Dr. Chitra Latka, PhD

Nanyang Technological University

School of Biological Sciences
Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry
60 Nanyang Drive
Singapore 637551

Publications:

1. Latka, C., Dey, S.S., Mahajan, S., Prabu, R., Jangir, P.K., Gupta, C., Das, S., Ramachandran, V.G., Bhattacharya, S.N., Pandey, R., Sharma, R., Ramachandran, S. and Taneja, B. (2015) Genome sequence of a clinical isolate of dermatophyte, Trichophyton rubrum from India. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 362, fnv039

2. Jalali, S.,Kohli, S., Latka, C., Bhatia, S., Vellarikal, S.K., Sivasubbu, S., Scaria, V. and Ramachandran, S. (2015) Screening currency notes for microbial pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes using a shotgun metagenomic approach. PLOS ONE 10, e0128711

3. Kumar, P., Latka, C. and Taneja, B. (2017) Current antifungal therapy and drug resistance mechanisms in dermatophytes. In: Arora, G., Sajid, A. and Kalia, V. C. (eds) Drug Resistance in Bacteria, Fungi, Malaria, and Cancer, 371–385. Springer, Cham

4. Ragunathan, P., Cole, M., Latka, C., Aragaw, W.W., Hegde, P., Shin, J., Manimekalai, M.S.S., Rishikesan, S., Aldrich, C., Dick, T., and Grüber, G.* (2021) Mycobacterium tuberculosis PanD structure-function analysis and identification of a potent pyrazinoic acid-derived enzyme inhibitor. ACS Chem. Biol.16, 1030-1039