S. Das, V. Vici, S. Chaudhuri, S. Sarkar, , T. Krishnan, S.K. Bhattacharya, A. Chakraborty, N. Kobayashi and T.N. Naik. Emergence of a new VP7 genotype of Bovine Group B Rotavirus in India. 2004. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42:2816-2818.

 V.Vici , S. Das, Ng. B. Singh, K. Kojima, S. K. Bhattacharya, T. Krishnan, N. Kobayashi and T.N.Naik. Molecular Characterization of a Human Rotavirus Reveals Porcine Characteristics in Most of the Genes Including VP6 and NSP4. 2004. Archives of Virology. 149:155-172.

 Soma Das, V. Varghese, S. Chaudhury, P. Barman, S. Mahapatra, K. Kojima, S. K. Bhattacharya, T. Krishnan, R. K. Ratho, G. P. Chhotray, A. C. Phukan, N. Kobayashi and T. N. Naik. Emergence of Novel Human Group A Rotavirus G12 Strains in India. 2003. J. Clinical Microbiology, 41: 2760-2762.

 Soma Das, A. Sen, G. Uma, V. Varghese, Chaudhuri S., S.K.Bhattacharya, T.Krishnan, P.Dutta, D.Dutta, M.K.Bhattacharya, U.Mitra, N.Kobayashi and T.N.Naik. Genomic Diversity of Human Group A Rotavirus Infection in Eastern India. 2002, J. Clin. Microbiol. 40: 146-149.

 Adrish Sen, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Soma Das, Triveni Krishnan, Sujit K. Bhattacharya, Trailokya Nath Naik. The Evolution of Human Group B Rotaviruses. 2001. The Lancet, 357: 198-199.

 Adrish Sen, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Soma Das, Triveni Krishnan, Sujit K Bhattacharya, Shozo Urasauea, Trailokya Nath Naik. (2000). Amplification of Various genes of human group B rotavirus from stool specimens by RT-PCR (2000). Journal of Clinical Virology, 17: 177-181.

 T. Krishnan, A. Sen, J. Sinha Choudhury, S. Das, T. N. Naik, S. K. Bhattacharya (1999). Emergence of adult diarrhoea rotavirus in Calcutta, India. The Lancet, 353: 380-381.

Review article:  

Soma Chattopadhyay, Yan Chen and Sandra K. Weller. The two helicases of herpes  simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). Frontiers in Bioscience, 2006. 11:2213-2223.