| Full Name: | Dr. Samir V. Sawant |
| Designation: | Chief Scientist |
| Address: | Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Division, T.N. Khoshoo Block CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, INDIA |
| Email Address: | samirsawant@nbri.res.in |
| Contact Number: | 2297947 |
Research Interest
Transcription regulation,epigenetics and genomics
Research Summary
My group contributed to understanding plant transcription regulation by developing several novel artificial synthetic promoters and regulated expression systems to express transgenes in plants. Our efforts led to developing the first-ever artificial synthetic plant promoter based on computational analysis of plant genes and promoters. Several international and national patents were awarded for this research. My group also developed an entirely novel reversible male sterility system by controlling the expression of the Beclin1 gene in the tapetum of the model plant tobacco. Our group actively deploys this novel reversible male sterility system in cotton for F1-hybrid production. Our group has contributed remarkably well to cotton genomics by developing several SSRs and SNP markers. Our group's contribution to SNP discovery leads to an entirely indigenous 50K cotton SNP chip. Our group also participated in an international consortium that developed 63K cotton SNP. These cotton SNP chips are presently used nationally and internationally for molecular-assisted breeding programs. Our group have contributed immensely to understanding genetic and epigenetic regulation of cotton fiber development and drought tolerance in cotton. Our research on plant epigenetics have led to identifying a novel growth-promoting molecule, Anacardic acids, which improves cotton yield, and was awarded a patent. The product is now under commercial product development.
| S.N | Year | List of Publications | Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Singh, S. P., Verma, R. K., Goel, R., Kumar, V., Singh, R. R., & Sawant, S. V. (2024). Arabidopsis BECLIN1 induced autophagy mediates reprogramming in tapetal programmed cell death by altering the gross cellular homeostasis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 208, 108471. DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108471 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 2024 | Yadav, M., Saxena, G., Verma, R. K., Asif, M. H., Singh, V. P., Sawant, S. V., & Singh, S. P. (2024). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of autophagy-related genes (ATG) in Gossypium spp. reveals their crucial role in stress tolerance. South African Journal of Botany, 167, 82-93. | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2023 | Kumar V, Singh B, Kumar Singh, Sharma N, Muthamilarasan M, Sawant SV, Prasad M, Histone deacetylase 9 interacts with SiHAT3.1 and SiHDA19 to repress dehydration responses through H3K9 deacetylation in foxtail millet, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023;, erad425, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad425 | 6.9 |
| 4 | 2023 | Dubey, R., Pandey, B. K., Sawant, S. V., & Shirke, P. A. (2023). Drought stress inhibits stomatal development to improve water use efficiency in cotton. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 45(2), 30. | 2.73 |
| 5 | 2023 | Khatoon, U., Prasad, V., Sawant SV. Expression dynamics and a loss-of-function of Arabidopsis RabC1 GTPase unveils its role in plant growth and seed development. Planta volume 257, Article number: 89 | 4.3 |
| 6 | 2022 | Yadav, V. K., Sawant, S. V., Yadav, A., Jalmi, S. K., & Kerkar, S. (2022). Genome-wide analysis of long non-coding RNAs under diel light exhibits role in floral development and the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 223, 1693-1704. | 8.025 |
