Dhruba K. Chattoraj

Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Center for Cancer Research
United States of America

Scientist Microbiology
Biography

Dr. Chattoraj received his Ph.D. in Biophysics in 1970 from the University of Calcutta, India, where he studied chromatin structure. As a postdoctoral associate, he studied nucleic acid-protein interactions involved in phage DNA replication and recombination at the University of Wisconsin with Dr. Ross Inman and at the University of Oregon with Dr. Frank Stahl. His current research interest is on replication and segregation of chromosomes in the bacterial cell cycle. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the President of the International Society of Plasmid Biology. 

Research Intrest

Chromosome Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 

List of Publications
Baek JH, Chattoraj DK (2014) Chromosome I controls chromosome II replication in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS Genet. 10: e1004184
Chattoraj DK, Mason RJ, Wickner SH (1988) Mini-P1 plasmid replication: the autoregulation-sequestration paradox. Cell. 52: 551-557
Chattoraj DK, Gosule LC, Schellman A (1978) DNA condensation with polyamines. II. Electron microscopic studies. J. Mol. Biol. 121: 327-337
Demarre G, Chattoraj DK (2010) DNA adenine methylation is required to replicate both Vibrio cholerae chromosomes once per cell cycle. PLoS Genet 6: e1000939