Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering

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India became one of the most COVID-19 affected countries with more than 4 million infected cases and 71,000 deaths by September 2020. We studied the temporal dynamics and geographic distribution of SARS-CoV-2 subtypes in India. Moreover, we analysed the RGD motif and D614G mutation in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2. We used a previously proposed viral subtyping method based upon informative subtype markers (ISMs). The ISMs were identified on the basis of information entropy using 94,515 genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 available publicly at the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID). We identified 11 distinct positions in the SARS-CoV-2 genomes for defining ISMs resulting in 798 unique ISMs. The most abundant ISM in India was transferred from European countries. In contrast, the second most abundant ISM in India was found to be transferred via Australia. Moreover, the eastern regions in India were infected by the ISM most abundant in China due to geographical linkage. Our analysis confirmed higher rates of new cases in the countries abundant with S-G614 strain compared to countries with abundant S-D614 strain. In India, overall S-G614 was most prevalent compared to S-D614, except a few regions including New Delhi, Bihar, and Rajasthan.

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Scientific Reports

Entropy based analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spread in India using informative subtype markers

ACS Bio

Controlling Amyloid Beta Peptide Aggregation and Toxicity by Protease-Stable Ligands

A Potent Estrogen Receptor and Microtubule Specific Purine-Benzothiazole-based Fluorescent Molecular Probe Induces Apoptotic Death of Breast Cancer Cells

Facile generation of biotin micropatterned surface by photo destruction serves as a novel platform for microtubule organisation and DNA hybridisation

Development of poly(vinylidene fluoride) graft random copolymer membrane for antifouling and antimicrobial applications