Epernicus: Ajay A Vashisht, Ph.D.

Ajay A Vashisht, Ph.D.

Position:
Post Doctoral Fellow

Department of Biological Chemistry

University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Advisor:
James A Wohlschlegel
Degrees:

Ph.D., Life Science (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi (New Delhi, INDIA), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (New Delhi, INDIA)

M.Sc., Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar ( Hisar, INDIA))

B.Sc., Botany, Zoology and Chemistry, M D University Rohtak (Rohtak, INDIA)
Past Advisors:

Paul Russell (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Narenndra Tuteja (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:

Communities:

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Ajay Vashisht's Publications (14)

Guide RNA biogenesis involves a novel RNase III family endoribonuclease in Trypanosoma brucei.
Madina BR, Kuppan G, Vashisht AA, Liang YH, Downey KM, Wohlschlegel JA, Ji X, Sze SH, Sacchettini JC, Read LK, Cruz-Reyes J

RNA (New York, N.Y.). 2011 Aug 2
SHH1, a Homeodomain Protein Required for DNA Methylation, As Well As RDR2, RDM4, and Chromatin Remodeling Factors, Associate with RNA Polymerase IV.
Law JA, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel JA, Jacobsen SE

PLoS genetics. 2011 Jul;7(7):e1002195
DNA repair and global sumoylation are regulated by distinct Ubc9 noncovalent complexes.
Prudden J, Perry JJ, Nie M, Vashisht AA, Arvai AS, Hitomi C, Guenther G, Wohlschlegel JA, Tainer JA, Boddy MN

Molecular and cellular biology. 2011 Jun;31(11):2299-310
Pervasive and cooperative deadenylation of 3'UTRs by embryonic microRNA families.
Wu E, Thivierge C, Flamand M, Mathonnet G, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel J, Fabian MR, Sonenberg N, Duchaine TF

Molecular cell. 2010 Nov 24;40(4):558-70
A protein complex required for polymerase V transcripts and RNA- directed DNA methylation in Arabidopsis.
Law JA, Ausin I, Johnson LM, Vashisht AA, Zhu JK, Wohlschlegel JA, Jacobsen SE

Current biology : CB. 2010 May 25;20(10):951-6
The deubiquitinating enzyme BAP1 regulates cell growth via interaction with HCF-1.
Machida YJ, Machida Y, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel JA, Dutta A

The Journal of biological chemistry. 2009 Dec 4;284(49):34179-88
Control of iron homeostasis by an iron-regulated ubiquitin ligase.
Vashisht AA, Zumbrennen KB, Huang X, Powers DN, Durazo A, Sun D, Bhaskaran N, Persson A, Uhlen M, Sangfelt O, Spruck C, Leibold EA, Wohlschlegel JA

Science (New York, N.Y.). 2009 Oct 30;326(5953):718-21
Centaurin-like protein Cnt5 contributes to arsenic and cadmium resistance in fission yeast.
Vashisht AA, Kennedy PJ, Russell P

FEMS yeast research. 2009 Mar;9(2):257-69
A genome-wide screen of genes involved in cadmium tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Kennedy PJ, Vashisht AA, Hoe KL, Kim DU, Park HO, Hayles J, Russell P

Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology. 2008 Nov;106(1):124-39
Translation Initiation Factor 4A (eIF 4A): Prototype DEAD-Box RNA Helicase.
Narendra Tuteja, Ajay A Vashisht, Renu Tuteja

Physio. Mol. Biol. Plants. 2008;14:101-107
Stress responsive DEAD-box helicases: a new pathway to engineer plant stress tolerance.
Vashisht AA, Tuteja N

Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology. 2006 Aug 1;84(2):150-60
Cold- and salinity stress-induced bipolar pea DNA helicase 47 is involved in protein synthesis and stimulated by phosphorylation with protein kinase C.
Vashisht AA, Pradhan A, Tuteja R, Tuteja N

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 2005 Oct;44(1):76-87
Cold stress-induced pea DNA helicase 47 is homologous to eIF4A and inhibited by DNA-interacting ligands.
Vashisht AA, Tuteja N

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. 2005 Aug 1;440(1):79-90
Structural and mechanistic aspect of DEAD-box helicases
Narendra Tuteja, Ajay A Vashisht, Renu Tuteja

Nat. Acad. Sci. Lett. . 2005;(28):313-323

Ajay Vashisht's Posters and Presentations (3)

Proteolytic Regulation of Iron Homeostasis (presentation)
Ajay A Vashisht

Biological Chemistry Annual Retreat, Lake Arrowhead; 05/2009
Comparartive transcriptional and functional analysis of Arsenic and Cadmium responsive genes in Fission Yeast (poster)
Ajay A Vashisht, Kennedy PJ, Hoe L-K., Kim, D.U., Park, H., and Russell, P

Superfund Basic research Program (SBRP) annual meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of Superfund Basic Research Program, Washington Duke Inn in Durham, North Carolina ; 12/2007
To Understand the Molecular Mechanism of Arsenic and Cadmium Toxicity in Schizosacchromyces pombe (presentation)
Ajay A Vashisht and Paul Russell

Superfund Basic research Program (SBRP) annual meeting , Hilton La Jolla, La Jolla CA; 11/2006

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Ajay A Vashisht, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Fellow

Ajay Vashisht's Genealogy

Ajay Vashisht's Publications (14)

Ajay Vashisht's Posters and Presentations (3)