Praveen Rao Juvvadi | Scholars@Duke

Praveen Rao Juvvadi
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics

My research interests focus on understanding the roles for calcineurin control over hyphal growth and septation and its interactants in Aspergillus fumigatus .

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics 2012

Contact Information

00565 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3499 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
praveen.juvvadi@duke.edu (919) 681-2613

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Osmania University 1999
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Phosphoproteomic identification of Aspergillus fumigatus virulence-associated protein kinase A downstream effectors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2019
- Defining the Aspergillus fumigatus Calcineurin-Dependent Regulatory Network through Whole Phosphoproteome Analysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
- Structural Biological Development of Fungal-Specific Calcineurin Inhibitors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- Development of anti-Aspergillus single chain Abs as serum and imaging diagnostics awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2015
- Identification of calcineurin-binding proteins in A. fumigatus septum formation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2014
- Calcineurin Inhibition to Halt Aspergillus fumigatus Hyphae and Virulence awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2012
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Juvvadi, PR, Cole, DC, Falloon, K, Waitt, G, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, and Steinbach, WJ. "Kin1 kinase localizes at the hyphal septum and is dephosphorylated by calcineurin but is dispensable for septation and virulence in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 505, no. 3 (November 2018): 740-746. Full Text
  - Renshaw, H, Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Juvvadi, PR, Richards, AD, Waitt, G, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, and Steinbach, WJ. "The tail domain of the Aspergillus fumigatus class V myosin MyoE orchestrates septal localization and hyphal growth." Journal of Cell Science 131, no. 3 (February 7, 2018). Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Moseley, MA, Hughes, CJ, Soderblom, EJ, Lennon, S, Perkins, SR, Thompson, JW, Geromanos, SJ, Wildgoose, J, Richardson, K, Langridge, JI, Vissers, JPC, and Steinbach, WJ. "Scanning Quadrupole Data-Independent Acquisition, Part B: Application to the Analysis of the Calcineurin-Interacting Proteins during Treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus with Azole and Echinocandin Antifungal Drugs." Journal of Proteome Research 17, no. 2 (February 2018): 780-793. Full Text
  - Moseley, MA, Hughes, CJ, Juvvadi, PR, Soderblom, EJ, Lennon, S, Perkins, SR, Thompson, JW, Steinbach, WJ, Geromanos, SJ, Wildgoose, J, Langridge, JI, Richardson, K, and Vissers, JPC. "Scanning Quadrupole Data-Independent Acquisition, Part A: Qualitative and Quantitative Characterization." Journal of Proteome Research 17, no. 2 (February 2018): 770-779. Full Text
  - Shwab, EK, Juvvadi, PR, Waitt, G, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Nicely, NI, and Steinbach, WJ. "Phosphorylation of Aspergillus fumigatus PkaR impacts growth and cell wall integrity through novel mechanisms." Febs Letters 591, no. 22 (November 9, 2017): 3730-3744. (Letter) Full Text
  - Moreno-Velásquez, SD, Seidel, C, Juvvadi, PR, Steinbach, WJ, and Read, ND. "Caspofungin-Mediated Growth Inhibition and Paradoxical Growth in Aspergillus fumigatus Involve Fungicidal Hyphal Tip Lysis Coupled with Regenerative Intrahyphal Growth and Dynamic Changes in β-1,3-Glucan Synthase Localization." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 61, no. 10 (October 2017). Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR. "Balancing iron and calcium: Flavin carrier family proteins in Aspergillus fumigatus virulence." Virulence 8, no. 6 (August 2017): 621-624. Full Text
  - Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Renshaw, H, Waitt, G, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Palmer, JM, Juvvadi, PR, Keller, NP, and Steinbach, WJ. "Caspofungin exposure alters the core septin AspB interactome of Aspergillus fumigatus." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 485, no. 2 (April 2017): 221-226. Full Text
  - Shwab, EK, Juvvadi, PR, Waitt, G, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Nicely, NI, Asfaw, YG, and Steinbach, WJ. "A Novel Phosphoregulatory Switch Controls the Activity and Function of the Major Catalytic Subunit of Protein Kinase A in Aspergillus fumigatus." Mbio 8, no. 1 (February 7, 2017). Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Lee, SC, Heitman, J, and Steinbach, WJ. "Calcineurin in fungal virulence and drug resistance: Prospects for harnessing targeted inhibition of calcineurin for an antifungal therapeutic approach." Virulence 8, no. 2 (February 2017): 186-197. (Review) Full Text
  - Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Forging the ring: from fungal septins' divergent roles in morphology, septation and virulence to factors contributing to their assembly into higher order structures." Microbiology (Reading, England) 162, no. 9 (September 2016): 1527-1534. (Review) Full Text
  - Renshaw, H, Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Richards, AD, Asfaw, YG, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Distinct Roles of Myosins in Aspergillus fumigatus Hyphal Growth and Pathogenesis." Infection and Immunity 84, no. 5 (May 2016): 1556-1564. Full Text
  - Tonthat, NK, Juvvadi, PR, Zhang, H, Lee, SC, Venters, R, Spicer, L, Steinbach, WJ, Heitman, J, and Schumacher, MA. "Structures of Pathogenic Fungal FKBP12s Reveal Possible Self-Catalysis Function." Mbio 7, no. 2 (April 26, 2016): e00492-e00416. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Pemble, CW, Ma, Y, and Steinbach, WJ. "Novel motif in calcineurin catalytic subunit is required for septal localization of calcineurin in Aspergillus fumigatus." Febs Letters 590, no. 4 (February 15, 2016): 501-508. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90): A novel antifungal target against Aspergillus fumigatus." Critical Reviews in Microbiology 42, no. 2 (January 2016): 310-321. (Review) Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Editorial: Advances in Aspergillus fumigatus Pathobiology." Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (January 2016): 43-null. Full Text
  - Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Renshaw, H, Richards, AD, Waitt, G, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Asfaw, Y, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Dephosphorylation of the Core Septin, AspB, in a Protein Phosphatase 2A-Dependent Manner Impacts Its Localization and Function in the Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus." Frontiers in Microbiology 7 (January 2016): 997-null. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Calcineurin Orchestrates Hyphal Growth, Septation, Drug Resistance and Pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus: Where Do We Go from Here?." Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 4, no. 4 (December 16, 2015): 883-893. (Review) Full Text
  - Steinbach, WJ, Lamoth, F, and Juvvadi, PR. "Potential Microbiological Effects of Higher Dosing of Echinocandins." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 61 Suppl 6 (December 2015): S669-S677. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Muñoz, A, Lamoth, F, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Read, ND, and Steinbach, WJ. "Calcium-Mediated Induction of Paradoxical Growth following Caspofungin Treatment Is Associated with Calcineurin Activation and Phosphorylation in Aspergillus fumigatus." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 59, no. 8 (August 2015): 4946-4955. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, and Steinbach, WJ. "Hsp70 and the Cochaperone StiA (Hop) Orchestrate Hsp90-Mediated Caspofungin Tolerance in Aspergillus fumigatus." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 59, no. 8 (August 2015): 4727-4733. Full Text
  - Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Renshaw, H, Richards, AD, Lamoth, F, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "The Aspergillus fumigatus septins play pleiotropic roles in septation, conidiation, and cell wall stress, but are dispensable for virulence." Fungal Genetics and Biology : Fg & B 81 (August 2015): 41-51. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Alexander, BD, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Antifungal activity of compounds targeting the Hsp90-calcineurin pathway against various mould species." The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70, no. 5 (May 2015): 1408-1411. Full Text
  - Falloon, K, Juvvadi, PR, Richards, AD, Vargas-Muñiz, JM, Renshaw, H, and Steinbach, WJ. "Characterization of the FKBP12-Encoding Genes in Aspergillus fumigatus." Plos One 10, no. 9 (January 2015): e0137869-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Juvvadi, PR, Ma, Y, Richards, AD, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Lamoth, F, and Steinbach, WJ. "Identification and mutational analyses of phosphorylation sites of the calcineurin-binding protein CbpA and the identification of domains required for calcineurin binding in Aspergillus fumigatus." Frontiers in Microbiology 6 (January 2015): 175-null. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Histone deacetylase inhibition as an alternative strategy against invasive aspergillosis." Frontiers in Microbiology 6 (January 2015): 96-null. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Lamoth, F, and Steinbach, WJ. "Calcineurin-mediated regulation of hyphal growth, septation, and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus." Mycopathologia 178, no. 5-6 (December 2014): 341-348. (Review) Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) in Fungal Growth and Pathogenesis." Current Fungal Infection Reports 8, no. 4 (December 2014): 296-301. Full Text
  - Sugui, JA, Kwon-Chung, KJ, Juvvadi, PR, Latgé, J-P, and Steinbach, WJ. "Aspergillus fumigatus and related species." Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine 5, no. 2 (November 6, 2014): a019786-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Lamoth, F, and Steinbach, WJ. "Calcineurin as a Multifunctional Regulator: Unraveling Novel Functions in Fungal Stress Responses, Hyphal Growth, Drug Resistance, and Pathogenesis." Fungal Biology Reviews 28, no. 2-3 (October 2014): 56-69. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, Gehrke, C, Asfaw, YG, and Steinbach, WJ. "Transcriptional activation of heat shock protein 90 mediated via a proximal promoter region as trigger of caspofungin resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus." The Journal of Infectious Diseases 209, no. 3 (February 2014): 473-481. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, Asfaw, YG, and Steinbach, WJ. "Identification of a key lysine residue in heat shock protein 90 required for azole and echinocandin resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 58, no. 4 (January 6, 2014): 1889-1896. Full Text
  - "Calcineurin-Mediated Regulation of Hyphal Growth, Septation, and Virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus." Mycopathologia 178, no. 5-6 (January 1, 2014): 341-348. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) in Fungal Growth and Pathogenesis." Current Fungal Infection Reports 8, no. 4 (2014): 296-301. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Belina, D, Soderblom, EJ, Moseley, MA, and Steinbach, WJ. "Filamentous fungal-specific septin AspE is phosphorylated in vivo and interacts with actin, tubulin and other septins in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 431, no. 3 (February 2013): 547-553. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, Gehrke, C, and Steinbach, WJ. "In vitro activity of calcineurin and heat shock protein 90 Inhibitors against Aspergillus fumigatus azole- and echinocandin-resistant strains." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 57, no. 2 (February 2013): 1035-1039. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Gehrke, C, Fortwendel, JR, Lamoth, F, Soderblom, EJ, Cook, EC, Hast, MA, Asfaw, YG, Moseley, MA, Creamer, TP, and Steinbach, WJ. "Phosphorylation of Calcineurin at a novel serine-proline rich region orchestrates hyphal growth and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus." Plos Pathogens 9, no. 8 (January 2013): e1003564-null. Full Text
