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Rita Tewari is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on several intersecting fields within the broader scope of medical and molecular biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on parasitology and infectious diseases.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these fields, their subfields of study highlight specific areas of scientific inquiry such as:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Immunology
  • Parasitology

Tewari's research topics cover a range of subjects mainly related to parasitic diseases and cellular processes, including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Key recent publications by Tewari encompass molecular and cellular studies related to parasites, especially Plasmodium species responsible for malaria. Some noteworthy papers include:

  • Molecular characterization of the conoid complex in Toxoplasma reveals its conservation in all apicomplexans, including Plasmodium species (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • Real-time dynamics of Plasmodium NDC80 reveals unusual modes of chromosome segregation during parasite proliferation (2020, Journal of Cell Science)
  • Division and Transmission: Malaria Parasite Development in the Mosquito (2022, Annual Review of Microbiology)
  • A divergent cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase complex controls the atypical replication of a malaria parasite during gametogony and transmission (2020, eLife)
  • Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission (2020, Cell Reports)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Coauthors with whom they have published most often include:

  • Mohammad Zeeshan
  • Declan Brady
  • Anthony A. Holder
  • David Ferguson
  • Sue Vaughan

Publication venues where Tewari's work appears frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Life Science Alliance
  • PLoS Biology
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Calcium and a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase Regulate Gamete Formation and Mosquito Transmission in a Malaria Parasite

    Oliver Billker;Sandrine Dechamps;Rita Tewari;Gerald Wenig

  • The malaria circumsporozoite protein has two functional domains, each with distinct roles as sporozoites journey from mosquito to mammalian host

    Alida Coppi;Ramya Natarajan;Gabriele Pradel;Brandy L. Bennett

  • The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

    Yanjie Liu;Rita Tewari;Rita Tewari;Jue Ning;Andrew M. Blagborough;Andrew M. Blagborough

  • The systematic functional analysis of Plasmodium protein kinases identifies essential regulators of mosquito transmission

    Rita Tewari;Ursula Straschil;Ursula Straschil;Alex Bateman;Ulrike Böhme

  • Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Provide a Signal to Plasmodium Sporozoites to Stop Migrating and Productively Invade Host Cells

    Alida Coppi;Rita Tewari;Joseph R. Bishop;Brandy L. Bennett

  • Armadillo-repeat protein functions: questions for little creatures

    Rita Tewari;Elizabeth Bailes;Karen A. Bunting;Juliet C. Coates

  • Validation of N -myristoyltransferase as an antimalarial drug target using an integrated chemical biology approach

    Megan H. Wright;Barbara Clough;Mark D. Rackham;Kaveri Rangachari

  • A NIMA-related protein kinase is essential for completion of the sexual cycle of malaria parasites.

    Luc Reininger;Oliver Billker;Rita Tewari;Arunima Mukhopadhyay

  • Nutrient sensing modulates malaria parasite virulence

    Liliana Mancio-Silva;Ksenija Slavic;Margarida T. Grilo Ruivo;Ana Rita Grosso

  • An atypical mitogen-activated protein kinase controls cytokinesis and flagellar motility during male gamete formation in a malaria parasite

    Rita Tewari;Dominique Dorin;Robert Moon;Christian Doerig

  • Reverse genetics screen identifies six proteins important for malaria development in the mosquito

    Andrea Ecker;Ellen S C Bushell;Rita Tewari;Robert E Sinden

  • Function of Region I and II Adhesive Motifs of Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein in Sporozoite Motility and Infectivity

    Rita Tewari;Roberta Spaccapelo;Roberta Spaccapelo;Francesco Bistoni;Anthony A. Holder

  • An Essential Role for the Plasmodium Nek-2 Nima-Related Protein Kinase in the Sexual Development of Malaria Parasites

    Luc Reininger;Rita Tewari;Rita Tewari;Clare Fennell;Zoe Holland

  • Genome-wide Functional Analysis of Plasmodium Protein Phosphatases Reveals Key Regulators of Parasite Development and Differentiation

    David S. Guttery;Benoit Poulin;Abhinay Ramaprasad;Richard J. Wall

  • An Apicomplexan Actin-Binding Protein Serves as a Connector and Lipid Sensor to Coordinate Motility and Invasion

    Damien Jacot;Nicolò Tosetti;Isa Pires;Jessica Stock

  • Sterile Protection against Malaria Is Independent of Immune Responses to the Circumsporozoite Protein

    Anne Charlotte Grüner;Marjorie Mauduit;Marjorie Mauduit;Rita Tewari;Jackeline F. Romero

  • Sex chromosome polymorphism and heterogametic males revealed by two cloned DNA probes in the ZW /ZZ fish Leporinus elongatus

    Ichiro Nakayama;Fausto Foresti;Rita Tewari;Manfred Schartl

  • Erythroid Krüppel-like factor (EKLF) is active in primitive and definitive erythroid cells and is required for the function of 5′HS3 of the β-globin locus control region

    Rita Tewari;Nynke Gillemans;Mark Wijgerde;Beatriz Nuez

  • Life cycle studies of the hexose transporter of Plasmodium species and genetic validation of their essentiality

    Ksenija Slavic;Ursula Straschil;Ursula Straschil;Luc Reininger;Christian Doerig;Christian Doerig

  • Altered DNA-binding specificity mutants of EKLF and Sp1 show that EKLF is an activator of the β-globin locus control region in vivo

    Nynke Gillemans;Rita Tewari;Fokke Lindeboom;Robbert Rottier

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony A. Holder
Anthony A. Holder The Francis Crick Institute
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Oliver Billker
Oliver Billker Umeå University
Karine G. Le Roch
Karine G. Le Roch University of California, Riverside
David J. P. Ferguson
David J. P. Ferguson University of Oxford
Ross F. Waller
Ross F. Waller University of Cambridge
Christian Doerig
Christian Doerig RMIT University
Laurent Rénia
Laurent Rénia Nanyang Technological University
Photini Sinnis
Photini Sinnis Johns Hopkins University
Georges Snounou
Georges Snounou Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

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