Dr. Monalisa Mukherjea
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Email: mukherjm@mail.med.upenn.edu
Qualifications
2011 Post-doc, Dept. of Physiology, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2007 Ph.D.,
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Tufts University, USA
1999 M.Sc.,
Department of Biochemistry, University Of Calcutta, India
1997 B.Sc.,
Department of Chemistry, University Of Calcutta, India
Publications (Selected)
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Ménétrey J.,
Isabet T., Ropars V., Mukherjea M., Pylypenko O., Liu X., Perez J., Vachette
P., Sweeney H.L., Houdusse A. 2012. Processive steps in the reverse direction
require uncoupling of the lead head lever arm of myosin VI. Molecular
Cell, In Press.
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Llinas P.,
Pylypenko O., Isabet T., Mukherjea M., Sweeney H.L., Houdusse A. 2012. How
myosin motors power cellular functions: an exciting journey from structure to
function. FEBS J. 279(4):551-62.
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Mukherjea M.,
Llinas P., Kim H-J., Travaglia M., Safer D., Ménétrey J., Franzini-Armstrong
C., Selvin P.R., Houdusse A., Sweeney H.L. Myosin VI dimerization triggers an
unfolding of a 3-helix bundle in order to extend its reach. Molecular
Cell, 35:305-15, 2009.
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Ménétrey J.,
Llinas P., Mukherjea M., Sweeney H.L., Houdusse A. 2007. The Structural Basis
for the Large Powerstroke of Myosin VI. Cell. 131, 300–308.
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Chaudhuri T.,
Mukherjea M., Sachdev S., Randall J., Sarkar S. 2005. The role of the fetal and
alpha/beta exons in the function of fast skeletal troponin T isoforms:
Correlation with altered Ca2+ regulation associated with
development. Journal of Molecular Biology. 352(1):58-71.
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Gupta A., Neogi
R., Mukherjea M., Mukhopadhyay A., Roychoudhury S., Senapati A., Gangopadhyay
P.K., Ray K. 2003. DNA linkage based diagnosis of Wilson disease in
asymptomatic siblings. Indian J Med Res. 118: 208-214.