  - Lamoth, F, Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Heat shock protein 90 is required for conidiation and cell wall integrity in Aspergillus fumigatus." Eukaryotic Cell 11, no. 11 (November 2012): 1324-1332. Full Text
  - Fortwendel, JR, Juvvadi, PR, Rogg, LE, Asfaw, YG, Burns, KA, Randell, SH, and Steinbach, WJ. "Plasma membrane localization is required for RasA-mediated polarized morphogenesis and virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus." Eukaryotic Cell 11, no. 8 (August 2012): 966-977. Full Text
  - Rogg, LE, Fortwendel, JR, Juvvadi, PR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Regulation of expression, activity and localization of fungal chitin synthases." Medical Mycology 50, no. 1 (January 2012): 2-17. (Review) Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, Rogg, LE, Burns, KA, Randell, SH, and Steinbach, WJ. "Localization and activity of the calcineurin catalytic and regulatory subunit complex at the septum is essential for hyphal elongation and proper septation in Aspergillus fumigatus." Molecular Microbiology 82, no. 5 (December 2011): 1235-1259. Full Text
  - Rogg, LE, Fortwendel, JR, Juvvadi, PR, Lilley, A, and Steinbach, WJ. "The chitin synthase genes chsA and chsC are not required for cell wall stress responses in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 411, no. 3 (August 2011): 549-554. Full Text
  - Fortwendel, JR, Juvvadi, PR, Rogg, LE, and Steinbach, WJ. "Regulatable Ras activity is critical for proper establishment and maintenance of polarity in Aspergillus fumigatus." Eukaryotic Cell 10, no. 4 (April 2011): 611-615. Full Text
  - Steinbach, WJ, Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, and Rogg, LE. "Newer combination antifungal therapies for invasive aspergillosis." Medical Mycology 49 Suppl 1 (April 2011): S77-S81. (Review) Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, Rogg, LE, and Steinbach, WJ. "Differential localization patterns of septins during growth of the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus reveal novel functions." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 405, no. 2 (February 2011): 238-243. Full Text
  - Seshime, Y, Juvvadi, PR, Kitamoto, K, Ebizuka, Y, Nonaka, T, and Fujii, I. "Aspergillus oryzae type III polyketide synthase CsyA is involved in the biosynthesis of 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 20, no. 16 (August 2010): 4785-4788. Full Text
  - Seshime, Y, Juvvadi, PR, Kitamoto, K, Ebizuka, Y, and Fujii, I. "Identification of csypyrone B1 as the novel product of Aspergillus oryzae type III polyketide synthase CsyB." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 18, no. 12 (June 2010): 4542-4546. Full Text
  - Fortwendel, JR, Juvvadi, PR, Perfect, BZ, Rogg, LE, Perfect, JR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Transcriptional regulation of chitin synthases by calcineurin controls paradoxical growth of Aspergillus fumigatus in response to caspofungin." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 54, no. 4 (April 2010): 1555-1563. Full Text
  - Pinchai, N, Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, Perfect, BZ, Rogg, LE, Asfaw, YG, and Steinbach, WJ. "The Aspergillus fumigatus P-type Golgi apparatus Ca2+/Mn2+ ATPase PmrA is involved in cation homeostasis and cell wall integrity but is not essential for pathogenesis." Eukaryotic Cell 9, no. 3 (March 2010): 472-476. Full Text
  - Seshime, Y, Juvvadi, PR, Tokuoka, M, Koyama, Y, Kitamoto, K, Ebizuka, Y, and Fujii, I. "Functional expression of the Aspergillus flavus PKS-NRPS hybrid CpaA involved in the biosynthesis of cyclopiazonic acid." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 19, no. 12 (June 2009): 3288-3292. Full Text
  - Pinchai, N, Perfect, BZ, Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, Cramer, RA, Asfaw, YG, Heitman, J, Perfect, JR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Aspergillus fumigatus calcipressin CbpA is involved in hyphal growth and calcium homeostasis." Eukaryotic Cell 8, no. 4 (April 2009): 511-519. Full Text