| 7 | 2022 | Prasad P, Khatoon U, Verma RK, Aalam S, Kumar A, Mohapatra D, Bhattacharya P, Bag SK and Sawant SV* (2022) Transcriptional Landscape of Cotton Fiber Development and Its Alliance With Fiber-Associated Traits. Front. Plant Sci. 13:811655 | 5.6 |
| 8 | 2022 | Prasad P, Khatoon U, Verma RK, Sawant SV*, Bag SK. Data mining of transcriptional biomarkers at different cotton fiber developmental stages Funct Integr Genomics. 2022 Jul 5. doi: 10.1007/s10142-022-00878-0 | 2.9 |
| 9 | 2022 | DK Mishra, Rakesh Srivastava, BK Pandey, PC Verma, Sawant SV*, 2022, Identification and validation of the wound and insect bite early-inducible promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana 3 Biotech 12 (3), 74 | 2.8 |
| 10 | 2022 | Meenakshi, Kumar A, Kumar V, Dubey AK, Narayan S, Sawant SV, Pande V, Shirke PA, Sanyal I (2022) CAMTA transcription factor enhances salinity and drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 148 (2):319-330. doi:10.1007/s11240-021-02191-3 | 3.0 |
| 11 | 2022 | Prasad, P.; Verma, R.K.; Khatoon, U.; Sawant SV*; Bag, S.K. Evolutionary and Functional Characterization of Cytochrome P450 in Cotton Reveal the Role of Subgenome Expression of GhCYP78A for Cotton Fiber Initiation. Preprints 2022, 2022030049 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202203.0049.v1) | na |
| 12 | 2022 | Vikash K. Yadav, Swadha Singh, Amrita Yadav, Neha Agarwal, Babita Singh, Siddhi K. Jalmi, Vrijesh K. Yadav, Vipin K. Tiwari, Verandra Kumar, Raghvendra Singh and Sawant SV*2021; Stress conditions modulate the chromatin interactions network in Arabidopsis; Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 12:799805. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.799805 | 3.7 |
| 13 | 2021 | Kumar, U; Sawant, SV; Yadav, HK; 2021 Exploring genetic variability in ethyl methane sulfonate mediated mutant population of Wagad cultivar of Gossypium herbaceum Journal of Environmental Biology 42, 589-596 | na |
| 14 | 2021 | Niraj Lodhi, Mala Singh, Rakesh Srivastava, Samir V. Sawant, Rakesh Tuli Epigenetic Malleability at Core Promoter Regulates Tobacco PR-1a Expression after Salicylic Acid Treatment bioRxiv 2021.07.24.453639; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.24.453639 | na |
| 15 | 2020 | Gupta, Astha; Jaiswal, Vandana; Sawant SV*; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; 2020 Mapping QTLs for 15 morpho-metric traits in Arabidopsis thaliana using Col-0× Don-0 population, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 26, 1021-1034 | 3.5 |
| 16 | 2020 | Gupta, Astha; Sawant, Sawant SV*, Hemant Kumar; 2020 Assessment of phenotypic developmental traits and hybrid vigour in Arabidopsis thaliana Indian Journal of Biotechnology , 19, 102-112 | 0.324 |
| 17 | 2020 | Misra, Pratibha; Shukla, Sudhir; Pandey, Shatrujeet; Sawant, Samir; Singh, SP; Prasad, Archana; Purshottam, DK; Patel, Preeti; Shukla, Pragya; 2020 Nishkantakprickleless(IC0629502; ingr19030), a Solanum viarum germplasm for prickleless, alkaloids content higher than the prickly plant type Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 33, 269-270 | na |
| 18 | 2020 | Prasad, Priti; Prakash, Shantanu; Sahu, Kishan; Singh, Babita; Shukla, Suruchi; Mishra, Hricha; Khan, Danish Nasar; Prakash, Om; Sawant, SV; Bhatt, MLB; Barik, SK; 2020 Unique mutational changes in SARS-CoV-2 genome: A case study for the largest state of India bioRxiv , | na |
| 19 | 2020 | Pandey, Shatrujeet; Patel, Preeti; Prasad, Archana; Sawant, Samir V; Misra, Pratibha; 2020 Assessment of direct shoot organogenesis and genetic fidelity in Solanum viarum Dunal—a commercially important medicinal plant In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant 56, 538-547 | 2.6 |
| 20 | 2019 | Gupta, Astha; Bhardwaj, Archana; Sawant, Samir V; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; 2019 Utilization and Characterization of Genome-wide SNP Markers for Assessment of Ecotypic Differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 8, 158-173 | na |
| 21 | 2018 | PPandey, Shatrujeet; Goel, Ridhi; Bhardwaj, Archana; Asif, Mehar H; Sawant SV*; Misra, Pratibha; 2018 Transcriptome analysis provides insight into prickle development and its link to defense and secondary metabolism in Solanum viarumDunal Scientific reports 8, 44531 | 4.6 |
| 22 | 2018 | Sable, Anshulika; Rai, Krishan M; Choudhary, Amit; Yadav, Vikash K; Agarwal, Sudhir K; Sawant SV*; 2018 Inhibition of heat shock proteins HSP90 and HSP70 induce oxidative stress, suppressing cotton fiber development. Scientific Reports 8, 42736. | 4.6 |
| 23 | 2018 | Pant, Poonam; Iqbal, Zahra; Pandey, Bhoopendra K; Sawant SV*; 2018 Genome-wide comparative and evolutionary analysis of calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) family in Gossypium species. Scientific Reports 8, 42736. | 4.6 |
| 24 | 2018 | Dubey, Neeraj Kumar; Mishra, Devesh Kumar; Idris, Asif; Nigam, Deepti; Singh, Pradhyumna Kumar; Sawant SV*; 2018 Whitefly and aphid inducible promoters of Arabidopsis thaliana L. Journal of Genetics 97, 109-119. | 1.5 |
| 25 | 2017 | Yadav, Vrijesh Kumar; Yadav, Vikash Kumar; Pant, Poonam; Singh, Surendra Pratap; Maurya, Rashmi; Sable, Anshulika; Sawant SV*; 2017 GhMYB1 regulates SCW stage‐specific expression of the GhGDSL promoter in the fibres of Gossypium hirsutum L. Plant Biotechnology Journal 15, 1163-1174. | 13.8 |
| 26 | 2017 | Kumar, Verandra; Singh, Babita; Singh, Sunil K; Rai, Krishan M; Singh, Surendra P; Sable, Anshulika; Pant, Poonam; Saxena, Gauri; Sawant SV*; 2018 Role of Gh HDA5 in H3K9 deacetylation and fiber initiation in Gossypium hirsutum. The Plant Journal 95, 1069-1083. | 7.091 |
| 27 | 2017 | Imran, Md; Pant, Poonam; Shanbhag, Yogini P; Sawant, Samir V; Ghadi, Sanjeev C; 2017 Genome sequence of Microbulbifermangrovi DD-13 T reveals its versatility to degrade multiple polysaccharides. Marine Biotechnology 19, 116-124. | 3.727 |
| 28 | 2015 | Singh, M; Bag, S K; Bhardwaj, A; Ranjan, ; Mantri, S; Nigam, D; Sharma, Y K; Sawant SV*; 2015 Global nucleosome positioning regulates salicylic acid mediated transcription in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology 15, 44197. | 5.26 |
| 29 | 2015 | Singh, Surendra Pratap; Singh, Sudhir P; Pandey, Tripti; Singh, Ram Rakshpal; Sawant SV*; 2015 A novel male sterility-fertility restoration system in plants for hybrid seed production. Scientific Reports 5, 41640. | 4.6 |
| 30 | 2015 | Srivastava, Rakesh; Rai, K M; Pandey, B; Singh, S P; Sawant SV*; 2015 Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyltransferase (SAGA) complex in plants: genome wide identification, evolutionary conservation and functional determination. PloS One 10, e0134709. | 3.7 |
| 31 | 2015 | Hulse-Kemp, Amanda M; Lemm, Jana; Plieske, Joerg; Ashrafi, Hamid; Buyyarapu, Ramesh; Fang, David D; Frelichowski, James; Giband, Marc; Hague, Steve; Hinze, Lori L; et al., 2015 Development of a 63K SNP array for cotton and high-density mapping of intraspecific and interspecific populations of Gossypium spp. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 5, 1187-1209. | 3.542 |
| 32 | 2015 | Ranjan, Alok; Sawant, Samir; 2015 Genome-wide transcriptomic comparison of cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) leaf and root under drought stress. 3 Biotech 5, 585-596. | 2.8 |
| 33 | 2015 | Maurya, Ramanuj; Gupta, Astha; Singh, Sunil Kumar; Rai, Krishan Mohan; Katiyar, Ratna; Sawant, Samir V; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; 2015 Genomic-derived microsatellite markers for diversity analysis in Jatropha curcas. Trees Structure and Function 29, 849-858. | 2.3 |
| 34 | 2015 | Srivastava, Anukool; Sawant, Samir V; Jena, Satya Narayan; 2015 Microarray-based large scale detection of single feature polymorphism in Gossypium hirsutum L. Journal of Genetics 94, 669-676. | 1.5 |
