Education

Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, 2001

Current position

Research Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Publications

*Equal contribution

1. Singh, S. K., Parveen, S., SaiSree, L. and Reddy, M. (2015). Regulated proteolysis of a cross-link-specific peptidoglycan hydrolase contributes to bacterial morphogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112(35): 10956-10961.
   
2. Mahalakshmi, S., Sunayana, M. R., SaiSree, L. and Reddy, M. (2014). yciM is an essential gene required for regulation of lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 91(1): 145-157.
   
3. Singh, S. K., SaiSree, L., Amrutha, R. N. and Reddy, M. (2012). Three redundant murein endopeptidases catalyse an essential cleavage step in peptidoglycan synthesis of Escherichia coli K12. Mol Microbiol 86(5): 1036-1051.
   
4. Samaluru, H., SaiSree, L. and Reddy, M. (2007). Role of SufI (FtsP) in cell division of Escherichia coli: evidence for its involvement in stabilizing the assembly of the divisome. J Bacteriol 189(22): 8044-8052.
   
5. Reddy, M. (2007). Role of FtsEX in cell division of Escherichia coli: viability of ftsEX mutants is dependent on functional SufI or high osmotic strength. J Bacteriol 189(1): 98-108.
   
6. Amundsen, S. K., Taylor, A. F., Reddy, M. and Smith, G. R. (2007). Intersubunit signaling in RecBCD enzyme, a complex protein machine regulated by Chi hot spots. Genes Dev 21(24): 3296-3307.
   
7. Reddy, M. (2004). Positive selection system for identification of recombinants using alpha-complementation plasmids. Biotechniques 37(6): 948-952.
   
8. Bharatan, S. M.*, Reddy, M.* and Gowrishankar, J. (2004). Distinct signatures for mutator sensitivity of lacZ reversions and for the spectrum of lacI/lacO forward mutations on the chromosome of nondividing Escherichia coli. Genetics 166(2): 681-692.
   
9. saiSree, L., Reddy, M. and Gowrishankar, J. (2001). IS186 insertion at a hot spot in the lon promoter as a basis for lon protease deficiency of Escherichia coli B: identification of a consensus target sequence for IS186 transposition. J Bacteriol 183(23): 6943-6946.
   
10. SaiSree, L., Reddy, M. and Gowrishankar, J. (2000). lon incompatibility associated with mutations causing SOS induction: null uvrD alleles induce an SOS response in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 182(11): 3151-3157.
    
11. Reddy, M. and Gowrishankar, J. (2000). Characterization of the uup locus and its role in transposon excisions and tandem repeat deletions in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 182(7): 1978-1986.
    
12. Reddy, M. and Gowrishankar, J. (1997). A genetic strategy to demonstrate the occurrence of spontaneous mutations in nondividing cells within colonies of Escherichia coli. Genetics 147(3): 991-1001.
    
13. Reddy, M. and Gowrishankar, J. (1997). Identification and characterization of ssb and uup mutants with increased frequency of precise excision of transposon Tn10 derivatives: nucleotide sequence of uup in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 179(9): 2892-2899.