Teacher Details

Urmila Kulkarni Kale

Bioinformatics Centre

urmila.kulkarni.kale@gmial.com

Research Areas : Bioinformatics, Comparative genomics, phyloinformatics, immunoinformatics, structural bioinformatics, database development, algorithm design


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1)    Mane, A., Limaye, S., Patil, L., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2022). Genetic variations in the long control region of human papillomavirus type 16 isolates from India: implications for cervical carcinogenesis. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 71 (1), 001475. WoS Citations: 2, ISSN(print/online): 0022-2615/1473-5644, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001475
2)    Mane, A., Limaye, S., Patil, L., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2022). Genetic variability in minor capsid protein (L2 gene) of human papillomavirus type 16 among Indian women. Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 211, 153-160. ISSN(print/online): 0300-8584/1432-1831, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00430-022-00739-4
3)    Hufsky, F., Abecasis, A., Agudelo R. P., Bletsa, M., Brown, K., Claus, C., Deinhardt E. S., Deng, L., Friedel, C.C., Gismondi, M.I., Kostaki, E.G., Kühnert, D., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Metzner, K.J., Meyer, I.M., Miozzi, L., Nishimura, L., Paraskevopoulou, S., Pérez C. A., Rahlff, J., Thomson, E., Tumescheit, C., van der Hoek, L., Van Espen, L., Vandamme, A. M., Zaheri, M., Zuckerman, N., Marz, M. (2022). Women in the European Virus Bioinformatics Center. Viruses, 14 (7), 1522. ISSN(print/online): 1999-4915, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14071522
4)    Mane, A., Kasibhatla, S.M., Vidhate, P., Saxena, V., Patil, S., Rao, A., Nirmalkar, A., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Panda, S (2022). Phylogenetic Analysis of Spread of Hepatitis C Virus Identified during HIV Outbreak Investigation, Unnao, India. Emerging infectious diseases, 28 (4), 725–733. Google Scholar Citations: 1, ISSN(print/online): 1080-6040/1080-6059, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211845
5)    Vaidya, S.R., Kasibhatla, S.M., Kamble, M.B., Munivenkatappa, A., Kumbhar, N.S., Jayaswamy, M.M., Ramtirthkar, M.R., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2021). Genetic and antigenic characterization of wild type rubella viruses isolated from India. Vaccine, 39 (6), ISSN(print/online): 0264-410X/1873-2518, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.063
6)    González-Candelas, F., Shaw, M.A., Phan, T., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Paraskevis, D., Luciani, F., Kimura, H., Sironi, M. (2021). One year into the pandemic: Short-term evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and emergence of new lineages. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 92, 104869. WoS Citations: 28, ISSN(print/online): 1567-1348/1567-7257, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104869
7)    Limaye, S., Kasibhatla, S.M., Ramtirthkar, M., Kinikar, M., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2021). Circulation and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in India: Let the Data Speak. Viruses, 13 (11), 2238. WoS Citations: 5, ISSN(print/online): 1999-4915, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13112238
8)    Gokavi, J., Sadawarte, S., Shelke, A., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Thakar, M., Saxena, V. (2021). Inhibition of miR-155 Promotes TGF-β Mediated Suppression of HIV Release in the Cervical Epithelial Cells . Viruses, 13 (11), 2266. WoS Citations: 2, ISSN(print/online): 1999-4915, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13112266
9)    Kadam, K., Peerzada, N., Karbhal, R., Sawant, S., Valadi, J., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2021). Antibody Class(es) Predictor for Epitopes (AbCPE): A Multi-Label Classification Algorithm. Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 1, Google Scholar Citations: 2, ISSN(print/online): 2673-7647, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbinf.2021.709951
10)    Mane, A., Patil, L., Limaye, S., Nirmalkar, A., Kulkarni‐Kale, U. (2020). Characterization of major capsid protein (L1) variants of Human papillomavirus type 16 by cervical neoplastic status in Indian women: Phylogenetic and functional analysis. Journal of Medical Virology, 92 (8), 1303-1308. WoS Citations: 6, ISSN(print/online): 0146-6615/1096-9071, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25675
