Bramanandam  Manavathi,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Lecturer  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad 
                           
                                                                              
                            Department of Biochemistry 
                           
                                                                              
                            Central University 
                           
                                                    
                            Hyderabad - 500 046                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Andhra Pradesh                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-40-23134546 
                           
                                                    
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                                  Lecturer  
                                  School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India 
                                  
								  2007-Present 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Molecular Mechanisms of Oncogenesis 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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				Nair, B. C., Nair, S. S., Chakravarty, D., Challa, R., Manavathi, B. , Yew, P. R., Kumar, R., Tekmal, R. R. and Vadlamudi, R. K.  Cyclin-dependent kinase-mediated phosphorylation plays a critical role in the oncogenic functions of PELP1. Cancer Research.  2010.  70, 7166-7175. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kumar, R., Balasenthil, S., Manavathi, B. , Rayala, S. K. and Pakala, S. B.  Metastasis-associated protein 1 and its short form variant stimulates Wnt1 transcription through promoting its derepression from Six3 corepressor. Cancer Research.  2010.  70, 6649-6658. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B. , Singh, K. and Kumar, R.  MTA family of coregulators in nuclear receptor biology and pathology. Nuclear Receptor Signaling.  2007.  5, e010. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Pandey, J. P., Gorla, P., Manavathi, B.  and Siddavattam, D.  mRNA secondary structure modulates the translation of organophosphate hydrolase (OPH) in E. coli. Molecular Biology Reports.  2009.  36, 449-454. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B. , Peng, S., Rayala, S. K., Talukder, A. H., Wang, M. H., Wang, R. A., Balasenthil, S., Agarwal, N., Frishman, L. J. and Kumar, R.  Repression of Six3 by a corepressor regulates rhodopsin expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  2007.  104, 13128-13133. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B. , Rayala, S. K. and Kumar, R.  Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of stability and transforming potential of ETS transcriptional factor ESE-1 by p21-activated kinase 1. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2007.  282, 19820-19830. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B.  and Kumar, R.  Metastasis tumor antigens, an emerging family of multifaceted master coregulators. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2007.  282, 1529-1533. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Acconcia, F., Manavathi, B. , Mascarenhas, J., Talukder, A. H., Mills, G. and Kumar, R.  An inherent role of integrin-linked kinase-estrogen receptor alpha interaction in cell migration. Cancer Research.  2006.  66, 11030-11038. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Verma, A., Wang, H., Manavathi, B. , Fok, J. Y., Mann, A. P., Kumar, R. and Mehta, K.  Increased expression of tissue transglutaminase in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and its implications in drug resistance and metastasis. Cancer Research.  2006.  66, 10525-10533. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B. , Acconcia, F., Rayala, S. K. and Kumar, R.  An inherent role of microtubule network in the action of nuclear receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  2006.  103, 15981-15986. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mann, A. P., Verma, A., Sethi, G., Manavathi, B. , Wang, H., Fok, J. Y., Kunnumakkara, A. B., Kumar, R., Aggarwal, B. B. and Mehta, K.  Overexpression of tissue transglutaminase leads to constitutive activation of nuclear factor-kappaB in cancer cells: delineation of a novel pathway. Cancer Research.  2006.  66, 8788-8795. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rayala, S. K., den, H., Manavathi, B. , Talukder, A. H., Song, C., Peng, S., Barnekow, A., Kremerskothen, J. and Kumar, R.  Essential role of KIBRA in co-activator function of dynein light chain 1 in mammalian cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2006.  281, 19092-19099. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B.  and Kumar, R.  Steering estrogen signals from the plasma membrane to the nucleus: two sides of the coin. Journal of Cellular Physiology.  2006.  207, 594-604. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Vadlamudi, R. K., Manavathi, B. , Balasenthil, S., Nair, S. S., Yang, Z., Sahin, A. A. and Kumar, R.  Functional implications of altered subcellular localization of PELP1 in breast cancer cells. Cancer Research.  2005.  65, 7724-7732. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Manavathi, B. , Nair, S. S., Wang, R. A., Kumar, R. and Vadlamudi, R. K.  Proline-, glutamic acid-, and leucine-rich protein-1 is essential in growth factor regulation of signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 activation. Cancer Research.  2005.  65, 5571-5577. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Vadlamudi, R. K., Manavathi, B. , Singh, R. R., Nguyen, D., Li, F. and Kumar, R.  An essential role of Pak1 phosphorylation of SHARP in Notch signaling. Oncogene.  2005.  24, 4591-4596. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Siddavattam, D., Khajamohiddin, S., Manavathi, B. , Pakala, S. B. and Merrick, M.  Transposon-like organization of the plasmid-borne organophosphate degradation (opd) gene cluster found in Flavobacterium sp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  2003.  69, 2533-2539. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Somara, S., Manavathi, B. , Tebbe, C. C. and Siddavatam, D.  Localisation of identical organophosphorus pesticide degrading (opd) genes on genetically dissimilar indigenous plasmids of soil bacteria: PCR amplification, cloning and sequencing of opd gene from Flavobacterium balustinum. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology.  2002.  40, 774-779. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India,                             1997-2002                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                                    Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India,                             1995-1997                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                  
                                       
                                       
                                   
                              
 
                             
                          
                        
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                                                
                                  
                                    
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                                      Breast 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Female