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Nilakshee Bhattacharya

Research & Dev Engineer III
Pratt School of Engineering

Selected Publications


Maize Streak Virus: Single and Gemini Capsid Architecture

Journal Article Viruses · November 29, 2024 Geminiviridae are ssDNA plant viruses whose control has both economical and agricultural importance. Their capsids assemble into two distinct architectural forms: (i) a T = 1 icosahedral and (ii) a unique twinned quasi-isometric capsid. Described h ... Full text Cite

Structural and Biophysical Analysis of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 2 Capsid Assembly Variants

Journal Article Journal of Virology · July 27, 2023 Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) have been shown to be useful vectors for gene therapy applications. Consequently, AAV has been approved as a biologic for the treatment of several monogenic disorders, and many additional clinical trials are ongoing. ... Full text Cite

Characterization of the Serpentine Adeno-Associated Virus (SAAV) Capsid Structure: Receptor Interactions and Antigenicity

Journal Article Journal of Virology · June 8, 2022 AAVs are widely studied therapeutic gene delivery vectors. However, preexisting antibodies and their detrimental effect on therapeutic efficacy are a primary challenge encountered during clinical trials. ... Full text Cite

Adeno-associated Virus 9 Structural Rearrangements Induced by Endosomal Trafficking pH and Glycan Attachment

Journal Article Journal of Virology · September 9, 2021 There are 13 distinct Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes that are structurally homologous and whose capsid proteins (VP1 to −3) are similar in amino acid sequence. However, AAV9 is one of the most commonly studied and is used as a gene therapy ... Full text Cite

Characterization of the GBoV1 Capsid and Its Antibody Interactions

Journal Article Viruses · February 20, 2021 Human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1) has gained attention as a gene delivery vector with its ability to infect polarized human airway epithelia and 5.5 kb genome packaging capacity. Gorilla bocavirus 1 (GBoV1) VP3 shares 86% amino acid sequence identity with ... Full text Cite

Completion of the AAV Structural Atlas: Serotype Capsid Structures Reveals Clade-Specific Features

Journal Article Viruses · January 13, 2021 The capsid structures of most Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes, already assigned to an antigenic clade, have been previously determined. This study reports the remaining capsid structures of AAV7, AAV11, AAV12, and AAV13 determined by cryo-el ... Full text Cite

Constructing and evaluating caspase-activatable adeno-associated virus vector for gene delivery to the injured heart.

Journal Article J Control Release · December 10, 2020 Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a promising vector for gene therapy, but its broad tropism can be detrimental if the transgene being delivered is harmful when expressed ubiquitously in the body, i.e. in non-target tissues. Delivering the transgene of inter ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterization of AAV-Specific Affinity Ligands: Consequences for Vector Purification and Development Strategies.

Journal Article Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · December 2020 Affinity-based purification of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors has replaced density-based methods for vectors used in clinical settings. This method utilizes camelid single-domain antibodies recognizing AAV capsids. These include AVB Sepharose (AVB) a ... Full text Cite

Molecular biology and structure of a novel penaeid shrimp densovirus elucidate convergent parvoviral host capsid evolution

Journal Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · August 18, 2020 SignificanceParvoviruses (PVs) are ssDNA viruses, with T = 1 icosahedral symmetry, infecting deuterostome and protostome animals. Most PVs have a highly conserved phospholipase A2 domain (PLA2) in the N-terminal ... Full text Cite

Comparative Analysis of the Capsid Structures of AAVrh.10, AAVrh.39, and AAV8

Journal Article Journal of Virology · February 28, 2020 Recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors (rAAVs), based on AAV8 and AAVrh.10, have been utilized in multiple clinical trials to treat different monogenetic diseases. The closely related AAVrh.39 has also shown promise Full text Cite

clusters ‐coated transport carriers and promotes early secretory pathway organization

Journal Article The EMBO Journal · March 12, 2015 Abstract In mammalian cells, cargo‐laden secretory vesicles leave the endoplasmic reticulum ( ER ... Full text Cite

The Structure of the Sec13/31 COPII Cage Bound to Sec23

Journal Article Journal of Molecular Biology · July 2012 Full text Cite

The Structure and Heterogeneity of the COPII Coat

Journal Article Biophysical Journal · February 2011 Full text Cite

Structure of the Sec13/31 & Sec23 COPII coat cage

Journal Article Biophysical Journal · February 2011 Full text Cite