  - Escaño, CS, Juvvadi, PR, Jin, FJ, Takahashi, T, Koyama, Y, Yamashita, S, Maruyama, J-I, and Kitamoto, K. "Disruption of the Aopex11-1 gene involved in peroxisome proliferation leads to impaired Woronin body formation in Aspergillus oryzae." Eukaryotic Cell 8, no. 3 (March 2009): 296-305. Full Text
  - Fortwendel, JR, Juvvadi, PR, Pinchai, N, Perfect, BZ, Alspaugh, JA, Perfect, JR, and Steinbach, WJ. "Differential effects of inhibiting chitin and 1,3-{beta}-D-glucan synthesis in ras and calcineurin mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 53, no. 2 (February 2009): 476-482. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Fortwendel, JR, Pinchai, N, Perfect, BZ, Heitman, J, and Steinbach, WJ. "Calcineurin localizes to the hyphal septum in Aspergillus fumigatus: implications for septum formation and conidiophore development." Eukaryotic Cell 7, no. 9 (September 2008): 1606-1610. Full Text
  - Jin, FJ, Watanabe, T, Juvvadi, PR, Maruyama, J-I, Arioka, M, and Kitamoto, K. "Double disruption of the proteinase genes, tppA and pepE, increases the production level of human lysozyme by Aspergillus oryzae." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 76, no. 5 (October 2007): 1059-1068. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Maruyama, J-I, and Kitamoto, K. "Phosphorylation of the Aspergillus oryzae Woronin body protein, AoHex1, by protein kinase C: evidence for its role in the multimerization and proper localization of the Woronin body protein." The Biochemical Journal 405, no. 3 (August 2007): 533-540. Full Text
  - Akao, T, Sano, M, Yamada, O, Akeno, T, Fujii, K, Goto, K, Ohashi-Kunihiro, S, Takase, K, Yasukawa-Watanabe, M, Yamaguchi, K, Kurihara, Y, Maruyama, J-I, Juvvadi, PR, Tanaka, A, Hata, Y, Koyama, Y, Yamaguchi, S, Kitamoto, N, Gomi, K, Abe, K, Takeuchi, M, Kobayashi, T, Horiuchi, H, Kitamoto, K, Kashiwagi, Y, Machida, M, and Akita, O. "Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the fungus Aspergillus oryzae cultured under different conditions." Dna Research : an International Journal for Rapid Publication of Reports on Genes and Genomes 14, no. 2 (April 2007): 47-57. Full Text
  - Kobayashi, T, Abe, K, Asai, K, Gomi, K, Juvvadi, PR, Kato, M, Kitamoto, K, Takeuchi, M, and Machida, M. "Genomics of Aspergillus oryzae." Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 71, no. 3 (March 7, 2007): 646-670. (Review) Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, and Chivukula, S. "Putative calmodulin-binding domains in aflatoxin biosynthesis-regulatory proteins." Current Microbiology 52, no. 6 (June 2006): 493-496. Full Text
  - Ishi, K, Watanabe, T, Juvvadi, PR, Maruyama, J-I, and Kitamoto, K. "Development of a modified positive selection medium that allows to isolate Aspergillus oryzae strains cured of the integrated niaD-based plasmid." Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 69, no. 12 (December 2005): 2463-2465. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Seshime, Y, and Kitamoto, K. "Genomics reveals traces of fungal phenylpropanoid-flavonoid metabolic pathway in the f ilamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae." Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea) 43, no. 6 (December 2005): 475-486. (Review)
  - Machida, M, Asai, K, Sano, M, Tanaka, T, Kumagai, T, Terai, G, Kusumoto, K-I, Arima, T, Akita, O, Kashiwagi, Y, Abe, K, Gomi, K, Horiuchi, H, Kitamoto, K, Kobayashi, T, Takeuchi, M, Denning, DW, Galagan, JE, Nierman, WC, Yu, J, Archer, DB, Bennett, JW, Bhatnagar, D, Cleveland, TE, Fedorova, ND, Gotoh, O, Horikawa, H, Hosoyama, A, Ichinomiya, M, Igarashi, R, Iwashita, K, Juvvadi, PR, Kato, M, Kato, Y, Kin, T, Kokubun, A, Maeda, H, Maeyama, N, Maruyama, J-I, Nagasaki, H, Nakajima, T, Oda, K, Okada, K, Paulsen, I, Sakamoto, K, Sawano, T, Takahashi, M, Takase, K, Terabayashi, Y, Wortman, JR, Yamada, O, Yamagata, Y, Anazawa, H, Hata, Y, Koide, Y, Komori, T, Koyama, Y, Minetoki, T, Suharnan, S, Tanaka, A, Isono, K, Kuhara, S, Ogasawara, N, and Kikuchi, H. "Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae." Nature 438, no. 7071 (December 2005): 1157-1161. Full Text
  - Seshime, Y, Juvvadi, PR, Fujii, I, and Kitamoto, K. "Genomic evidences for the existence of a phenylpropanoid metabolic pathway in Aspergillus oryzae." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 337, no. 3 (November 2005): 747-751. Full Text
