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Nisha Tapryal

The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonORCID 0000-0002-7598-4273Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Anirban ChakrabortyiD· 1 shared Balaji KrishnaniD· 1 shared Catherine E. Hammond· 1 shared Chenggong JiiD· 1 shared Dale J. HamiltoniD· 1 shared Ellie M. HajovskyiD· 1 shared Gourisankar GhoshiD· 1 shared Jennifer DiaziD· 1 shared

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Molecular basis for chikungunya virus recognition of a mosquito-specific receptor

Xiaoyi Fan, Wanyu Li, Jesse S. Plung, Jessica A. Plante, Ellie M. Hajovsky, Nisha Tapryal, Jennifer Diaz, Nicholas C. Hazell, Chenggong Ji, Zhiqi Liu, Catherine E. Hammond, Scott C. Weaver, Kenneth S. Plante, Jonathan Abraham

This study identifies the molecular basis of chikungunya virus recognition of the mosquito-specific receptor Lachesin using cryo-EM structures and shows a Lachesin polymorphism that blocks virus entry.

bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

F2,6BP restores mitochondrial genome integrity in Huntingtons Disease

Anirban Chakraborty, Santi M. Mandal, Mikita Mankevich, Rajam S. Mani, Shandy Shahabi, Manohar M. Kodavati, Sravan Gopalkrishnashetty Sreenivasmurthy, Nisha Tapryal, Dale J. Hamilton, Balaji Krishnan, Muralidhar L. Hegde, Michael Weinfeld, Gourisankar Ghosh, Tapas K. Hazra

This paper shows that F2,6BP restores mitochondrial genome integrity in Huntington's Disease by rescuing PNKP activity and mitochondrial function.

Journal of Biological Chemistry · Jan 12, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience