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Svetlana A. Shabalina is affiliated with the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in several subfields including molecular biology, infectious diseases, ecology, modeling and simulation, and health.

The main research topics in Svetlana Shabalina's work include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Vaccine coverage and hesitancy
  • Advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Eugene V. Koonin
  • Luda Diatchenko
  • O. V. Matveeva
  • Rachael C. Kretsch
  • Yuan Wu

Their work has been published repeatedly in specific venues, with the following recurring publication venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EMPIAR dataset
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Svetlana A. Shabalina include:

  • The hidden bacterial microproteome, 2025, Molecular Cell
  • The genomic structure of a human chromosome 22 nucleolar organizer region determined by TAR cloning, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Comparison of vaccination and booster rates and their impact on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries, 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Prospects for Using Expression Patterns of Paramyxovirus Receptors as Biomarkers for Oncolytic Virotherapy, 2020, Cancers
  • Naturally ornate RNA-only complexes revealed by cryo-EM, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: computational analysis of the predicted enzymatic machinery, functional analogies with eukaryotic RNAi, and hypothetical mechanisms of action

    Kira S Makarova;Nick V Grishin;Svetlana A Shabalina;Yuri I Wolf

  • Genetic basis for individual variations in pain perception and the development of a chronic pain condition

    Luda Diatchenko;Gary D. Slade;Andrea G. Nackley;Konakporn Bhalang

  • Human Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Haplotypes Modulate Protein Expression by Altering mRNA Secondary Structure

    A. G. Nackley;S. A. Shabalina;I. E. Tchivileva;K. Satterfield

  • Origins and evolution of eukaryotic RNA interference

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Abundance of type I toxin–antitoxin systems in bacteria: searches for new candidates and discovery of novel families

    Elizabeth M. Fozo;Kira S. Makarova;Svetlana A. Shabalina;Natalya Yutin

  • MicL, a new σE-dependent sRNA, combats envelope stress by repressing synthesis of Lpp, the major outer membrane lipoprotein

    Monica S. Guo;Taylor B. Updegrove;Emily B. Gogol;Svetlana A. Shabalina

  • Sounds of silence: synonymous nucleotides as a key to biological regulation and complexity

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Nikolay A. Spiridonov;Anna Kashina

  • Rapid decline of fitness in panmictic populations of Drosophila melanogaster maintained under relaxed natural selection

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Lev Yu. Yampolsky;Alexey S. Kondrashov

  • Three major haplotypes of the β2 adrenergic receptor define psychological profile, blood pressure, and the risk for development of a common musculoskeletal pain disorder†

    Luda Diatchenko;Amy D. Anderson;Gary D. Slade;Roger B. Fillingim

  • Genetic architecture of human pain perception

    Luda Diatchenko;Andrea G. Nackley;Inna E. Tchivileva;Svetlana A. Shabalina

  • A periodic pattern of mRNA secondary structure created by the genetic code.

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Aleksey Y. Ogurtsov;Nikolay A. Spiridonov

  • The mammalian transcriptome and the function of non-coding DNA sequences

    Svetlana A Shabalina;Nikolay A Spiridonov

  • Differential Arginylation of Actin Isoforms is Regulated by Coding-Sequence-Dependent Degradation

    Fangliang Zhang;Sougata Saha;Svetlana A. Shabalina;Anna Kashina

  • Computational models with thermodynamic and composition features improve siRNA design.

    Svetlana A Shabalina;Alexey N Spiridonov;Aleksey Y Ogurtsov

  • Comparison of approaches for rational siRNA design leading to a new efficient and transparent method

    Olga Matveeva;Yury D. Nechipurenko;Leo Rossi;Barry Moore

  • Expansion of the human μ-opioid receptor gene architecture: novel functional variants

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Dmitri V. Zaykin;Pavel Gris;Aleksey Y. Ogurtsov

  • Selective constraint in intergenic regions of human and mouse genomes

    Svetlana A Shabalina;Aleksey Yu Ogurtsov;Vasily A Kondrashov;Alexey S Kondrashov

  • Related giant viruses in distant locations and different habitats: Acanthamoeba polyphaga moumouvirus represents a third lineage of the Mimiviridae that is close to the megavirus lineage

    Niyaz Yoosuf;Natalya Yutin;Philippe Colson;Svetlana A. Shabalina

  • Distinct Patterns of Expression and Evolution of Intronless and Intron-Containing Mammalian Genes

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Aleksey Y. Ogurtsov;Alexey N. Spiridonov;Pavel S. Novichkov

  • Computational models with thermodynamic and composition features improve siRNA design

    Svetlana A. Shabalina;Aleksey Y. Ogurtsov;Alexey Nikolaevich Spiridonov

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Alexey S. Kondrashov
Alexey S. Kondrashov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Luda Diatchenko
Luda Diatchenko McGill University
Igor B. Rogozin
Igor B. Rogozin National Institutes of Health
William Maixner
William Maixner Duke University
Ashish Lal
Ashish Lal National Institutes of Health
Kannanganattu V. Prasanth
Kannanganattu V. Prasanth University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yuri I. Wolf
Yuri I. Wolf National Institutes of Health
John F. Atkins
John F. Atkins University College Cork
Gisela Storz
Gisela Storz National Institutes of Health

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