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  1. Characterisation of a putative M23-domain containing protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2021, PLOS

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  2. Mycobacterium smegmatis does not display functional redundancy in nitrate reductase enzymes

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2021, PLOS

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  3. Genetic Mimetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as Verification Standards for Molecular Diagnostics

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  4. Detection and Quantification of Differentially Culturable Tubercle Bacteria in Sputum from Tuberculosis Patients

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  5. A combinatorial role for MutY and Fpg DNA glycosylases in mutation avoidance in Mycobacterium smegmatis

    Article • Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  6. Cleavage of the moaX-encoded fused molybdopterin synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is necessary for activity

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  7. TheIn VivoEnvironment Accelerates Generation of Resuscitation-Promoting Factor–Dependent Mycobacteria

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, December 2014, American Thoracic Society

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  8. Future target-based drug discovery for tuberculosis?

    Article • Tuberculosis, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Thomas Dick, Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  9. bis-Molybdopterin Guanine Dinucleotide Is Required for Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Guinea Pigs

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  10. Energy Metabolism and Drug Efflux in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  11. Comparative genomics for mycobacterial peptidoglycan remodelling enzymes reveals extensive genetic multiplicity

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  12. The contribution of Nth and Nei DNA glycosylases to mutagenesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis

    Article • DNA Repair, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  13. Molybdenum cofactor: A key component ofMycobacterium tuberculosispathogenesis?

    Article • Critical Reviews in Microbiology, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  14. Tuberculosis: The global killer

    Article • South African Journal of Science, January 2013, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  15. Mycobacterium tuberculosis attenuated by multiple deletions of rpf genes effectively protects mice against TB infection

    Article • Tuberculosis, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  16. Resuscitation promoting factors in bacterial population dynamics during TB infection

    Article • Drug Discovery Today Disease Mechanisms, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  17. Resuscitation-promoting factors as lytic enzymes for bacterial growth and signaling

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  18. The molecular and cellular basis of infection-Perspectives from the first advanced summer school in Africa

    Article • IUBMB Life, February 2009, Wiley

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  19. The resuscitation-promoting factors ofMycobacterium tuberculosisare required for virulence and resuscitation from dormancy but are collectively dispensable for growthin vitro

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  20. The role of resuscitation promoting factors in pathogenesis and reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during intra-peritoneal infection in mice

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  21. The carbon starvation-inducible genes Rv2557 and Rv2558 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are not required for long-term survival under carbon starvation and for virulence in SCID mice

    Article • Tuberculosis, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  22. Molecular genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in relation to the discovery of novel drugs and vaccines

    Article • Tuberculosis, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana

  23. Heat shock cognate protein 70 chaperone-binding site in the co-chaperone murine stress-inducible protein 1 maps to within three consecutive tetratricopeptide repeat motifs

    Article • Biochemical Journal, February 2000, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Bavesh Davandra Kana