2026 Tapas K. Kundu: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	59	12532	11535	60	59	232	12519

Overview

Tapas K. Kundu is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in India. Their research spans several domains within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on molecular biology and infectious diseases.

Their recent scientific contributions include the following publications:

Chromatin Protein PC4 Orchestrates B Cell Differentiation by Collaborating with IKAROS and IRF4 (2020) in Cell Reports
CBP/p300 activation promotes axon growth, sprouting, and synaptic plasticity in chronic experimental spinal cord injury with severe disability (2022) in PLoS Biology
Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo controlled trial of Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Antiviral drug Umifenovir vs Standard care of therapy in non-severe COVID-19 patients (2021) in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Visible-light excited polar Dion-Jacobson Rb(Bi_1−xEu_x)₂Ti₂NbO₁₀perovskites: photoluminescence properties andin vitrobioimaging (2021) in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Histone Chaperone Nucleophosmin Regulates Transcription of Key Genes Involved in Oral Tumorigenesis (2021) in Molecular and Cellular Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tapas K. Kundu include:

Akash Kumar Singh
Madavan Vasudevan
Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy
Ravishankar Ramachandran
Sweta Sikder

Tapas K. Kundu's work is often published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Aging Cell
The Journal of Biochemistry
SSRN Electronic Journal
Cell Reports

Their fields of study emphasize:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Subfields of interest include:

Molecular Biology
Infectious Diseases
Genetics
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Main research topics addressed in their publications are:

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA modifications and cancer
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
RNA Research and Splicing

In addition to journal articles, Tapas K. Kundu has contributed to book publications, notably a title published by Springer Nature:

Metabolism and Epigenetic Regulation: Implications in Cancer (2022)

Best Publications

Curcumin, a novel p300/CREB-binding protein-specific inhibitor of acetyltransferase, represses the acetylation of histone/nonhistone proteins and histone acetyltransferase-dependent chromatin transcription.

Karanam Balasubramanyam;Radhika A. Varier;Mohammed Altaf;Venkatesh Swaminathan

1083
Citations
Polyisoprenylated Benzophenone, Garcinol, a Natural Histone Acetyltransferase Inhibitor, Represses Chromatin Transcription and Alters Global Gene Expression

Karanam Balasubramanyam;M. Altaf;Radhika A. Varier;V. Swaminathan

617
Citations
Small molecule modulators of histone acetyltransferase p300.

Karanam Balasubramanyam;V. Swaminathan;Anupama Ranganathan;Tapas K. Kundu

602
Citations
Human STAGA Complex Is a Chromatin-Acetylating Transcription Coactivator That Interacts with Pre-mRNA Splicing and DNA Damage-Binding Factors In Vivo

Ernest Martinez;Vikas B. Palhan;Agneta Tjernberg;Elena S. Lymar

484
Citations
HATs off: selective synthetic inhibitors of the histone acetyltransferases p300 and PCAF.

Ontario D. Lau;Ontario D. Lau;Tapas K. Kundu;Raymond E. Soccio;Slimane Ait-Si-Ali

453
Citations
Intrinsically Fluorescent Carbon Nanospheres as a Nuclear Targeting Vector: Delivery of Membrane-Impermeable Molecule to Modulate Gene Expression In Vivo

B. Ruthrotha Selvi;Dinesh Jagadeesan;B. S. Suma;G. Nagashankar

260
Citations
Activator-Dependent Transcription from Chromatin In Vitro Involving Targeted Histone Acetylation by p300

Tapas K. Kundu;Vikas B. Palhan;Zhengxin Wang;Woojin An

256
Citations
A human SPT3-TAFII31-GCN5-L acetylase complex distinct from transcription factor IID.

Ernest Martinez;Tapas K. Kundu;Jack Fu;Robert G. Roeder

243
Citations
Human Histone Chaperone Nucleophosmin Enhances Acetylation-Dependent Chromatin Transcription

V. Swaminathan;A. Hari Kishore;K. K. Febitha;Tapas K. Kundu

234
Citations
Specific Inhibition of p300-HAT Alters Global Gene Expression and Represses HIV Replication

K. Mantelingu;B.A. Ashok Reddy;V. Swaminathan;A. Hari Kishore

213
Citations
Hot Spots in Ag Core−Au Shell Nanoparticles Potent for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Studies of Biomolecules

G. V. Pavan Kumar;S. Shruthi;B. Vibha;B. A. Ashok Reddy

207
Citations
Visible–Near‐Infrared and Fluorescent Copper Sensors Based on Julolidine Conjugates: Selective Detection and Fluorescence Imaging in Living Cells

Debabrata Maity;Arun K. Manna;D. Karthigeyan;Tapas K. Kundu

204
Citations
A novel activator of CBP/p300 acetyltransferases promotes neurogenesis and extends memory duration in adult mice.

Snehajyoti Chatterjee;Pushpak Mizar;Raphaelle Cassel;Romain Neidl

175
Citations
Human TFIIIC relieves chromatin-mediated repression of RNA polymerase III transcription and contains an intrinsic histone acetyltransferase activity.

Tapas K. Kundu;Zhengxin Wang;Robert G. Roeder

173
Citations
CpG islands in chromatin organization and gene expression.

Tapas K. Kundu;M.R.S. Rao

171
Citations
Inhibition of STAT3 dimerization and acetylation by garcinol suppresses the growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo

Gautam Sethi;Snehajyoti Chatterjee;Peramaiyan Rajendran;Feng Li

169
Citations
Garcinol, a Polyisoprenylated Benzophenone Modulates Multiple Proinflammatory Signaling Cascades Leading to the Suppression of Growth and Survival of Head and Neck Carcinoma

Feng Li;Muthu K. Shanmugam;Luxi Chen;Snehajyoti Chatterjee

162
Citations
The TFIIIC90 subunit of TFIIIC interacts with multiple components of the RNA polymerase III machinery and contains a histone-specific acetyltransferase activity.

Yng-Ju Hsieh;Tapas K. Kundu;Zhengxin Wang;Robert Kovelman

151
Citations
Nitric Oxide-Mediated Histone Hyperacetylation in Oral Cancer: Target for a Water-Soluble HAT Inhibitor, CTK7A

Mohammed Arif;Bhusainahalli M. Vedamurthy;Ramesh Choudhari;Yogesh B. Ostwal

145
Citations
Reversible acetylation of chromatin: implication in regulation of gene expression, disease and therapeutics.

Ruthrotha B. Selvi;Tapas K. Kundu

144
Citations