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Overview

Challa V. Kumar is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and include:

  • Cu-Albumin Artificial Enzymes with Peroxidase and Oxidase Activity for Stereoselective Oxidations (2024), published in ACS Catalysis
  • Engineered dsRNA-protein nanoparticles for effective systemic gene silencing in plants (2024), published in Horticulture Research
  • One-step preparation of bioactive enzyme/inorganic materials (2021), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • Non-Covalent Assembly of Multiple Fluorophores in Edible Protein/Lipid Hydrogels for Applications in Multi-Step Light Harvesting and White-Light Emission (2023), published in Molecules
  • Nanoarmored Multi-Enzyme Cascade Catalysis (2022), published in Methods in Molecular Biology

The main topics of Kumar's work include advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, RNA interference and gene delivery, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, nanocluster synthesis and applications, molecular sensors and ion detection, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and plant virus research studies.

The subfields of study encompass molecular biology, plant science, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and biomaterials.

Frequent publication venues associated with their work are ACS Catalysis, Horticulture Research, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Molecules, and Methods in Molecular Biology.

Kumar has collaborated with several authors frequently, including Ankarao Kalluri, Jingwen Ding, Mansi Malhotra, Maham Liaqat, and E. McDonald.

Best Publications

  • Mixed-ligand complexes of ruthenium(II): factors governing binding to DNA

    A. M. Pyle;J. P. Rehmann;R. Meshoyrer;C. V. Kumar

  • DNA binding studies and site selective fluorescence sensitization of an anthryl probe

    C. V. Kumar;Emma H. Asuncion

  • Photophysics of ruthenium complexes bound to double helical DNA

    Challa V. Kumar;Jacqueline K. Barton;Nicholas J. Turro

  • Binding Modes and Base Specificity of Tris(phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) Enantiomers with Nucleic Acids: Tuning the Stereoselectivity.

    J. K. Barton;J. M. Goldberg;C. V. Kumar;N. J. Turro

  • Measurement of biomarker proteins for point-of-care early detection and monitoring of cancer

    James F. Rusling;James F. Rusling;James F. Rusling;Challa V. Kumar;J. Silvio Gutkind;Vyomesh Patel

  • Groove binding of a styrylcyanine dye to the DNA double helix : the salt effect

    C.V. Kumar;R.S. Turner;E.H. Asuncion

  • Accelerated Electron Transfer between Metal Complexes Mediated by DNA

    Michael D. Purugganan;Challa V. Kumar;Nicholas J. Turro;Jacqueline K. Barton

  • Luminescence of ruthenium(II) polypyridyls: evidence for intercalative binding to Z-DNA.

    Alan E. Friedman;Challa V. Kumar;Nicholas J. Turro;Jacqueline K. Barton

  • Attomolar Detection of a Cancer Biomarker Protein in Serum by Surface Plasmon Resonance Using Superparamagnetic Particle Labels

    Sadagopan Krishnan;Vigneshwaran Mani;Dhanuka Wasalathanthri;Challa V. Kumar

  • Nanoencapsulation of cytochrome c and horseradish peroxidase at the galleries of α-zirconium phosphate

    Challa V. Kumar;George L. McLendon

  • DNA-mediated photoelectron transfer reactions

    Jacqueline K. Barton;Challa V. Kumar;Nicholas J. Turro

  • Aromatic thioketone triplets and their quenching behaviour towards oxygen and di-t-butylnitroxy radical. A laser-flash-photolysis study

    Challa V. Kumar;Ling Qin;Paritosh K. Das

  • Multiplexed Immunosensors and Immunoarrays.

    Abby Jones;Lasangi Dhanapala;Rumasha N T Kankanamage;Challa V Kumar

  • Photochemical protease: site-specific photocleavage of hen egg lysozyme and bovine serum albumin.

    Challa V. Kumar;Apinya Buranaprapuk;Gregory J. Opiteck;Mary B. Moyer

  • Ultrathin Graphene–Protein Supercapacitors for Miniaturized Bioelectronics

    Islam M. Mosa;Ajith Pattammattel;Karteek Kadimisetty;Paritosh Pande

  • Sequence dependent energy transfer from DNA to a simple aromatic chromophore

    C. V. Kumar;Emma H. Asuncion

  • Adenine-Thymine Base Pair Recognition by an Anthryl Probe from the DNA Minor Groove

    Challa V. Kumar;Emma H.A. Punzalan;Willy B. Tan

  • Contributions of a long side chain to the binding affinity of an anthracene derivative to DNA.

    Naga K. Modukuru;Kimberly J. Snow;Bradley S. Perrin;Jyotsna Thota

  • Kitchen Chemistry 101: Multigram Production of High Quality Biographene in a Blender with Edible Proteins

    Ajith Pattammattel;Challa Vijaya Kumar

  • Tuning the Selectivity of Protein Photocleavage: Spectroscopic and Photochemical Studies

    Challa V. Kumar;Apinya Buranaprapuk

  • Tris(phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) Enantiomers with Nucleic Acids: Tuning the Stereoselectivity

    Jacqueline K. Barton;Jonathan M. Goldberg;Challa V. Kumar;Nicholas J. Turro

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University
James F. Rusling
James F. Rusling University of Connecticut
Jacqueline K. Barton
Jacqueline K. Barton California Institute of Technology
Ian R. Gould
Ian R. Gould Arizona State University
Steffen Jockusch
Steffen Jockusch Bowling Green State University
Jisnuson Svasti
Jisnuson Svasti Mahidol University
Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy
Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy University of Miami
J. Silvio Gutkind
J. Silvio Gutkind University of California, San Diego
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University

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