Structural mechanism of herpesvirus entry into cells

Tirumala Chowdary
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
M.Sc, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
B.Sc., ANGR Agricultural University, India

Thesis Topic
Structural and functional studies on the mammalian small heat shock protein, HSP22

Current Research
Structural and biochemical studies on gH/gL complex from herpesviruses

Publications

1. Chowdary TK, Raman B, Ramakrishna T, Rao ChM. Interaction of mammalian Hsp22 with lipid membranes. Biochem J. 2007 Jan 15;401(2):437-45.
2. Chowdary TK, Raman B, Ramakrishna T, Rao CM. Mammalian Hsp22 is a heat-inducible small heat-shock protein