| 35 | 2014 | Rakesh Srivastava, Rai, K M; Srivastava, M; Kumar, V; Pandey, B; Singh, S P; Bag, S K; Singh, B D; Tuli, R; Sawant SV*; 2014 Distinct role of core promoter architecture in regulation of light-mediated responses in plant genes. Molecular Plant 7, 626-641. | 27.5 |
| 36 | 2014 | Nigam, Deepti; Kavita, Palacharla; Tripathi, Rajiv K; Ranjan, Alok; Goel, Ridhi; Asif, Mehar; Shukla, Alpika; Singh, Gunjita; Rana, Debashis; Sawant SV*; 2014 Transcriptome dynamics during fibre development in contrasting genotypes of Gossypium hirsutum L. Plant Biotechnology Journal 12, 204-218. | 13.8 |
| 37 | 2013 | Rai, Krishan Mohan; Singh, Sunil Kumar; Bhardwaj, Archana; Kumar, Verandra; Lakhwani, Deepika; Srivastava, Apeksha; Jena, Satya Narayan; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; Bag, Sumit K; Sawant SV*; 2013 Large-scale resource development in Gossypium hirsutum L. by 454 sequencing of genic-enriched libraries from six diverse genotypes. Plant Biotechnology Journal 11, 953-963. | 13.8 |
| 38 | 2013 | Maurya, Ramanuj; Gupta, Astha; Singh, Sunil Kumar; Rai, Krishan Mohan; Sawant, Samir V; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; 2013 Microsatellite polymorphism in Jatropha curcas L.—a biodiesel plant. Industrial Crops and Products 49, 136-142. | 5.9 |
| 39 | 2013 | Pandey, Neha; Ranjan, Alok; Pant, Poonam; Tripathi, Rajiv K; Ateek, Farha; Pandey, Haushilla P; Patre, Uday V; Sawant SV*; 2013 CAMTA 1 regulates drought responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics 14, 44927. | 4.4 |
| 40 | 2013 | Dubey N K; Goel, R; Ranjan, A; Idris, AS, Bag S K; S K; Chandrasheka K; Pandey, K. D; Singh P K; Sawant SV* 2013 Comparative transcriptome analysis of Gossypium hirsutum L. in response to sap sucking insects: aphid and whitefly. BMC Genomics 14, 43831. | 4.4 |
| 41 | 2013 | Gupta, Astha; Maurya, Ramanuj; Roy, RK; Sawant, Samir V; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; 2013 AFLP based genetic relationship and population structure analysis of Canna—An ornamental plant. Scientia Horticulturae 154, 44378. | 4.3 |
| 42 | 2013 | Chaudhry, Vasvi; Chauhan, Puneet S; Mishra, Aradhana; Goel, Ridhi; Asif, Mehar H; Mantri, Shrikant S; Bag, Sumit K; Singh, Sunil K; Sawant, Samir V; Nautiyal, Chandra Shekhar; 2013 Insights from the draft genome of Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488, a promising plant growth promoting bacterium. Journal of Biotechnology 168, 737-738. | 4.1 |
| 43 | 2013 | Srivastava, Anukool; Jena, Satya Narayan; Ranjan, Alok; Kavita, Palacharla; Asif, Mehar H; Bag, Sumit K; Shukla, Ravi Prakash; Yadav, Hemant K; Sawant SV*; 2013 Development of molecular markers from Indian genotypes of two Gossypium L. species. Plant Breeding 132, 506-513. | 2.0 |
| 44 | 2013 | Chaudhry, Vasvi; Asif, Mehar H; Bag, Sumit; Goel, Ridhi; Mantri, Shrikant S; Singh, Sunil K; Chauhan, Puneet S; Sawant, Samir V; Nautiyal, Chandra Shekhar; 2013 Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas putida strain MTCC5279. Genome Announcements 1, e00560-13. | na |
| 45 | 2013 | Nigam, Deepti; Sawant SV*; 2013 Identification and Analyses of AUX-IAA target genes controlling multiple pathways in developing fiber cells of Gossypium hirsutum L. Bioinformation 9, 996. | na |
| 46 | 2012 | Satya Narayan Jena, Anukool S, Krishan M Rai, Alok Ranjan, S K. Singh, Tarannum Nisar, Meenal S, Sumit K. Bag, Shrikant Mantri, Mehar H A, Hemant K Yadav, Rakesh Tuli & Sawant SV*; 2012 Development and characterization of genomic and expressed SSRs for levant cotton (Gossypium herbaceum L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 124, 565-576. | 5.4 |
| 47 | 2012 | Koul, B; Yadav, R; Sanyal, I; Sawant, S; Sharma, V; Amla, DV; 2012 Cis-acting motifs in artificially synthesized expression cassette leads to enhanced transgene expression in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 61, 131-141. | 6.5 |
| 48 | 2012 | Ranjan, Alok; Pandey, Neha; Lakhwani, Deepika; Dubey, Neeraj Kumar; Pathre, Uday V; Sawant SV*; 2012 Comparative transcriptomic analysis of roots of contrasting Gossypium herbaceum genotypes revealing adaptation to drought. BMC Genomics 13, 44562. | 4.4 |
| 49 | 2012 | Ranjan, Alok; Nigam, Deepti; Asif, Mehar H; Singh, Ruchi; Ranjan, Sanjay; Mantri, Shrikant; Pandey, Neha; Trivedi, Ila; Rai, Krishan Mohan; Jena, Satya N; Sawant SV*; 2012 Genome wide expression profiling of two accession of G. herbaceum L. in response to drought. BMC Genomics 13, 43101. | 4.4 |
| 50 | 2012 | Trivedi, Ila; Ranjan, Alok; Sharma, YK; Sawant SV*; 2012 The histone H1 variant accumulates in response to water stress in the drought tolerant genotype of Gossypium herbaceum L. The Protein Journal 31, 477-486. | 3.0 |
| 51 | 2012 | Gupta, Priya; Idris, Asif; Mantri, Shrikant; Asif, Mehar Hasan; Yadav, Hemant Kumar; Roy, Joy Kumar; Tuli, Rakesh; Mohanty, Chandra Sekhar; Sawant SV*; 2012 Discovery and use of single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers in Jatropha curcas L. Molecular Breeding 30, 1325-1335. | 3.1 |
| 52 | 2011 | Yadav, Hemant Kumar; Ranjan, Alok; Asif, Mehar Hasan; Mantri, Shrikant; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2011 EST-derived SSR markers in Jatropha curcas L.: development, characterization, polymorphism, and transferability across the species/genera. Tree Genetics & Genomes 7, 207-219. | 2.4 |
| 53 | 2011 | Jena, Satya Narayan; Srivastava, Anukool; Singh, Uma Maheswar; Roy, Sribash; Banerjee, Nandita; Rai, Krishan Mohan; Singh, Sunil Kumar; Kumar, Verandra; Chaudhary, Lal Babu; Roy, Joy Kumar; Rakesh Tuli and Sawant SV*; 2011 Analysis of genetic diversity, population structure and linkage disequilibrium in elite cotton (Gossypium L.) germplasm in India. Crop and Pasture Science 62, 859-875. | 2.249 |
| 54 | 2010 | Singh, Sudhir P; Pandey, Tripti; Srivastava, Rakesh; Verma, Praveen C; Singh, Pradhyumna K; Tuli, Rakesh; Sawant SV*; 2010 BECLIN1 from Arabidopsis thaliana under the generic control of regulated expression systems, a strategy for developing male sterile plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 8, 1005-1022. | 13.8 |
| 55 | 2010 | Asif, Mehar H; Mantri, Shrikant S; Sharma, Ayush; Srivastava, Anukool; Trivedi, Ila; Gupta, Priya; Mohanty, Chandra S; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2010 Complete sequence and organisation of the Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) chloroplast genome. Tree Genetics & Genomes 6, 941-952. | 2.4 |
| 56 | 2010 | Roy, Sribash; Tyagi, Antariksh; Tiwari, Siddharth; Singh, Ankit; Sawant, Samir V; Singh, Pradhyumna K; Tuli, Rakesh; 2010 Rabies glycoprotein fused with B subunit of cholera toxin expressed in tobacco plants folds into biologically active pentameric protein. Protein Expression and Purification 70, 184-190. | 1.6 |
| 57 | 2009 | Ranjan, Amol; Ansari, Suraiya A; Srivastava, Rakesh; Mantri, Shrikant; Asif, Mehar H; Sawant SV*; Tuli, Rakesh; 2009 A T9G mutation in the prototype TATA-box TCACTATATATAG determines nucleosome formation and synergy with upstream activator sequences in plant promoters. Plant Physiology 151, 2174-2186. | 7.4 |
| 58 | 2009 | Verma, Praveen C; Chakrabarty, Debasis; Jena, Satya Narayan; Mishra, Devesh K; Singh, Pradhyumna K; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2009 The extent of genetic diversity among Vanilla species: comparative results for RAPD and ISSR. Industrial Crops and Products 29, 581-589. | 5.9 |
| 59 | 2008 | Lodhi, Niraj; Ranjan, Amol; Singh, Mala; Srivastava, Rakesh; Singh, Sudhir Pratap; Chaturvedi, Chandra Prakash; Ansari, Suraiya Anjum; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2008 Interactions between upstream and core promoter sequences determine gene expression and nucleosome positioning in tobacco PR-1a promoter. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1779, 634-644. | 4.7 |
