0000-0002-9091-8370 About
Hirendra Kumar Das, M.Sc.Tech., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.N.A.
Home address: B-9/6324, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070
Home telephone: 91 9810238879
Email: [email protected]
Professional record:
1955-1964 Research Fellow and Honorary Lecturer Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta
University, Kolkata.
1964-1967 Research Associate,
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford, California, U. S. A. with
Professor Avram Goldstein
1967-1969 Officer, Scientist’s Pool, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.
Honorary Lecturer, Department of
Biochemistry, Calcutta University, Kolkata.
1969-1976 Senior Biochemist, Division of Biochemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
1976-1998 Professor of Molecular Biology,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1978 Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, USA.
1979 Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco, USA.
1982-1984 Dean, School of Environmental Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1983-1998 Director, Genetic Engineering Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
1989 Visiting Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
1990-1991 Chairman, Centre for Biotechnology,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
1998-2003 Distinguished Scholar,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2005-2008 Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Some publications:
Protein Synthesis in Plant Mitochondria. I. Incorporation of Amino Acids into Peptide Linkage. J. Biol. Chem. 239 (1964) 1126-1133.
Inhibition by Chloramphenicol of the Growth of Nascent Protein Chains in Escherichia coli. Mol. Pharmacol. 2 (1966) 158-170.
Attachment of Ribosomes to Nascent Messenger RNA in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 24 (1967) 231-245.
Limited Capacity for Protein Synthesis at Zero Degrees Centigrade by Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 31 (1968) 209-226.
Amino Acid Starvation in Escherichia coli K12. Characteristics of the Translation Process. J. Bacteriol. 126 (1976) 1042-1051.
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Synthesis of Inactive -Galactosidase during Amino Acid Starvation in Escherichia coli K12.. FEBS Letters, 81 (1977) 299-302.
Multiple Chromosomes of Azotobacter vinelandii. J. Bacteriol. 171(1989) 3133-3138.
Cloning and Sequences Analysis of gyrA Gene of Klebsiella pneumoniae.GP Dimri and HK Das. Nucleic Acids Res. 18 (1990) 151-156.
Molecular Characterization of the Azotobacter vinelandii recF Gene. Gene, 162 (1995) 47-51.
A- and T- Tract-Mediated Intrinsic Curvature in Native DNA between the
Binding Site of the Upstream Activator NtrC and the nifLA promoter of
Klebsiella pneumoniae Facilitates Transcription. J. Bacteriol. 181 (1999)
5296-5302.
Identification of a Positive Transcription Regulatory Element within the
Coding Region of the nifLA Operon in Azotobacter vinelandii. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 71 (2005) 3716-3724.
An Environmentally Friendly Engineered Azotobacter Strain that Replaces a
Substantial Amount of Urea Fertilizer while Sustaining the Same Wheat Yield.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 83 (2017) e00590.
Employment
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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Professor1976 - 1998
Education
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