Rajeev Aurora , Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook, 1992

Recent publications:

Aurora R, Hihara Y, Singh AK, Pakrasi HB.
A network of genes regulated by light in cyanobacteria.
OMICS. 2007 Summer;11(2):166-85.
Pubmed Abstract link: 17594236

Kiesel J, Miller C, Abu-Amer Y, Aurora R.
Systems level analysis of osteoclastogenesis reveals intrinsic and extrinsic regulatory interactions.
Dev Dyn. 2007 Aug;236(8):2181-97.
Pubmed Abstract link: 17584858

Donlin MJ, Cannon NA, Yao E, Li J, Wahed A, Taylor MW, Belle SH, Di Bisceglie AM, Aurora R, Tavis JE; Virahep-C Study Group.
Pretreatment sequence diversity differences in the full-length hepatitis C virus open reading frame correlate with early response to therapy.
J Virol. 2007 Aug;81(15):8211-24.
Pubmed Abstract link: 17522222

Keren N, Aurora R, Pakrasi HB.
Critical roles of bacterioferritins in iron storage and proliferation of cyanobacteria.
Plant Physiol. 2004 Jul;135(3):1666-73.

Ermolenko DN, Thomas ST, Aurora R, Gronenborn AM, Makhatadze GI.
Hydrophobic interactions at the Ccap position of the C-capping motif of alpha-helices.
J Mol Biol. 2002 Sep 6;322(1):123-35.

Bhattacharyya-Pakrasi M, Pakrasi HB, Ogawa T, Aurora R.
Manganese transport and its regulation in bacteria.
Biochem Soc Trans. 2002 Aug;30(4):768-70.

Zhu Y, Xu G, Patel A, McLaughlin MM, Silverman C, Knecht K, Sweitzer S, Li X, McDonnell P, Mirabile R, Zimmerman D, Boyce R, Tierney LA, Hu E, Livi GP, Wolf B, Abdel-Meguid SS, Rose GD, Aurora R, Hensley P, Briggs M, Young PR.
Cloning, expression, and initial characterization of a novel cytokine-like gene family.
Genomics. 2002 Aug;80(2):144-50.

Xu H, Aurora R, Rose GD, White RH.
Identifying two ancient enzymes in Archaea using predicted secondary structure alignment.
Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Aug;6(8):750-4.

Przytycka T, Aurora R, Rose GD.
A protein taxonomy based on secondary structure.
Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Jul;6(7):672-82.

Aurora R, Rose GD.
Seeking an ancient enzyme in Methanococcus jannaschii using ORF, a program based on predicted secondary structure comparisons.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Mar 17;95(6):2818-23.

Aurora R, Rose GD.
Helix capping.
Protein Sci. 1998 Jan;7(1):21-38. Review.

Aurora R, Creamer TP, Srinivasan R, Rose GD.
Local interactions in protein folding: lessons from the alpha-helix.
J Biol Chem. 1997 Jan 17;272(3):1413-6. Review.