| 60 | 2007 | Chaturvedi, Chandra Prakash; Lodhi, Niraj; Ansari, Suraiya A; Tiwari, Siddharth; Srivastava, Rakesh; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2007 Mutated TATA-box/TATA binding protein complementation system for regulated transgene expression in tobacco. The Plant Journal 50, 917-925. | 7.2 |
| 61 | 2006 | Kiran, Kanti; Ansari, Suraiya A; Srivastava, Rakesh; Lodhi, Niraj; Chaturvedi, Chandra Prakash; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2006 The TATA-box sequence in the basal promoter contributes to determining light-dependent gene expression in plants. Plant Physiology 142, 364-376. | 7.4 |
| 62 | 2006 | Chaturvedi, Chandra Prakash; Sawant, Samir V; Kiran, Kanti; Mehrotra, Rajesh; Lodhi, Niraj; Ansari, Suraiya Anjum; Tuli, Rakesh; 2006 Analysis of polarity in the expression from a multifactorial bidirectional promoter designed for high-level expression of transgenes in plants. Journal of Biotechnology 123, 44531. | 4.1 |
| 63 | 2005 | Ashraf, Shadma; Singh, PK; Yadav, Dinesh K; Shahnawaz, Md; Mishra, Satish; Sawant, Samir V; Tuli, Rakesh; 2005 High level expression of surface glycoprotein of rabies virus in tobacco leaves and its immunoprotective activity in mice. Journal of Biotechnology 119, 41640. | 4.1 |
| 64 | 2005 | Mehrotra, Rajesh; Kiran, Kanti; Chaturvedi, Chandra Prakash; Ansari, Suraiya Anjum; Lodhi, Niraj; Sawant, Samir; Tuli, Rakesh; 2005 Effect of copy number and spacing of the ACGT and GTcis elements on transient expression of minimal promoter in plants. Journal of Genetics 84, 183-187. | 1.5 |
| 65 | 2005 | Sawant SV*; Kiran, Kanti; Mehrotra, Rajesh; Chaturvedi, Chandra Prakash; Ansari, Suraiya A; Singh, Pratibha; Lodhi, Niraj; Tuli, Rakesh; 2005 A variety of synergistic and antagonistic interactions mediated by cis-acting DNA motifs regulate gene expression in plant cells and modulate stability of the transcription complex formed on a basal promoter. Journal of Experimental Botany 56, 2345-2353. | 6.9 |
| 66 | 2001 | Sawant SV*; Kiran, Kanti; Singh, Pradhyumna K; Tuli, Rakesh; 2001 Sequence architecture downstream of the initiator codon enhances gene expression and protein stability in plants. Plant Physiology 126, 1630-1636. | 7.4 |
| 67 | 2001 | Sawant SV*; Singh, PK; Madanala, R; Tuli, R; 2001 Designing of an artificial expression cassette for the high-level expression of transgenes in plants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 102, 635-644. | 5.4 |
| 68 | 2000 | Sawant SV*; Singh, Pradhyumna Kumar; Tuli, Rakesh; 2000 Pretreatment of microprojectiles to improve the delivery of DNA in plant transformation. BioTechniques 29, 246-248. | 2.7 |
| 69 | 2000 | Gupta, Shiv K; Singh, Pradhyumna K; Sawant, Samir V; Chaturvedi, Ratnesh; Tuli, Rakesh; 2000 Effect of light intensity on in vitro multiple shoot induction and regeneration of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv Khandawa-2). Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 38, 399-401. | 0.6 |
| 70 | 1999 | Sawant SV*; Singh, Pradhyumna K; Gupta, Shiv K; Madnala, Raju; Tuli, Rakesh; 1999 Conserved nucleotide sequences in highly expressed genes in plants. Journal of Genetics 78, 123-131. | 1.5 |
PATENT DETAILS:
- Chemically synthesized artificial promoter for high level expression of transgenes and a method for its synthesis.
- USA reference: US 6,639,065
- European reference: 99301419.0-2106 dated 11-5-99
- Method for preparation of microprojectiles for efficient delivery of biologicals using a particle gun.
- European reference: 00113541.7 dated 18-12-00
- USA reference: US Patent US 6406852
- Chemically synthesized artificial promoter for high level expression of transgenes and a method for its synthesis.
- European Patent Application: 99301419.0-2106 (appl. no. 263692 dt. 5-3-99)
- Method for preparation of microprojectiles for efficient delivery of biologicals using a particle gun.
