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Uma Shankar

Indian Institute of Technology IndoreORCID 0000-0001-9636-6776Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Molecular BiologyBMC BiologyPeer-reviewedMay 13, 2025

Guanine quadruplexes mediate mitochondrial RNA polymerase pausing

Ryan J. Snyder, Uma Shankar, Don A. Delker…·Jason A. Watts

The paper identifies guanine quadruplexes as mediators of mitochondrial RNA polymerase pausing and shows their impact on mitochondrial transcription and function.

5 citations

humanDNA methylation

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GenomicsGenomicsPeer-reviewedSep 6, 2020

G-quadruplex stabilization in the ions and maltose transporters inhibit Salmonella enterica growth and virulence.

Neha Jain, Subodh Kumar Mishra, Uma Shankar…·Amit Kumar

The paper identifies conserved G-quadruplex motifs in Salmonella enterica genes and shows that stabilizing these structures inhibits bacterial growth and virulence.

14 citations

bacteria (other)statistical model

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