30 Patent applications

133 Research publications

23 Reviews

181 Conference papers

10 Book chapters

Prof. R.M Kini - One of the most cited authors in toxin research (Toxicon 44(2004) 345-359)

Editor of Monographs/ Special Issues

Selected Recent Publications (2005-2008)

1. Sulochana K. N., Fan H., Jois S., Subramanian V., Sun F., Kini R. M., Ge R., J. Biol. Chem., 29, 27935-48, 2005.

2. Kini, R. M. : Structure-function relationships and mechanism of anticoagulant phospholipase A₂ enzymes from snake venoms. Toxicon, 45, 1147-61, 2005.

3. Pung, Y. F., Wong, P. T. H., Kumar, P. P., Hodgson, W. C. and Kini, R. M.: Ohanin, a novel protein from king cobra venom induces hypolocomotion and hyperalgesia in mice. J. Biol. Chem., 280, 13137-47, 2005.

4. Li, M., Fry, B. G. and Kini, R. M.: Putting the brakes on snake venom evolution: the unique molecular evolutionary patterns of Aipysurus eydouxii (Marbled sea snake) phospholipase A₂ toxins. Mol. Biol. Evol., 22, 934-41, 2005.

5. Lakshminarayanan, R., Ooi, E. C. J., Loh, X. J., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: Purification and characterization of a vaterite inducing peptide, pelovaterin, from the eggshells of Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle). Biomacromolecules, 6, 1429-37, 2005.

6. Li, M., Fry, B. G. and Kini, R. M..: Eggs-only diet: Its implications for the toxin profile changes and ecology of the marbled sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii). J. Mol. Evol., 60, 81-89, 2005.

7. Kini, R. M. and Banerjee, Y.: Dissection approach: a simple strategy for identification of the step of action of anticoagulant agents in the blood coagulation cascade. J. Thrombos. Haemostas., 3, 170-171, 2005.

8. Kang, T. S., Jois, S. D. S. and Kini, R. M.: Solution structures of two structural isoforms of CMrVIA λ/χ-conotoxin. Biomacromolecules, 7, 2337-2346, 2006.

9. Pawlak, J., Mackessy, S. P., Fry, B. G., Bhatia, M., Mourier, G., Fruchart-Gaillard, C., Servent, D., Ménez, R., Stura, E., Ménez, A. and Kini, R. M.: Denmotoxin, a Three-finger Toxin from the Colubrid Snake Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove Catsnake) with Bird-specific Activity. J. Biol. Chem., 281, 29030-29041, 2006.

10. Reza, M. A., Swarup, S. and Kini, R. M.: Gene structures of two functionally diverse prothrombin activators, Trocarin D and coagulation factor X in Tropidechis carinatus snake: gene duplication and recruitment of factor X gene to the venom gland. J. Thrombos. Haemostas. , 5, 117-126, 2007.

11. Gayathri, S., Lakshminarayanan, R., Weaver, J. C., Morse, D. E., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: An in vitro study of magnesium-calcite biomineralization in the skeletal materials of seastar, Pisaster giganteus. Chem. Eur. J., 13, 3262-3268, 2007.

12. Nair, D. G., Fry, B. G., Alewood, P., Kumar, P. P. and Kini, R. M.: Antimicrobial activity of omwaprin, a new member of waprin family of snake venom proteins. Biochem. J., 402, 93-104, 2007.

13. Lumsden, N. G., Banerjee, Y., Kini, R. M. , Kuruppu, S. and Hodgson, W. C.: Isolation and characterization of rufoxin, a novel protein exhibiting neurotoxicity from the venom of Psammophiine, Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Rufous beaked snake). Neuropharmacology, 52, 1065-1070, 2007.

14. Kang, T. S., Radic, Z., Talley, T. T., Jois, S. D. S., Taylor, P. and Kini, R. M. : Protein folding determinants: structural features determining alternative disulfide pairing in α - and λ/χ -conotoxin s. Biochemistry, 46, 3338-3355, 2007.

15. Nandhakishore, R., Pung, Y. F., Zhu, Y. Z., Wong, P. T. H., Kumar, P. P. and Kini, R. M.: β- Cardiotoxin: a new three-finger toxin from Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra) venom with beta-blocker activity. FASEB J., 21, 3685-3695, 2007.

16. Banerjee, Y., Lakshminarayanan, R., Vivekanandan, S., Anand, G. S.,Valiyaveettil, S. and Kini, R. M.: Biophysical characterization of anticoagulant hemextin AB complex from the venom of snake Hemachatus haemachatus. Biophys. J., 93, 3963-3976, 2007.

17. Pahari, S., Bickford, D., Fry, B. G. and Kini, R. M. : Expression pattern of three-finger toxin and phospholipase A₂ genes in the venom glands of two sea snakes, Lapemis curtus and Acalyptophis peronii: comparison of evolution of these toxins in land snakes, sea kraits and sea snakes. BMC Evol. Biol., 7 , 175, 2007.

18. Koh, C. Y., Kazimirova, M., Trimnell, A., Takac, P., Labuda, M., Nuttall, P. and Kini, R. M. : Variegin, a novel fast and tight binding thrombin inhibitor from the tropical bont tick. J. Biol. Chem., 282 , 29101-29113, 2007.

19. Pahari, S., Mackessy, S. P. and Kini, R. M. : The venom gland transcriptome of the desert Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii): towards an understanding of venom composition among advanced snakes (Superfamily Colubroidea). BMC Evol. Biol., 8, 115, 2007.

20. Lakshminarayanan, R., Vivekanandan, S., Samy, R., Banerjee, Y., Chi-Jin, E., Teo, K. W., Jois, S., Kini, R. M. and Valiyaveettil, S.: Structure, self-assembly and dual role of a beta-defensin like peptide from the Chinese soft-shelled turtle eggshell matrix. J. Am. Chem. Soc. in press, 2008.

21. Doley , R., Nguyen, T. N. B., Reza M. A. and Kini, R. M. : Unusual Accelerated Rate of Deletions and Insertions in Toxin Genes in the Venom Glands of the Pygmy Copperhead (Austrelaps labialis) from Kangaroo Island. BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 70, 2008.

22. Pawlak, J. and Kini, R. M.: Unique gene organization of colubrid three-finger toxins: Complete cDNA and gene sequences of denmotoxin, a bird-specific toxin from colubrid snake Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove Catsnake). Biochimie, in press, 2008.

 

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