Dr. J.K. SAXENA
... Division of Biochemistry
Central Drug Research Institute,
P.O. Box No. 173, Chattar Manzil,
Lucknow 226001
 
 
Phone No. 0522-2225932
Fax No. 0522-2223405, 2223938
E-Mail jkscdri[at]yahoo dot com

Educational qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D.
 
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH
 
National Institute of Health, Bethesda (USA)
Department of Biochemistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
Biochemistry of Parasites (25 years)
Molecular Genetics (10 years)
Biotechnology (5 years)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Characterization, Cloning and expression of enzymes/receptor to be utilized as chemotherapeutic target(s).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Excision repair of UV-damaged plasmid in Xenopus Oocytes is mediated by DNA polymerase a (and/or d). J.K. Saxena, J.B. Hays and E.J. Ackerman. Nucleic Acid Res, 18, 7425-7432, 1990.
Polyamine metabolism in some helminth parasites. V. Sharma, B.L. Tekwani, J.K. Saxena, S. Gupta, J.C. Katiyar, R.K. Chatterjee, S. Ghatak and O.P. Shukla Exptl. Parasitol. 72, 15-23, 1991.
DNA polymerase ß and DNA synthesis in Xenopus Ooocytes and in a nuclear extract. T.M. Jenkins, J.K. Saxena, A. Kumar, S.H. Wilson and E.J. Ackerman. Science, 258, 475-478, 1992.
DNA polymerases a and ß are required for DNA repair in an efficient nuclear extract from Xenopus Oocytes. N. Oda, J.K. Saxena, T.M. Jenkins, R. Prasad, S.H. Wilson and E.J. Ackerman. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 13816-13820, 1996.

DNA topoisomerase of filarial parasites: Effect of antifilarial compounds. U. Pandya, J.K. Saxena, S.M. Kaul, P.K. Murthy, R.K. Chatterjee, R.P. Tripathi, A.P. Bhaduri and O.P. Shukla. Med. Sci. Res., 27, 103-105, 1999.