- European Patent Application: EP 1170374 A1
- A novel δ-endotoxin protein improved for insecticidal activity and host range and gene for its high level expression in plants.
- USA Patent Application: 10/107581
- Chimeric delta endotoxin protein with extraordinarily high insecticidal activity.
- Filed for PCT, NF 0165 NF 2002 dated 28-3-2002
- An artificially designed DNA sequence for activation of gene expression and regulation of transcription in both directions.
- Filed for PCT (0250 NF 2003; US, 10/814858 dt. 30-6-2003)
- Recombinant chimeric G-protein of rabies virus produced in transgenic plants and a synthetic gene for development of vaccine.
- Filed for PCT: (0218 NF 2004 / dated 28-4-2004)
- S.V. Sawant, R. Tuli, S.P. Singh, C.P. Chaturvedi, Tripti Pandey. A two-component plant expression module for tightly regulated and high-level anther-specific expression in plants. Patent Application No. 626DEL2009.
- S.V. Sawant, Rakesh Srivastava, Meeanl Srivastava, P.K. Singh, Suchi Srivastava, P.C. Verma, Bhupendra Koul, Anoop Kumar Shukla, C.S. Nautiyal, and D.V. Amla. A method for developing pathogen-tolerant transgenic plants (2010). Patent filed for application IPMD Ref. No. 0166NF2010.
- Samir V Sawant, Rakesh Tuli, Sudhir Pratap Singh. A gene for inducing male sterility in plants (2011). Patent filed for application, IPMD Ref. NoPCT/IB2009/007561 (NFNO 0075NF2008/WO)
- Samir V Sawant, Rakesh Tuli, Sudhir Pratap Singh. A gene for inducing male sterility in plants (2011). Patent filed for application, IPMD Ref. No 20093221261 (NFNO 0075NF2008/AU)
- Samir V Sawant, Rakesh Tuli, Sudhir Pratap Singh. A gene for inducing male sterility in plants (2011). Patent filed for application, IPMD Ref. No 13/124984 (NFNO 0075NF2008/US)
- Samir V Sawant, Rakesh Tuli, Sudhir Pratap Singh. A gene for inducing male sterility in plants (2011). Patent filed for application, IPMD Ref. No EP09795538.9 (NFNO 0075NF2008/EP)
- Samir V Sawant, Rakesh Tuli, Sudhir Pratap Singh. A gene for inducing male sterility in plants (2011). Patent filed for application, IPMD Ref. No 2009 80147541.4 (NFNO 0075NF2008/CN)
- Samir V Sawant, Rajiv Kumar Tripathi, Asif Idris. A method for production of transgenic plants having increased ball number, size and lint yield in cotton and gene for it (2013). Patent filed for application.
- Samir V. Sawant, Surendra Pratap Singh. Novel reversible expression system for transgene, 174NF2014 (2015).
- Samir V. Sawant, Sunil K Singh, Babita Singh, P Bhattacharya. A novel formulation for improving the yield and quality of fiber in cotton plants; 231/DEL/2015 (2017).
| Sr. No | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Manjul Singh | Ramalingaswami Fellow |
| 2 | Dr. Pravin Prakash | Project Scientist-II |
| 3 | Dr. Shatrujeet Pandey | CSIR-RA |
| 4 | Dr. Alka Singh | BioCare Fellow |
| 5 | Uzma Khatoon | Ph.d Scholar |
| 6 | Rishi Kumar Verma | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar/ Senior Project Associate |
| 7 | Vipin Tiwari | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar/ Senior Project Associate |
| 8 | Amit Choudhry | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 9 | Anamika Senger | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 10 | Kishan Sahu | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar/Project Associate-I |
| 11 | Deeksha Sharma | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 12 | Akash Verma | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 13 | Sanjeev Yadav | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 14 | Anupam Sonowal | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 15 | Rashmi Choudhary | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 16 | Khushnuma Khatoon | AcSIR Ph.d Scholar |
| 17 | Jitesh Kumar Sharma | Scientific Administrative Assistant |
| 18 | Ravindra Shukla | Scientific Administrative Assistant |
| 19 | Anjali Verma | Scientific Administrative Assistant |
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Division, T.N. Khoshoo Block
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg,
Lucknow-226001, INDIA
Phone no.: 0522-2297941
Email: samirsawant@nbri.res.in
