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Kirtana Vasu

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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Leaky scanning translates a conserved ORF in the 3'UTR of RPL36A and regulates the expression of ribosomal protein L36a.

Debraj Manna, Japita Ghosh, Solanki Dhruvi Chetanbhai, Kirtana Vasu, Sandeep M. Eswarappa

bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Translation of a four-codon ORF in the 3'UTR of MAP3K10 regulates its expression

Kirtana Vasu, Swati Ghosh, Sarthak Sahoo, Debraj Manna, Saubhik Som, Md Noor Akhtar, Debaleena Kar, Sandeep M. Eswarappa

The paper identifies a conserved four-codon dORF in the 3'UTR of MAP3K10 regulated by an RNA G-quadruplex, which modulates MAP3K10 expression.

bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

IVISc-L: A quick and simple in vivo assay to study the regulation of gene expression

Saubhik Som, Gopalapura J. Vishalakshi, Lekha E. Manjunath, Debraj Manna, Kirtana Vasu, Anumeha Singh, Sandeep M. Eswarappa

The paper introduces an in vivo assay to study gene expression regulation without animal sacrifice, demonstrating its use for promoter, microRNA, stop codon readthrough, and rare codon effects.

bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Transcript-specific induction of stop codon readthrough using CRISPR-dCas13 system

Lekha E. Manjunath, Anumeha Singh, Sangeetha Devi Kumar, Kirtana Vasu, Debaleena Kar, Sellamuthu Karthi, Sandeep M. Eswarappa

This paper describes a CRISPR-dCas13 system to induce stop codon readthrough in specific transcripts, showing enhanced readthrough in AGO1, VEGFA, and HBB mRNAs.

EMBO Reports · Mar 18, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology