Publications

Total citations (Google scholar): Citations: 1937, H-index: 26 (Updated on 04 April 2024)

Complete list of Publications

2024

1. Exposure of polystyrene microplastics induces oxidative stress and physiological defects in Drosophila melanogaster Himali Raj, Aditi Raj, Sumeet Ranjan, Gajendra Kumar Azad and Shahla Yasmin. Asian Journal of Basic Science & Research Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 55-64, January-March 2024

2. Histone H3 N-terminal tail provides tolerance to Tartrazine induced stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Smriti Anand, Sushant Kumar, Khushboo Kumari, Gajendra Kumar Azad.  Biologia, 6 March 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-024-01653-1 (Impact Factor: 1.5) 

2023

3. Mystery Unfolding: The Curious Case of Histone H3 Clipping, Gajendra Kumar Azad. Accepted for publication in Biology Bulletin (Impact Factor: 0.5)

4. A computational study on mitogenome-encoded proteins of Pavo cristatus and Pavo muticus identifies key genetic variations with functional implications. Yasmin, S., Kumar, S. and Gajendra Kumar Azad. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 21, 80 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43141-023-00534-5 

5. Potential health risk assessment through the consumption of arsenic contaminated groundwater in parts of the middle Gangetic plain. M Jha, S Kumar, TBN Singh, SK Srivastava, Gajendra Kumar Azad, S Yasmin. Bulletin of the National Research Center

6. Alleviation of Arsenic Induced Neurobehavioral Defects with Selenium in the Larvae of Zaprionus indianus. S Kumari, P Kumari, S Sinha, Gajendra Kumar Azad, S Yasmin. SSRN preprint

7. In silico study identifies hub genes and regulatory network associated with the pathogenesis of Japanese Encephalitis Virus. A Kumar, GB Chand, GK Azad. Preprint Server

8. An immunoinformatics approach to study the epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 helicase, Nsp13. Sushant Kumar, Khushboo Kumari, Gajendra Kumar Azad. Vacunas, 2023 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.vacun.2023.02.001

9. Screening of core histones point-mutation library identifies critical residues required for normal growth in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sushant Kumar, Khushboo Kumari, Abhay Kumar, Gajendra Kumar Azad. Patna Science College Journal, February 2023

2022

10. Immunoinformatics study of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Phosphoprotein identifies promising epitopes with mutational implications. Sushant Kumar, Khushboo Kumari,  Gajendra Kumar Azad. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin, 2022, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 251–257, ISSN 0096-3925.

11. RNA-degradation eliminates developmental transcripts during murine embryonic stem cell differentiation via CAPRIN1-XRN2. Juliane O. Viegas, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Yuan Lv, Tal Paltiel, Sundararaghavan Pattabiraman, Jung Eun Park, Daniel Kaganovich, Siu Kwan Sze, Michal Rabani, Miguel Esteban, Eran Meshorer. Developmental Cell, 2022 Dec 19;57(24):2731-2744.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.11.014 (Impact Factor: 13.42)

12. Assessment of the effect of Valproic Acid on Regeneration in Eisenia fetida. Tanvi Singha, Sneh Mania, Anupriya Bhakta, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Shahla Yasmin. Biology Bulletin, 2022, Vol. 49, Suppl. 2, pp. S30–S36, ISSN 1062-3590 (Impact Factor: 0.492)

13. Non-Uniform Aspects of SARS-CoV-2 Intraspecies Evolution Reopen Questions on Its Origin. Sk. Sarif Hassana, Vaishnavi Kodakandla, Elrashdy M. Redwan, Kenneth Lundstrom, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Angel ´Serrano-Aroca, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Giorgio Palui, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Debmalya Barh, Bruce D. Uhal, Parise Adadi, Kazuo Takayama, Nicolas G Bazan, Murtaza Tambuwala, Samendra P Sherchan, Amos Lal, Gaurav Chauhan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Vladimir N. Uversky. Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 Dec 1;222(Pt A):972-993. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.09.184. (Impact Factor: 8.025)

14. Single-cell RNA-seq reveals early heterogeneity during ageing in yeast. Yi Zhang, Jincheng Wang, Yuchen Sang, Shengxian Jin, Xuezheng Wang, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Mark A. McCormick, Brian K. Kennedy, Qing Li, Jianbin Wang, Xiannian Zhang, Yanyi Huang. Aging Cell . 2022 Nov;21(11):e13712. doi: 10.1111/acel.13712 (Impact factor: 11.005)

15.  An Issue of Concern: Unique Truncated ORF8 Protein Variants of SARS-CoV-2. Sk. Sarif Hassan, Vaishnavi Kodakandla, Elrashdy M. Redwan, Kenneth Lundstrom, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Kazuo Takayama, Ramesh Kandimalla, Amos Lal, Angel Serrano-Aroca, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Giorgio Palu, Gaurav Chauhan, Parise Adadi, Murtaza Tambuwala, Adam M. Brufsky, Wagner Baetas -da-Cruz, Debmalya Barh, Vasco Azevedo, Nicolas G Bazan, Bruno Silva Andrade, Raner Jośe Santana Silva, Vladimir N. Uversky. Peer J, 2022 Mar 21;10:e13136. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13136. eCollection 2022. (Impact factor: 3.06)

16.  Immunological insights of bat coexistence with viruses and beyond: A holistic review. Kundan Patel, Sushant Kumar, Gyanendra Bahadur Chand, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Biology Insights. 2022;1:595. DOI: 10.55085/bi.2022.595 (Impact factor: NIL)

17.  Biology of Coronaviruses and Predicted Origin of SARS-CoV-2. Giorgio Palù, Alberto Reale, Nicolas G. Bazan, Pritam Kumar Panda, Vladimir N. Uversky, Murat Seyran, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Samendra P. Sherchan, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Wagner  Baetas-da-Cruz, Parise Adadi, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Bruce D. Uhal, Kazuo  Takayama, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Adam M. Brufsky, Kenneth Lundstrom Book Chapter, Publication date 2022/2, Book: COVID-19 From Bench to Bedside, Publisher CRC press Taylor & Francis Group. eBook ISBN9781003190394

18.  The Importance of Accessory Protein Variants in the Pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2. Sk. Sarif Hassan, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Guy W. Dayhoff, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Bruce D. Uhal, Kenneth Lundstrom, Nima Rezaei, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Amos Lal, Antonio Soares, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Adam M. Brufsky, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra P. Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Kazuo Takayama, Angel Serrano-Aroca, Gaurav Chauhan, Giorgio Palu, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Debmalya Barh, Raner Jośe Santana Silva, Bruno Silva Andrade, Vasco Azevedo, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Nicolas G. Bazan, Elrashdy M. Redwan, Murtaza Tambuwala, and Vladimir N. Uversky. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2022 Mar 15;717:109124. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109124. (Impact factor: 4.114)

19. Periodically Aperiodic Pattern of SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Underpins the Uncertainty of Its Origin and Evolution. Sk. Sarif Hassan, Pallab Basu, Elrashdy M Redwan, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Angel Serrano-Aroca, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Alaa AA Aljabali, Giorgio Palu, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Debmalya Barh, Bruce D Uhal, Parise Adadi, Kazuo Takayama, Nicolas G Bazan, Murtaza Tambuwala, Amos Lal, Gaurav Chauhan, Wagner Baetas-de-Cruz, Samendra P Sherchan, Vladimir N Uversk. Environmental Research, 2022 Mar;204(Pt B):112092. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112092. (Impact factor: 8.431)

20.  Emergence of Unique SARS-CoV-2 ORF10 Variants and Their Impact on Protein Structure and Function. Sk Sarif Hassan, Kenneth Lundstrom, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Parise Adadi, Alaa Aljabali, Elrashdy Redwan, Amos Lal, Ramesh Kandimalla, Tarek El-Aziz, Pabitra Choudhury, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra Sherchan, Murtaza Tambuwala, Gaurav Chauhan, Kazuo Takayama, Debmalya Barh, Giorgio Palù, Pallab Basu, Vladimir N Uversky. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 Jan 1;194:128-143. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.151.(Impact factor: 8.025)

2021

21.  Emerging genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) alters its B-cell epitopes. Sushant Kumar, Khushboo Kumari, Gajendra Kumar Azad#. Biologicals, 2021 Nov 17;S1045-1056(21)00091-9. doi:10.1016/j.biologicals.2021.11.002 #Corresponding Author (Impact factor: 1.760)

22.  Autoimmunity roots of the thrombotic events after COVID-19 vaccination. Fatma Elrashdy, Murtaza M Tambuwala, Sk Sarif Hassan, Parise Adadi, Murat Seyran, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Nima Rezaei, Amos Lal, Alaa A A Aljabali, Ramesh Kandimalla, Nicolas G Bazan, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra P Sherchan, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Kazuo Takayama, Gaurav Chauhan, Damiano Pizzol, Debmalya Barh, Pritam Kumar Panda, Yogendra K Mishra, Giorgio Palù, Kenneth Lundstrom, Elrashdy M Redwan, Vladimir N Uversky. Autoimmun Rev . 2021 Nov;20(11):102941. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102941. (Impact factor: 17.39)

23. Implications derived from S-protein variants of SARS-CoV-2 from six continents. Sk Sarif Hassan, Kenneth Lundstrom, Debmalya Barh, Raner Jośe Santana Silva, Bruno Silva Andrade, Vasco Azevedo, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Giorgio Palu, Bruce D Uhal, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murat Seyran, Amos Lal, Samendra P Sherchan, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Alaa A A Aljabali, Adam M Brufsky, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Elrashdy M Redwan, Kazuo Takayama, Nima Rezaei, Murtaza Tambuwala, Vladimir N Uversky. Int J Biol Macromol . 2021 Sep 24;191:934-955. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.080. (Impact factor: 8.025)

24. Periodically aperiodic pattern of SARS-CoV-2 mutations underpins the uncertainty of its origin and evolution. Sk Sarif Hassan, Pallab Basu, Elrashdy M. Redwan, Kenneth Lundstrom, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Giorgio Palu, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Debmalya Barh, Bruce D. Uhal, Parise Adadi, Kazuo Takayama, Nicolas G. Bazan, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Amos Lal, Gaurav Chauhan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Samendra P. Sherchan, and Vladimir N. Uversky. Environ Res. 2022 Mar; 204: 112092. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112092. (Impact factor: 8.431)

25. COVID-19 Vaccines and Thrombosis-Roadblock or Dead-End Street? Kenneth Lundstrom, Debmalya Barh, Bruce D Uhal, Kazuo Takayama, Alaa A A Aljabali, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Amos Lal, Elrashdy M Redwan, Parise Adadi, Gaurav Chauhan, Samendra P Sherchan, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Nima Rezaei, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Nicolas G Bazan, Sk Sarif Hassan, Pritam Kumar Panda, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Damiano Pizzol, Ramesh Kandimalla, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Giorgio Palu, Adam M Brufsky, Murtaza M Tambuwala, Vladimir N Uversky. Biomolecules. 2021 Jul 13;11(7):1020. doi: 10.3390/biom11071020. (Impact factor: 6.064)

26. The mechanism behind flaring/triggering of autoimmunity disorders associated with COVID-19. Elrashdy M. Redwan, Mohammed F. Alghamdi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Parise Adadi, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Diksha Attrish, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Debmalya Barh, Nicolas G. Bazan, Adam M. Brufsky, Gaurav Chauhan, Sk. Sarif Hassan, Ramesh Kandimalla, Amos Lal, Kenneth Lundstrom, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Giorgio Palù, Pritam K. Panda, Damiano Pizzol, Nima Rezaei, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Samendra P. Sherchan, Murat Seyran, Kazuo Takayama, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Bruce D. Uhal, Vladimir N. Uversky. Autoimmun Rev. 2021 Jul 16; 20(10):102909.  doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102909 (Impact factor: 17.36)

27. A unique view of SARS-CoV-2 through the lens of ORF8 protein. Sk Sarif Hassan, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Pritam Kumar Panda, Shinjini Ghosh, Diksha Attrish, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Murat Seyran, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Azizj, Antonio Soares, Ramesh Kandimalla, Kenneth Lundstrom, Amos Lal, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Vladimir N. Uversky, Samendra P. Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Bruce D. Uhal, Nima Rezaei, Gaurav Chauhan, Debmalya Barh, Elrashdy M. Redwan, Guy W. Dayhoff, Nicolas G. Bazan, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Amr El-Demerdasha, Yogendra K. Mishra, Giorgio Palu, Kazuo Takayama, Adam M. Brufsky, Murtaza M. Tambuwala. Comput Biol Med . 2021 Apr 15; 133: 104380. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104380 (Impact factor: 6.698)

28.  Notable sequence homology of the ORF10 protein introspects the architecture of SARS-CoV-2. Sk. Sarif Hassan, Diksha Attrish, Shinjini Ghosh, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Vladimir N. Uversky, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Bruce D. Uhal, Nima Rezaei, Murat Seyran, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Antonio Soares, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murtaza M.Tambuwala, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra P. Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Amos Lal, Giorgio Palù, Kazuo Takayama, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Debmalya Barh, Adam M. Brufsky. Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Apr 16; 181: 801-809. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.199 (Impact factor: 8.025)

29. Molecular assessment of proteins encoded by the mitochondrial genome of Clarias batrachus and Clarias gariepinus. Gyanendra Bahadur Chand, Sushant Kumar, Gajendra Kumar Azad*. Biochem Biophys Rep. 2021 Mar 25; 26: 100985. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.100985. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: not announced)

30. Urgent Need for Field Surveys of Coronaviruses in Southeast Asia to Understand the SARS-CoV-2 Phylogeny and Risk Assessment for the Future Outbreaks. Murat Seyran, Sk. Sarif Hassan, Vladimir N. Uversky, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Bruce D. Uhal, Kenneth Lundstrom, Diksha Attrish, Nima Rezaei, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Shinjini Ghosh, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murtaza Tambuwala, Amos Lal, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra P. Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Giorgio Palù, Adam M. Brufsky. Biomolecules 2021, 11(3), 398; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11030398 (Impact factor: 6.064)

31. The molecular assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Phosphoprotein variants among Indian isolates. Gajendra Kumar Azad*. Heliyon. 2021 Feb;7(2):e06167. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06167. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: 3.776)

32. Variations in Orf3a protein of SARS-CoV-2 alter its structure and function. Gajendra Kumar Azad*, Khan PK.Biochem Biophys Rep. 2021 Jan 27;26:100933. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.100933. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: not announced)

33.  Identification and molecular characterization of mutations in nucleocapsid phosphoprotein of SARS-CoV-2. Gajendra Kumar Azad*.PeerJ. 2021 Jan 4;9:e10666. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10666. eCollection 2021. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: 3.06)

2020

34.  Possible Transmission Flow of SARS-CoV-2 Based on ACE2 Features. Sk. Sarif Hassan, Shinjini Ghosh, Diksha Attrish, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Alaa Aljabali, Bruce Uhal, Kenneth Lundstrom, Nima Rezaei, Vladimir N. Uversky *, Murat Seyran, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Antonio Soares, Tarek El-Aziz, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murtaza Tambuwala, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Samendra Sherchan, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Kazuo Takayama, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Gaurav Chauhan, Giorgio Palu, Adam Brufsky. Molecules, 2020 Dec 13;25(24):5906. doi: 10.3390/molecules25245906(Impact factor: 4.927)

35.  The Structural Basis of Accelerated Host Cell Entry by SARS‐CoV‐2. Murat Seyran, Kazuo Takayama, Vladimir  N. Uversky, Kenneth Lundstrom, Giorgio Palù, Samendra  P.  Sherchan, Diksha  Attrish, Nima  Rezaei, Alaa  A.  A.  Aljabali, Shinjini Ghosh, Damiano Pizzol, Gaurav Chauhan, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Antonio G  Soares, Ramesh Kandimalla,  Murtaza Tambuwala, Sk. Sarif Hassan, Gajendra  Kumar  Azad, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Adam M. Brufsky, Bruce D. Uhal. FEBS J, 2020 Dec 2. doi: 10.1111/febs.15651 (Impact factor: 5.62)

36. Viewpoint: Origin of SARS-CoV-2. Kenneth Lundstrom, Murat Seyran, Damiano Pizzol, Parise Adadi, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Sk. Sarif Hassan, Antonio Soares, Ramesh Kandimalla, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Vladimir N. Uversky, Samendra P. Sherchan, Bruce D. Uhal, Nima Rezaei, Adam M. Brufsky. Viruses 2020, 12(11), 1203; doi: 10.3390/v12111203 (Impact factor: 5.818)

37.  Vimentin protects differentiating stem cells from stress. Pattabiraman S, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Amen T, Brielle S, Park JE, Sze SK, Meshorer E, Kaganovich D. Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 11;10(1):19525. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76076-4 (Impact factor: 4.996)

38.  Identification of novel mutations in the methyltransferase complex (Nsp10-Nsp16) of SARS-CoV-2. Gajendra Kumar Azad *. Biochem Biophys Rep. 2020 Dec;24:100833. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2020.100833. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: not announced)

39. Identification of twenty-five mutations in surface glycoprotein (Spike) of SARS-CoV-2 among Indian isolates and their impact on protein dynamics. Chand GB, Banerjee A, Gajendra Kumar Azad*. Gene Rep. 2020 Dec; 21:100891. doi: 10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100891. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: not announced)

40.  Questions concerning the proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Seyran M, Pizzol D, Adadi P, El-Aziz TMA, Hassan SS, Soares A, Kandimalla R, Lundstrom K, Tambuwala M, Aljabali AAA, Lal A, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Choudhury PP, Uversky VN, Sherchan SP, Uhal BD, Rezaei N, Brufsky AM. J Med Virol. 2020 Sep 3. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26478. (Impact factor: 20.69)

41.  Identification of novel mutations in RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of SARS-CoV-2 and their implications on its protein structure. Chand GB, Banerjee A, Gajendra Kumar Azad*. PeerJ. 2020 Jul 3;8:e9492. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9492. eCollection 2020. *Corresponding Author (Impact factor: 3.06)

42.  A Comprehensive, Multi-Modal Strategy to Mitigate Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors Improves Aspects of Metabolism and Offsets Cognitive Decline in Individuals with Cognitive Impairment. Schechter G, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Rao R, McKeany A, Matulaitis M, Kalos DM, Kennedy BK. J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2020 Jun 29;4(1):223-230. doi: 10.3233/ADR-200185.

43. Interspecific variations in biochemical parameters of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822): A comparative study. GB Chand, Gajendra Kumar Azad, kumari Khushbu, Biospectra (2020).

2018

44.  Modifying Chromatin by Histone Tail Clipping. Gajendra Kumar Azad, S Swagatika, M Kumawat, R Kumawat, R S Tomar. Journal of Molecular Biology., ISSN: 0022-2836, (2018) 430 (18 pt B), 3051-3067, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.07.013. (Impact factor: 3.75)

45. PARP1-dependent eviction of the linker histone H1 mediates immediate early gene expression during neuronal activation. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Kenji Ito, Badi Sri Sailaja, Alva Biran, Malka Nissim-Rafinia, Yasuhiro Yamada, David Brown, Takumi Takizawa, and Eran Meshorer. Journal of Cell Biology., ISSN: 0021-9525, (2018) 217 (2), 473-481, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201703141. (Impact factor: 8.89)

2017

46. An Endogenously Tagged Fluorescent Fusion Protein Library in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Harikumar A, Edupuganti RR, Sorek M, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Markoulaki S, Sehnalová P, Legartová S, Bártová E, Farkash-Amar S, Jaenisch R, Alon U, Meshorer E. Stem Cell Reports. ISSN: 2213-6711, (2017), 10;9(4):1304-1314. DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.08.022. (Impact factor: 7.81)

47.  Alternative SET/TAFI Promoters Regulate Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Edupuganti RR, Harikumar A, Aaronson Y, Biran A, Sailaja BS, Nissim-Rafinia M, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Cohen MA, Park JE, Shivalila CS, Markoulaki S, Sze SK, Jaenisch R, Meshorer E, Stem Cell Reports., ISSN: 2213-6711, (2017), 10;9(4):1291-1303. DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.08.021. (Impact factor: 7.81)

48.  In vitro Histone H3 Cleavage Assay for Yeast and Chicken Liver H3 Protease. Chauhan S, Gajendra Kumar Azad and Tomar RS. Bio-protocol., ISSN: 2331-8325, (2017), 7 (1): e20185. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2085 (Impact factor: Nil)

2016

49.  Sen1, the homolog of human Senataxin, is critical for cell survival through regulation of redox homeostasis, mitochondrial function, and the TOR pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sariki SK, Sahu PK, Golla U, Singh V, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Tomar RS, FEBS Journal., ISSN: 1742-464X, (2016), 283 (22):4056-4083. DOI: 10.1111/febs.13917. (Impact factor: 4.73)

50.  Partial purification of histone H3 proteolytic activity from the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Tomar RS, Yeast., ISSN: 0749-503X, (2016), 33 (6):217-26. DOI: 10.1002/yea.3153. (Impact factor: 2.39)

51. The multifunctional transcription factor Rap1: a regulator of yeast physiology. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Tomar RS, Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark Ed). ISSN: 1093-4715, (2016), 1;21:918-30. DOI: 10.2741/4429. (Impact factor: 2.3)

2015

52.  Flocculation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is regulated by RNA/DNA helicase Sen1p. Singh V, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Sariki SK, Tomar RS, FEBS Letters., ISSN: 0014-5793 (2015), 7;589 (20 Pt B):3165-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.09.006. (Impact factor: 2.67)

53. The transcription factor Rap1p is required for tolerance to cell-wall perturbing agents and for cell-wall maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh V, Baranwal S, Thakare MJ, Tomar RS, FEBS Letters., ISSN: 0014-5793, (2015), 2;589(1):59-67. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.11.024. (Impact factor: 2.67)

54. Epigenetics of Curcumin: A gifted dietary therapeutics compound.  Gajendra Kumar Azad and Tomar RS. Journal of Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis. (2015), ISSN: 2157-2518, 6:206. doi:10.4172/2157-2518.1000206. (Impact factor: 1.09)

2014

55. Mitogen-activated protein kinase Hog1 is activated in response to curcumin exposure in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh V, Thakare MJ, Baranwal S, Tomar RS., BMC Microbiololgy, ISSN: 1471-2180, (2014), 19;14:317. DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0317-0. (Impact factor: 3.28)

56. Signaling of chloroquine-induced stress in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the Hog1 and Slt2 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. Baranwal S, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh V, Tomar RS. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy., ISSN: 0066-4804, (2014), 58(9):5552-66. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02393-13. (Impact factor: 4.71)

57.  Anti-cancer drug KP1019 induces Hog1 phosphorylation and protein ubiquitylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Singh V, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Reddy M A, Baranwal S, Tomar RS. European journal of Pharmacology., ISSN: 0014-2999, (2014)., 5;736:77-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.04.032. (Impact factor: 3.17)

58. Assessment of the biological pathways targeted by isocyanate using N-succinimidyl N-methylcarbamate in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh V, Tomar RS, PLoS One., ISSN: 1932-6203, (2014), 24;9(3):e92993. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092993. (Impact factor: 2.77)

59. Anti-cancer drug KP1019 modulates epigenetics and induces DNA damage response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Singh V, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Mandal P, Reddy MA, Tomar RS, FEBS Letters., ISSN: 0014-5793, (2014), 18;588(6):1044-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.02.017. (Impact factor: 2.67)

60. Ebselen induces reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated cytotoxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with inhibition of glutamate dehydrogenase being a target. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh V, Mandal P, Singh P, Golla U, Baranwal S, Chauhan S, Tomar RS,  FEBS Open Biology., ISSN: 2211-5463, (2014), 6;4:77-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2014.01.002. (Impact factor: 1.78)

61.  An ebselen like catalyst with enhanced GPx activity via a selenol intermediate. Balkrishna SJ, Kumar S, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Bhakuni BS, Panini P, Ahalawat N, Tomar RS, Detty MR, Kumar S. Organic Biomolecular Chemistry., ISSN: 1447-0520, (2014), 28;12(8):1215-9. DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00027g. (Impact factor: 3.49)

62. Ebselen, a promising antioxidant drug: mechanisms of action and targets of biological pathways. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Tomar RS. Molecular Biology Reports. ISSN: 0301-4851, (2014), 41(8):4865-79. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3417-x. (Impact factor: 2.10)

63. Proteolytic clipping of histone tails: the emerging role of histone proteases in regulation of various biological processes. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Tomar RS. Molecular Biology Reports, ISSN: 0301-4851, (2014), 41(5):2717-30. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3181-y. (Impact factor: 2.10) 

2013

64. Sen1p contributes to genomic integrity by regulating expression of ribonucleotide reductase 1 (RNR1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Golla U, Singh V, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh P, Verma N, Mandal P, Chauhan S, Tomar RS, PLoS One. ISSN: 1932-6203, (2013), 31;8(5):e64798. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064798. (Impact factor: 2.77)

65. Depletion of cellular iron by curcumin leads to alteration in histone acetylation and degradation of Sml1p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Singh V, Golla U, Tomar RS, PLoS One. ISSN: 1932-6203, (2013), 8(3):e59003. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059003. (Impact factor: 2.77)

2012

66.  Identification of a novel histone H3 specific protease activity in nuclei of chicken liver. Mandal P, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Tomar RS. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication, ISSN: 0006-291X, (2012), 4;421(2):261-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.03.149.  (Impact factor: 2.70)

67. Multifunctional Ebselen drug functions through the activation of DNA damage response and alterations in nuclear proteins. Gajendra Kumar Azad, Balkrishna SJ, Sathish N, Kumar S, Tomar RS, Biochemical Pharmacology. ISSN: 0006-2952, (2012), 15;83(2):296-303. DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.10.011. (Impact factor: 4.82)

Miscellaneous (articles/news/commentary)

68. 2023 Nobel Honors Innovations in mRNA Vaccine Development, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Feb 2024, Pulse News letter, Department of Zoology, Patna University

69. CRISPR, the revolutionary genetic 'scissors' : A double edged sword, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Dec 2023, Alumni Diary, Department of Zoology, Patna University

70. Lessons learnt from SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. Gajendra Kumar Azad, 2023, Pulse News letter, Department of Zoology, Patna University