  - Maruyama, J-I, Juvvadi, PR, Ishi, K, and Kitamoto, K. "Three-dimensional image analysis of plugging at the septal pore by Woronin body during hypotonic shock inducing hyphal tip bursting in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 331, no. 4 (June 2005): 1081-1088. Full Text
  - Unno, K, Juvvadi, PR, Nakajima, H, Shirahige, K, and Kitamoto, K. "Identification and characterization of rns4/vps32 mutation in the RNase T1 expression-sensitive strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Evidence for altered ambient response resulting in transportation of the secretory protein to vacuoles." Fems Yeast Research 5, no. 9 (June 2005): 801-812. Full Text
  - Seshime, Y, Juvvadi, PR, Fujii, I, and Kitamoto, K. "Discovery of a novel superfamily of type III polyketide synthases in Aspergillus oryzae." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 331, no. 1 (May 2005): 253-260. Full Text
  - Ishi, K, Maruyama, J-I, Juvvadi, PR, Nakajima, H, and Kitamoto, K. "Visualizing nuclear migration during conidiophore development in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus oryzae: multinucleation of conidia occurs through direct migration of plural nuclei from phialides and confers greater viability and early germination in Aspergillus oryzae." Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 69, no. 4 (April 2005): 747-754. Full Text
  - Jin, FJ, Maruyama, J-I, Juvvadi, PR, Arioka, M, and Kitamoto, K. "Development of a novel quadruple auxotrophic host transformation system by argB gene disruption using adeA gene and exploiting adenine auxotrophy in Aspergillus oryzae." Fems Microbiology Letters 239, no. 1 (October 2004): 79-85. Full Text
  - Jin, FJ, Maruyama, J-I, Juvvadi, PR, Arioka, M, and Kitamoto, K. "Adenine auxotrophic mutants of Aspergillus oryzae: development of a novel transformation system with triple auxotrophic hosts." Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 68, no. 3 (March 2004): 656-662. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Kuroki, Y, Arioka, M, Nakajima, H, and Kitamoto, K. "Functional analysis of the calcineurin-encoding gene cnaA from Aspergillus oryzae: evidence for its putative role in stress adaptation." Archives of Microbiology 179, no. 6 (June 2003): 416-422. Full Text
  - Kuroki, Y, Juvvadi, PR, Arioka, M, Nakajima, H, and Kitamoto, K. "Cloning and characterization of vmaA, the gene encoding a 69-kDa catalytic subunit of the vacuolar H+-ATPase during alkaline pH mediated growth of Aspergillus oryzae." Fems Microbiology Letters 209, no. 2 (April 2002): 277-282. Full Text
  - Juvvadi, PR, Arioka, M, Nakajima, H, and Kitamoto, K. "Cloning and sequence analysis of cnaA gene encoding the catalytic subunit of calcineurin from Aspergillus oryzae." Fems Microbiology Letters 204, no. 1 (October 2001): 169-174. Full Text
  - Rao, JP, and Subramanyam, C. "Calmodulin mediated activation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase during aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus." Letters in Applied Microbiology 30, no. 4 (April 2000): 277-281. Full Text
  - Jayashree, T, Praveen Rao, J, and Subramanyam, C. "Regulation of aflatoxin production by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation." Fems Microbiology Letters 183, no. 2 (February 2000): 215-219. Full Text
  - Praveen Rao, J, and Subramanyam, C. "Requirement of Ca2+ for aflatoxin production: inhibitory effect of Ca2+ channel blockers on aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999." Letters in Applied Microbiology 28, no. 1 (January 1999): 85-88. Full Text
  - Praveen Rao, J, Sashidhar, RB, and Subramanyam, C. "Inhibition of aflatoxin production by trifluoperazine in Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999." World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 14, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 71-75. Full Text
  - Rao, JP, Reena, G, and Subramanyam, C. "Calmodulin-dependent protein phosphorylation during conidial germination and growth of Neurospora crassa." Mycological Research 101, no. 12 (December 1997): 1484-1488. Full Text

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