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Mohan K. Balasubramanian

Mohan K. Balasubramanian

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
9239
World Ranking
13446
National Ranking
1046

Overview

Mohan K. Balasubramanian is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research spans key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with strong intersections in medicine. The scientist's work is reflected in numerous publications focusing on molecular biology, cell biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, materials chemistry, and genetics.

Their recent papers cover a range of topics and illustrate an active engagement with cellular and molecular mechanisms. Notable works include:

  • Asgard archaea shed light on the evolutionary origins of the eukaryotic ubiquitin-ESCRT machinery, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A monomeric StayGold fluorescent protein, 2023, Nature Biotechnology
  • Structural insights into actin isoforms, 2023, eLife
  • Calponin-homology domain mediated bending of membrane-associated actin filaments, 2021, eLife
  • Pick-ya actin - a method to purify actin isoforms with bespoke key post-translational modifications, 2020, Journal of Cell Science

The scientist's research prominently involves topics such as cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, cellular mechanics and interactions, fungal and yeast genetics research, cellular transport and secretion, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and crystallization and solubility studies.

Key frequent co-authors contributing to their research output include:

  • Tomoyuki Hatano
  • Saravanan Palani
  • William Scott
  • Andrejus Suchenko
  • Masanori Mishima

Publication venues where the scientist frequently disseminates their research demonstrate a diverse pattern of contribution across preprints, data repositories, peer-reviewed journals, and structural databases. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Communications

Mohan K. Balasubramanian's profile reflects an established team science approach within the fields of molecular and cell biology, with multidisciplinary intersections and collaborative efforts contributing to advances in understanding fundamental biological processes.

Best Publications

  • Comparative Analysis of Cytokinesis in Budding Yeast, Fission Yeast and Animal Cells

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Erfei Bi;Michael Glotzer

  • Isolation and Characterization of New Fission Yeast Cytokinesis Mutants

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Dannel McCollum;Dannel McCollum;Louise Chang;Kelvin C. Y. Wong

  • A new tropomyosin essential for cytokinesis in the fission yeast S. pombe.

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;David M. Helfman;Sean M. Hemmingsen

  • The Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc3+ gene encodes a profilin essential for cytokinesis.

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Bilkis R. Hirani;John D. Burke;Kathleen L. Gould

  • Cell Polarity in Yeast.

    Jian-geng Chiou;Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Daniel J. Lew

  • Sterol-rich plasma membrane domains in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Volker Wachtler;Srividya Rajagopalan;Mohan K. Balasubramanian

  • The multiprotein exocyst complex is essential for cell separation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Hongyan Wang;Xie Tang;Jianhua Liu;Susanne Trautmann

  • Identification of cell cycle-regulated genes in fission yeast.

    Xu Peng;R. Krishna Murthy Karuturi;Lance D. Miller;Kui Lin

  • Byr4 and Cdc16 form a two-component GTPase-activating protein for the Spg1 GTPase that controls septation in fission yeast.

    Kyle A. Furge;Kelvin Wong;John Armstrong;Mohan Balasubramanian

  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc4+ gene encodes a novel EF-hand protein essential for cytokinesis.

    D McCollum;M K Balasubramanian;L E Pelcher;S M Hemmingsen

  • Rng2p, a protein required for cytokinesis in fission yeast, is a component of the actomyosin ring and the spindle pole body

    Karen Eng;Naweed I Naqvi;Kelvin C.Y Wong;Mohan K Balasubramanian

  • Drc1p/Cps1p, a 1,3-β-Glucan Synthase Subunit, Is Essential for Division Septum Assembly in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Jianhua Liu;Hongyan Wang;Dannel McCollum;Mohan K. Balasubramanian

  • Evidence for F-actin-dependent and -independent mechanisms involved in assembly and stability of the medial actomyosin ring in fission yeast.

    Naweed I. Naqvi;Karen Eng;Kathleen L. Gould;Mohan K. Balasubramanian

  • The Schizosaccharomyces Pombe Actin-Related Protein, Arp3, Is a Component of the Cortical Actin Cytoskeleton and Interacts With Profilin

    D McCollum;A Feoktistova;M Morphew;M Balasubramanian

  • A checkpoint that monitors cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Jianhua Liu;Hongyan Wang;Mohan K. Balasubramanian

  • Actomyosin Ring Formation and Tension Generation in Eukaryotic Cytokinesis.

    Thomas H. Cheffings;Nigel John Burroughs;Mohan K. Balasubramanian

  • The cdr2(+) gene encodes a regulator of G2/M progression and cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Connie S. Breeding;James Hudson;Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Sean M. Hemmingsen

  • Myosin-II reorganization during mitosis is controlled temporally by its dephosphorylation and spatially by Mid1 in fission yeast

    Fumio Motegi;Mithilesh Mishra;Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Issei Mabuchi

  • Cytokinesis in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Mohan K. Balasubramanian;Dannell McCollum;Kathleen L. Gould

  • Assembly of normal actomyosin rings in the absence of Mid1p and cortical nodes in fission yeast

    Yinyi Huang;Hongyan Yan;Mohan K. Balasubramanian

Frequent Co-Authors

Dannel McCollum
Dannel McCollum University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Kathleen L. Gould
Kathleen L. Gould Vanderbilt University
Robert Robinson
Robert Robinson Okayama University
Naweed I. Naqvi
Naweed I. Naqvi National University of Singapore
Alexandra M. E. Jones
Alexandra M. E. Jones University of Warwick
Masako Osumi
Masako Osumi Japan Women's University
Robert A. Cross
Robert A. Cross University of Warwick
Issei Mabuchi
Issei Mabuchi Otsuma Women's University
Jonathan B.A. Millar
Jonathan B.A. Millar University of Warwick
Pierre Couteron
Pierre Couteron Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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