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Saheli Chowdhury

NARL National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
Verified email at narlabs.org.tw
Cited by 129

RNA thermometers

…, T Waldminghaus, S Chowdhury - FEMS microbiology …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Temperature is an important parameter that free-living cells monitor constantly. The
expression of heat-shock, cold-shock and some virulence genes is coordinated in response to …

Molecular basis for temperature sensing by an RNA thermometer

S Chowdhury, C Maris, FHT Allain… - The EMBO journal, 2006 - embopress.org
Regulatory RNA elements, like riboswitches, respond to intracellular signals by three‐dimensional
(3D) conformational changes. RNA thermometers employ a similar strategy to sense …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature-controlled structural alterations of an RNA thermometer

S Chowdhury, C Ragaz, E Kreuger… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Thermoresponsive structures in the 5′-untranslated region of mRNA are known to control
translation of heat shock and virulence genes. Expression of many rhizobial heat shock …

Estimation of underground water radon danger in Bakreswar and Tantloi Geothermal Region, India

AK Naskar, M Gazi, C Barman, S Chowdhury… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2018 - Springer
The main aim of the study is to present an evaluation of radon concentration in underground
water of Bakreswar and Tantloi geothermal region which is mainly used for drinking …

Neutrophilic inflammation in asthma and defective epithelial translational control

A Ravi, S Chowdhury, A Dijkhuis… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Neutrophilic inflammation in asthma is associated with interleukin (IL)-17A, corticosteroid-insensitivity
and bronchodilator-induced forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ) reversibility. IL…

Analysis of radon concentration in ground water and estimation of associated health risks in Purulia Municipality, West Bengal, India

…, S Mitra, S Sutradhar, S Chowdhury… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The present study deals with the assessment of radon (Rn-222) concentration in groundwater
and associated radiation doses among the local inhabitants due to its exposure in different …

Protein Folding by Domain V of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA: Specificity of RNA-Protein Interactions

D Samanta, D Mukhopadhyay, S Chowdhury… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The peptidyl transferase center, present in domain V of 23S rRNA of eubacteria and large
rRNA of plants and animals, can act as a general protein folding modulator. Here we show that …

Simultaneous monitoring of soil 222Rn in the Eastern Himalayas and the geothermal region of eastern India: an earthquake precursor

S Chowdhury, A Deb, C Barman, M Nurujjaman… - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Activity of 222 Rn gas in soil has been recorded continuously at three monitoring centres,
namely Ravangla and Diphu in the Eastern Himalayan region and Tantloi in the geothermal …

Assessment of radon (222Rn) activity in groundwater and soil-gas in Purulia district, West Bengal, India

S Mitra, S Chowdhury, J Mukherjee… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2021 - Springer
Radon activity was measured in soil and groundwater at a number of locations in Purulia
district of West Bengal, India, and radioactive doses in the local inhabitants due to exposure to …

Studies of scintillations and TEC variations with GPS satellite links together with soil radon anomalies preceding Nepal earthquakes of April–May 2015

A Guha Bose, A Das, S Chowdhury, A Deb - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Ionospheric effects like scintillations and anomalous variations in total electron content (TEC)
monitored with Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites of L1 frequency over Kolkata, …