Title Prof. First Name Pradeep Last Name Burma
Designation Professor
Department Department of Genetics SDC
Email pburma@south.du.ac.in
Webpage
Phone.no 24115221
Employement Info
Employee Type Nature Of Employment
Teaching Permanent
Educational Qualifications
Degree/Certification Name Institution Year of Completion
Ph.D. - Ph.D. Banaras Hindu University 1989
PG Banaras Hindu University 1982
UG Banaras Hindu University 1980
Teaching Experience (Within Institution)
Designation Duration
Senior Lecturer 27-07-1998 To 13-02-2002 (3 years, 6 months, 17 days)
Associate Professor 01-01-2006 To 31-12-2008 (2 years, 11 months, 30 days)
Lecturer 03-06-1993 To 26-07-1998 (5 years, 1 months, 23 days)
Reader 14-02-2002 To 31-12-2005 (3 years, 10 months, 17 days)
Professor Presently Working since 01-01-2009 (16 years, 4 months, 10 days)
Teaching Experience (Outside Institution)
Designation Institute Duration
Research Associate Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 01-01-1990 To 31-05-1993 (3 years, 4 months, 30 days)
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Current Science Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of transgenic barstar lines and identification of a male sterile (barnase) / restorer (barstar) combination for heterosis breeding in Indian oilseed mustard (Brassica juncea)
Plant Biotechnology Journal Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Functional analysis of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S promoter: re-evaluation of the role of subdomains B5, B4 and B5 in promoter activity
Plant Cell Reports Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Retransformation of a male sterile barnase line with the barstar gene as an efficient alternative method to identify male sterile-restorer combinations for heterosis breeding
Transgenic Research Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A passage through in vitro culture leads to efficient production of marker-free transgenic plants in Brassica juncea using the Cre-loxP system
Molecular Genetics and Genomics Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Use of the transposable element Ac/Ds in conjunction with Spm/dSpm for gene tagging allows extensive genome coverage with a limited number of starter lines : Functional analysis of a four-element system in A. thaliana
J of Invertebrate Pathology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Plant codon optimized cry genes of Bacillus thuringeniensis can be expressed as soluble proteins in E. coli BL21 Codon Plus strain as NusA- Cry protein fusions
Molecular Breeding Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A two gene- two promoter system for enhanced expression of a restorer gene (Barstar) and development of improved fertility restorer lines for hybrid seed production in crop plants
Molecular Breeding Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of high oleic and low linoleic acid transgenics in a zero erucic acid Brassica juncea L. (Indian Mustard) line by antisense suppression of the fad2 gene
Current Science Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of 2,4-D resistant lines in Indian mustard ( B. juncea)
J of Plant Physiology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Mutant Acetolactate synthase gene is an efficient in vitro selectable marker for the genetic transformation of Brassica juncea (oilseed mustard)
Plant Physiology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Strategies for development of functionally equivalent promoters with minimum sequence homology for transgne expression in plants : cis-elements in a novel DNA context versus domain swapping
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol.- Plant Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Patterns of morphogenesis from cotyledon explants of Pigeonpea
Plant Cell Reports Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Slow dessication leads to high frequency shoot recovery from transformed somatic embryos of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Coker 310FR)
Current Science Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of barnase/barstar transgenics for hybrid seed production in Indian oilseed mustard (Brassica juncea l. Czern & Coss) using a mutant acetolactate synthase gene conferring resistance to imidazolinone-based herbicide ‘Pursuit’
Molecular Breeding Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals The use of a Spacer DNA fragment insulates the tissue-specific expression of a cytotoxic gene (barnase) and allows high-frequency generation of transgenic male sterile lines in Brassica juncea L.
Current Science Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals On the estimation of number of events required for saturation mutagenesis of large genomes.
J Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals High frequency regeneration of Brassica napus varieties and genetic tranformation of stocks containing fertility restorer genes for two cytoplasmic male sterility systems
J. Biosciences Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A four-element based transposon system for allele specific tagging in plants - Theoretical considerations
Current Science Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of transgenics in Indian oilseed mustard (Brassica juncea) resistant to herbicide phosphinothricin.
