11/99 - present:   Postdoctoral Research Associate, laboratory of Dr. Theo Dreher, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University.

5/97 - 10/99:  Postdoctoral Research Associate, laboratory of Dr. J. Wellink, Department  of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

2/94 - 4/97:  Postdoctoral Research Associate, laboratory of Dr. H.S. Savithri, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
 

S.V.University Tirupati - Andhra Pradesh, India - Ph.D. 1993 - Botany/Virology
S.V.University Tirupati - Andhra Pradesh, India - M.S. 1987 - Botany/Virology
S.V.University Tirupati - Andhra Pradesh, India- B.S. 1985 - Botany/Virology

• Gopinath, K., Wellink, J., van Lent, J., Porta, C., Taylor, K. M., Lomonossoff, G. P., and van Kammen, A.  (2000). Engineering cowpea mosaic virus RNA-2 into a vector to express heterologous proteins in plants. Virology  267, 159-173.

• Hema, M., Joseph, J., Gopinath, K., Sreenivasulu, P. and Savithri, H. S.  (1999).  Molecular characterization and interviral relationships of a flexuous filamentous virus causing mosaic disease of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum  L.) in India.  Arch. Virol.  144, 1-12.

• Verver, J., Wellink, J., van  Lent, J., Gopinath, K., and van Kammen. A.  (1998).  Studies on the movement of cowpea mosaic virus using the jellyfish green fluorescent protein. Virology   242, 22-27.

• Ranjith-Kumar, C. T.,  Gopinath, K., Jacob, A. N. K., Srividya,  V., Elango, P., and Savithri, H. S. (1998).  Genomic sequence of physalis mottle virus and its evolutionary relationship with other tymoviruses. Arch. Virol.  143, 1489-1500.

• Sastry, M., Ramesh, K., Gopinath, K., Ranjith-Kumar, C. T., Jagath. J. R., and Savithri, H. S.  (1997). Assembly of physalis mottle virus capsid protein in Escherichia coli and the role of amino and carboxy terminus in the formation of icosahedral particles. J. Molec. Biol.  272, 541-552.

• Hema, M., Sreenivasulu, P., Gopinath, K., Kiranmai, G., and Satyanarayana, T.  (1997).  Partial characterization of a potyvirus causing mosaic disease of sugarcane in Andhra Pradesh. Indian J. Virol. 13, 125-129.

• Bhuvaneswari, M., Subramanya, H. S., Gopinath, K., Savithri, H. S., Nayudu, M.V., and Murthy, M.R.N.  (1995). Structure of sesbania mosaic virus at 3Å resolution. Structure  3, 1021-1030.

• Gopinath, K., Sundareshan, S., Bhuvaneswari, K., Karande, A., Murthy, M. R. N., Nayudu, M. V., and Savithri, H. S.  (1994).  Primary structure of sesbania mosaic virus coat protein: Its implications to the assembly and architecture of the virus. Indian J. Biochem. Biophys.  31, 322-328.

• Subramanya, H. S., Gopinath, K., Nayudu, M. V., Savithri, H. S., and Murthy, M. R. N.  (1993). Structure of sesbania mosaic virus at 4.7Å resolution and partial sequencing of the coat protein. J. Molec. Biol. 229, 20-25.

• Satyanarayana, T., Gopinath, K., Saigopal, D. V. R., Sreenivasulu, P., and Nayudu, M. V.  (1992). Effects of three peanut green mosaic virus (PGMV) strains on groundnut growth and yield, pigment and 14C translocation. Intl. J. Tropical Plant Disease  10, 253-260.

• Saigopal, D. V. R., Sivaprasad,V., Gopinath, K., Satyanarayana, T., and Sreenivasulu. P.  (1988). Chemotherapy of peanut green mosaic disease with Bavistin. Effects on plant growth and yield of groundnut. J. Plant Disease and Protection  95, 77-80.

• Saigopal, D. V. R., Satyanarayana, T., Gopinath, K., and Sreenivasulu. P.  (1987).  Effect of Bavistin on chlorophylls and delta amino levulinic acid (ALA) in peanut green mosaic virus (PGMV) infected groundnut leaves. J. Plant Disease and Protection  94, 600-605.