Nikhil ChrungooProf. Dr. Nikhil Chrungoo (North Eastern Hill University, India)

Current Research Interests : Biodiversity profiling, Nutritional Genomics

Important research activities:

• A two locus barcode based on nucleotide sequences of cp rbcL and matK enes developed for identification of Chenopodium quinoa an important nutraceutical crop of Indian Himalayas.

• Allelic forms of waxy locus of rice described for identifying varieties with altered amylose content of starch

• A gene coding for a nutritionally rich seed storage protein from common buckwheat isolated. Accession no. AY245536 (EMBL)

• Complete amino acid sequence of a lysine rich seed storage protein from grain of common buckwheat determined. Accession no. P83004 (SWISS PROT)

• Granule bound starch synthetase (GBSS-I) isolated from buckwheat grains.

• N-terminal amino acid sequence for 25 residues of GBSS-I of common buckwheat determined. Accession no. P84633 (SWISS PROT)

• Cloned the promoter of 26 kDa lysine rich seed stiorage protein of common buckwheat Accession No. EU 595873 Read More Read Less