J Molecular Evolution Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Positional preferences of polypurine/polypyrimidine tracts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome : Implications for cis- regulation of gene expression
Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Synthetic gene design for modulation of gene expression in vivo In Proceedings of Ranbaxy Symposium
J of Biosciences Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Genome Analysis I: A new approach for visualisation of sequence organisation in genomes
Nucl Acids Res Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Synthetic gene design to investigate the role of cis-acting DNA structural elements in regulation of gene expression in vivo
Chromosoma Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Mutations affecting beta-alanine metabolism influence inducubility of the 93D puff by heat shock in Drosophila melanogaster
Chromosoma Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Expression of 93D heat shock puff of Drosophila melanogaster in deficiency genotypes and its influence on activity of the 87C puff
Ind J Exp Biol Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cytological identity of 93D-like and 87C-like heat shock loci in D. pseudoobscura
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of intron-containing barnase gene (barnase-int) encoding a toxic protein to facilitate its cloning in bacterial cells
Plant Cell Reports Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Engineering the AEG1 promoter from cotton to develop male sterile lines
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Evaluating the effect of codon optimization on expression of bar gene in transgenic tobacco plants
Plant Biotechnology Reports Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Identification and characterization of the promoter of a gene expressing mainly in the tapetum tissue of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum. L)
Journal of Biosciences Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Deletion of Dictyostelium discoideum Sir2A impairs cell proliferation and inhibits autophagy
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Analysis of activity driven by Upstream Regulatory Modules (URM) of tapetum specific genes TA29 and A9 at ectopic locations in tobacco transgencis
American Journal of Molecular Biology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals An in silico analysis of upstream regulatory modules (URMs) of tapetum specific genes to identify regulatory cis-elements and transcription factors
The Plant Journal Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Regulation of tapetum-specific A9 promoter by transcription factors AtMYB80, AtMYB1 and AtMYB4 in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum
Journal of Plant Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Development of male sterile transgenic lines in rice by tapetum specific expression of barnase gene
The International Journal of Developmental Biology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Dictyostelium discoideum Sir2D protein, an ortholog of human SIRT1, modulates cell-type specific gene expression and is involved in autophagy
American Journal of Molecular Biology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Studies on trans-generational transcriptional silencing of cry1Ac gene in tobacco transgenics
PLoS ONE Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals High expression of Cry1Ac protein in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) by combining independent transgenic events that target the protein to cytoplasm and plastids
Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Effective restoration of male-sterile (barnase) lines requires overlapping and high levels of barstar expression: A multi-generation field analysis in Brassica juncea
GPG Journal of Science Education Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals An alternative approach to how biology practicals are currently conducted in the Indian education system
American Journal of Molecular Biology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A method to synthesize cDNA constructs by based recombinatinal cloning
Transgenic Research Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A study on the the influence of different promoter and 5’UTR (URM) cassettes from Arabidopsis thaliana on the expression level of the reporter gene β-glucuronidase in tobacco and cotton
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Structural and transcriptional characterization of rbcS genes of cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum)
BMC Biotechnology Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A 28nt long synthetic 5¢UTR (synJ) as an enhancer of transgene expression in dicotyledonous plants
Journal of Bioscience Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Detrimental effect of expression of Bt endotoxin Cry1Ac on in vitro regeneration, in vivo growth and development of tobacco and cotton transgenics
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Delayed trans-inactivation of synthetic domain 35S promoters by “tobacco 271 locus” due to reduced sequence homology
Theoretical and Applied Genetics Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Eliminating expression of erucic-acid encoding loci allows the identification of ‘hidden’ QTL contributing to oil quality fractions and oil content in Brassica juncea (Indian Mustard)
Journal of Bioscience Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Analysis of Promoter Activity in Transgenic Plant by Normalizing with Reference Gene: Anomalies Due to Influence of Test Promoter on Reference Promoter
Journal of Bioscience Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Inactivation of a transgene due to transposition of insertion sequence (IS136) of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Current Science Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Mutant acetolactate synthase gene conferring resistance to the herbicide “imazethapyr” is an efficient in vitro selection marker for genetic transformation of cotton
Journal of Bioscience Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals A comparative analysis of sGFP and GUS protein encoding genes as reporter system for studying temporal expression profiles of promoters
Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
Novel approaches for production of hybrid seeds with characteristics of improved resistance and higher yield – cotton component Major 2008 01-04-2008 To 31-03-2013 (4 years, 11 months, 30 days)
Bollworm resistance and hybrid seed production in cotton Major 2015 01-02-2015 To 28-02-2018 (3 years, 27 days)
Analyzing the organization of tapetum specific promoters – using the promoter of A9 gene from Arabidopsis as a model Major 2013 01-10-2013 To 31-03-2017 (3 years, 5 months, 30 days)
Honors and Awards
Name of the Award Awarding Body Award Category Level Award Date
University Gold Medal Banaras Hindu University Academic University 01-01-1983
INSA Teacher's Award 2016 Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi Academic National 30-12-2016
Special Appreciation Award for Teachers in Service on 99th Foundation Day University of Delhi Academic University 11-09-2021
Patents
Patent Title Patent Number Patent Level Patent Status
Regulation of lethal gene expression in plants 6833494 International Published and Awarded on 21-12-2004
A method of obtaining improved fertility restorer lines for transgenic male sterile crop plants and a DNA construct for use in said method 1644506 International Published and Awarded on 07-07-2003
A method for producing an insulator construct 199542 National Published and Awarded on 08-09-2006
Regulate expression of insecticidal proteins only in the green tissues of cotton 201611022018 National Filed/In Process
Transgenic event in cotton with Cry1Ac gene 201611018037 National Filed/In Process
Seminar / Conference Details / Workshops
Type of Activity Name of The Event Role Duration
Workshops Workshop for training science teachers in innovative experimental activities to promote scientific attitude among students. Workshops 25-10-2017 To 27-10-2017 (2 days)
Workshops Workshop for training science teachers in innovative experimental activities to promote scientific attitude among students. Workshops 31-10-2014 To 01-11-2014 (1 days)
Workshops Implementation of National Education Policy through Innovative Curriculum for Higher Education Workshops 11-09-2023 To 14-06-2023 (2 months, 27 days)
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