Education
PhD, University of Maryland, 2016
Lab information
PI: Alan Engelman
Publications
1. Achuthan V, Keith BJ, Connolly BA, DeStefano JJ., 2014, Human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase displays dramatically higher fidelity under physiological magnesium conditions in vitro, J.Virol;88(15):8514-27, PMCID: PMC4135932.
2. Achuthan V, DeStefano JJ., 2015, Alternative divalent cations (Zn2+, Co2+, and Mn2+) are not mutagenic at conditions optimal for reverse transcriptase activity, BMC Biochemistry; May 3;16(1):12, PMCID: PMC4472245.
3. Achuthan V, DeStefano JJ., 2015, Primer extension reactions for the PCR-based lacZα complementation fidelity assay, Bio-protocol, 5(12): e1509, PMCID: PMC4972330.
4. Achuthan V, DeStefano JJ., 2015, Mismatched primer extension assays, Bio-protocol, 5(12): e1508, PMCID: PMC4829118.
5. Achuthan V, Singh K, DeStefano JJ., 2017, Physiological Mg2+ Conditions Significantly Alter the Inhibition of HIV-1 and HIV-2 Reverse Transcriptases by Nucleoside and Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors in Vitro, Biochemistry; 2017 Jan 10;56(1):33-46, PMCID: PMC5453313.