2026 Venigalla B. Rao: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	57	2168	1951	1076	954	157	8524

Overview

Venigalla B. Rao is affiliated with the Catholic University of America in the United States and focuses research on fields that include Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

Research subfields associated with their work encompass Ecology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Virology.

The main topics addressed in their publications involve:

Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
HIV Research and Treatment
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Venigalla B. Rao has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

"A universal bacteriophage T4 nanoparticle platform to design multiplex SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates by CRISPR engineering," published in 2021 in Science Advances
"Covalent Modifications of the Bacteriophage Genome Confer a Degree of Resistance to Bacterial CRISPR Systems," published in 2020 in Journal of Virology
"Dynamic Shifts in the HIV Proviral Landscape During Long Term Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Implications for Persistence and Control of HIV Infections," published in 2020 in Viruses
"Bacteriophage T4 Head: Structure, Assembly, and Genome Packaging," published in 2023 in Viruses
"Engineering T4 Bacteriophage for In Vivo Display by Type V CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing," published in 2021 in ACS Synthetic Biology

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

Jingen Zhu
Himanshu Batra
Swati Jain
Tao Pan
Marthandan Mahalingam

Venigalla B. Rao's work has been published repeatedly in outlets such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Viruses, Journal of Virology, and mBio.

Best Publications

The bacteriophage DNA packaging motor.

Venigalla B. Rao;Michael Feiss

438
Citations
Molecular architecture of the prolate head of bacteriophage T4

Andrei Fokine;Paul R. Chipman;Petr G. Leiman;Vadim V. Mesyanzhinov

331
Citations
The Structure of the Phage T4 DNA Packaging Motor Suggests a Mechanism Dependent on Electrostatic Forces

Siyang Sun;Kiran Kondabagil;Bonnie Draper;Tanfis I. Alam

289
Citations
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Population Genetics and Adaptation in Newly Infected Individuals

M. Kearney;M. Kearney;F. Maldarelli;W. Shao;J. B. Margolick

245
Citations
Single phage T4 DNA packaging motors exhibit large force generation, high velocity, and dynamic variability

Derek N. Fuller;Dorian M. Raymer;Vishal I. Kottadiel;Venigalla B. Rao

228
Citations
Cloning, overexpression and purification of the terminase proteins gp16 and gp17 of bacteriophage T4: Construction of a defined in-vitro DNA packaging system using purified terminase proteins

V.Basaveswara Rao;Lindsay W. Black

172
Citations
Mechanisms of DNA Packaging by Large Double-Stranded DNA Viruses

Venigalla B. Rao;Michael Feiss

166
Citations
Genome packaging in viruses

Siyang Sun;Venigalla B Rao;Michael G Rossmann

163
Citations
The Structure of the ATPase that Powers DNA Packaging into Bacteriophage T4 Procapsids

Siyang Sun;Kiran Kondabagil;Petra M. Gentz;Michael G. Rossmann

153
Citations
The bacteriophage DNA packaging machine.

Michael Feiss;Venigalla B. Rao

149
Citations
Sequence analysis of bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging/terminase genes 16 and 17 reveals a common ATPase center in the large subunit of viral terminases

Michael S. Mitchell;Shigenobu Matsuzaki;Shosuke Imai;Venigalla B. Rao

148
Citations
Structure and assembly of bacteriophage T4 head.

Venigalla B Rao;Lindsay W Black

139
Citations
Genetic Engineering of Bacteriophages Against Infectious Diseases

Yibao Chen;Himanshu Batra;Junhua Dong;Cen Chen

136
Citations
In vitro and in vivo delivery of genes and proteins using the bacteriophage t4 dna packaging machine

Venigalla B. Rao

135
Citations
Display of a PorA peptide from Neisseria meningitidis on the bacteriophage T4 capsid surface.

Jennifer Jiang;Lara Abu-Shilbayeh;Venigalla B. Rao

122
Citations
Assembly of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigens on bacteriophage T4: a novel in vitro approach to construct multicomponent HIV vaccines

Taheri Sathaliyawala;Mangala Rao;Danielle M. Maclean;Deborah L. Birx

120
Citations
Structure of the Small Outer Capsid Protein, Soc: A Clamp for Stabilizing Capsids of T4-like Phages

Li Qin;Andrei Fokine;Erin O'Donnell;Venigalla B. Rao

119
Citations
Structure and function of the small terminase component of the DNA packaging machine in T4-like bacteriophages

Siyang Sun;Song Gao;Kiran Kondabagil;Ye Xiang

118
Citations
Viral molecular machines

Michael G. Rossmann;Venigalla B. Rao

114
Citations
Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 portal protein assembly at near-atomic resolution

Lei Sun;Xinzheng Zhang;Song Gao;Prashant A. Rao

111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette

Carl R. Alving Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Taekjip Ha Johns Hopkins University

Lindsay W. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore

Stephen H. Leppla National Institutes of Health

Merlin L. Robb Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Nelson L. Michael Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Michael S. Mitchell University of Montana

Ashok K. Chopra The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Victoria R. Polonis Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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