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Sailen Barik

Sailen Barik

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
11527
World Ranking
10973
National Ranking
4749

Overview

Sailen Barik is a researcher affiliated with EonBio in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a secondary focus on Medicine. Within these domains, Barik has contributed extensively to several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses main topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, animal virus infections studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, protein structure and dynamics, and viral infections and immunology research.

Barik has authored numerous scientific papers, with several published in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (12 publications)
  • Infection Genetics and Evolution (2 publications)
  • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (1 publication)
  • Current Research in Immunology (1 publication)
  • Bioinformatics and Biology Insights (1 publication)

Significant recent papers authored by Barik include:

  • "The Uniqueness of Tryptophan in Biology: Properties, Metabolism, Interactions and Localization in Proteins" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Genus-specific pattern of intrinsically disordered central regions in the nucleocapsid protein of coronaviruses" (2020, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal)
  • "Evolution of Protein Structure and Stability in Global Warming" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Inhibition of Viral RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases by Nucleoside Inhibitors: An Illustration of the Unity and Diversity of Mechanisms" (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Notable coauthors frequently collaborating with Barik include Vira Bitko, Manmohan Kumar, Shagun Sharma, Jai Kumar, and Shibnath Mazumder.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of respiratory viruses by nasally administered siRNA

    Vira Bitko;Alla Musiyenko;Olena Shulyayeva;Sailen Barik

  • MicroRNAs: Processing, Maturation, Target Recognition and Regulatory Functions.

    Girish C. Shukla;Jagjit Singh;Sailen Barik

  • Phenotypic silencing of cytoplasmic genes using sequence-specific double-stranded short interfering RNA and its application in the reverse genetics of wild type negative-strand RNA viruses

    Vira Bitko;Sailen Barik

  • Antiviral Activity of Human OASL Protein Is Mediated by Enhancing Signaling of the RIG-I RNA Sensor

    Jianzhong Zhu;Yugen Zhang;Arundhati Ghosh;Rolando A. Cuevas

  • Ectopic expression of miR-126*, an intronic product of the vascular endothelial EGF-like 7 gene, regulates prostein translation and invasiveness of prostate cancer LNCaP cells

    Alla Musiyenko;Vira Bitko;Sailen Barik

  • Nonstructural Proteins of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Suppress Premature Apoptosis by an NF-κB-Dependent, Interferon-Independent Mechanism and Facilitate Virus Growth

    Vira Bitko;Olena Shulyayeva;Barsanjit Mazumder;Alla Musiyenko

  • An endoplasmic reticulum-specific stress-activated caspase (caspase-12) is implicated in the apoptosis of A549 epithelial cells by respiratory syncytial virus.

    Vira Bitko;Sailen Barik

  • Transcriptional induction of multiple cytokines by human respiratory syncytial virus requires activation of NF-kappa B and is inhibited by sodium salicylate and aspirin.

    Vira Bitko;Andrew Velazquez;Liu Yang;Yu-Chung Yang

  • Respiratory syncytial virus nonstructural protein 2 specifically inhibits type I interferon signal transduction.

    Murali Ramaswamy;Lei Shi;Steven M. Varga;Sailen Barik

  • Phosphorylation by cellular casein kinase II is essential for transcriptional activity of vesicular stomatitis virus phosphoprotein P.

    Sailen Barik;Amiya K. Banerjee

  • An antitermination protein engages the elongating transcription apparatus at a promoter-proximal recognition site

    Sailen Barik;Balaram Ghosh;William Whalen;David Lazinski

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Nonstructural Proteins Decrease Levels of Multiple Members of the Cellular Interferon Pathways

    Samer Swedan;Alla Musiyenko;Sailen Barik

  • Role of cellular actin in the gene expression and morphogenesis of human respiratory syncytial virus.

    Emily Burke;Lesley Dupuy;Cynthia Wall;Sailen Barik

  • Sequential phosphorylation of the phosphoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus by cellular and viral protein kinases is essential for transcription activation.

    Sailen Barik;Amiya K. Banerjee

  • An intronic microRNA silences genes that are functionally antagonistic to its host gene.

    Sailen Barik

  • The heat shock protein 90 of Plasmodium falciparum and antimalarial activity of its inhibitor, geldanamycin.

    Rajinder Kumar;Alla Musiyenko;Sailen Barik

  • Control of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA virus replication by siRNA.

    Sailen Barik

  • Silence of the transcripts: RNA interference in medicine

    Sailen Barik

  • New drugs and treatment for respiratory syncytial virus.

    Krishan Maggon;Sailen Barik

  • Importance of the β12-β13 Loop in Protein Phosphatase-1 Catalytic Subunit for Inhibition by Toxins and Mammalian Protein Inhibitors

    John H. Connor;Theresa Kleeman;Sailen Barik;Richard E. Honkanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton A. Komar
Anton A. Komar Cleveland State University
Ganes C. Sen
Ganes C. Sen Case Western Reserve University
Mark A. Behlke
Mark A. Behlke Integrated DNA Technologies (United States)
Takashi Fujita
Takashi Fujita Kyoto University
Carolyn B. Coyne
Carolyn B. Coyne Duke University
Veit Hornung
Veit Hornung Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Steven M. Varga
Steven M. Varga University of Iowa
Rune Hartmann
Rune Hartmann Aarhus University
Jonathan D. Dinman
Jonathan D. Dinman University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow

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