11)    Kasibhatla, S.M., Kinikar, M., Limaye, S., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni‐Kale, U. (2020). Understanding evolution of SARS‐CoV‐2: a perspective from analysis of genetic diversity of RdRp gene. Journal of Medical Virology, 92 (10), ‏ 1932-1937. WoS Citations: 18, ISSN(print/online): 0146-6615/1096-9071, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25909
12)    Vaidya, S., Kasibhatla, S., Bhattad, D., Ramtirthkar, M., Kale, M., Raut, C., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2020). Characterization of diversity of measles viruses in India: Genomic sequencing and comparative genomics studies. Journal of Infection, 80 (3), 301-309. WoS Citations: 6, ISSN(print/online): 0163-4453/1532-2742, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2019.11.025
13)    Byukusenge, M., Nissly, R.H., Kasibhatla, S.M., Li, L., Russell, R., Springer, H., Barry, R., Van Saun, R., Wolfgang, D., Hovingh, E., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Kuchipudi, S.V. (2018). Complete Genome Sequences of Four Bovine Coronavirus Isolates from Pennsylvania. Genome Announcements, 6 (22), e00467-18. ISSN(print/online): 2169-8287, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00467-18
14)    Waman, V.P., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2017). Genetic diversity and evolution of dengue virus serotype 3: A comparative genomics study. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 49, 234-240. Google Scholar Citations: 7, WoS Citations: 14, ISSN(print/online): 1567-1348/1567-7257, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.01.022
15)    Parulekar, N.N., Kolekar, P., Jenkins, A., Kleiven, S., Utkilen, H., Johansen, A., Sawant, S., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Kale, M., Sæbø, M. (2017). Characterization of bacterial community associated with phytoplankton bloom in a eutrophic lake in South Norway using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequence analysis. PloS One, 12 (3), e0173408. Google Scholar Citations: 17, WoS Citations: 48, ISSN(print/online): 1932-6203, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173408
16)    Kadam, K., Karbhal, R., Jayaraman, V.K., Sawant, S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2017). AllerBase: a comprehensive allergen knowledgebase. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation, 2017, 1-12. WoS Citations: 12, ISSN(print/online): 1758-0463, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/database/bax066
17)    Kolekar, P.S., Waman, V.P., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2016). RV-Typer: A Web Server for Typing of Rhinoviruses Using Alignment-Free Approach. PloS One, 11 (2), e0149350. Google Scholar Citations: 2, WoS Citations: 3, ISSN(print/online): 1932-6203, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149350
18)    Mane, A., Vidhate, P., Kusro, C., Waman, V., Saxena, V., Kulkarni‐Kale, U., Risbud, A. (2016). Molecular mechanisms associated with Fluconazole resistance in clinical Candida albicans isolates from India. Mycoses, 59 (2), 93-100. Google Scholar Citations: 25, WoS Citations: 23, ISSN(print/online): 1439-0507, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/myc.12439
19)    Kolekar, P., Pataskar, A., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Pal, J., Kulkarni, A. (2016). IRESPred: Web Server for Prediction of Cellular and Viral Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES). Scientific Reports, 6, 27436. Google Scholar Citations: 14, WoS Citations: 30, ISSN(print/online): 2045-2322, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27436
20)    Sandhu, V., Lothe, I.B., Labori, K.J., Skrede, M.L., Hamfjord, J., Dalsgaard, A.M., Buanes, T., Dube, G., Kale, M.M., Sawant, S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2016). Differential expression of miRNAs in pancreatobiliary type of periampullary adenocarcinoma and its associated stroma. Molecular Oncology, 10 (2), 303-316. Google Scholar Citations: 7, WoS Citations: 12, ISSN(print/online): 1574-7891/1878-0261, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2015.10.011
21)    Waman, V.P., Kasibhatla, S.M., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2016). Population genomics of dengue virus serotype 4: insights into genetic structure and evolution. Archives of Virology, 161 (8), 2133-2148. Google Scholar Citations: 9, WoS Citations: 9, ISSN(print/online): 0304-8608/1432-8798, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-016-2886-8
22)    Waman, V.P., Kolekar, P., Ramtirthkar, M.R., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2016). Analysis of genotype diversity and evolution of Dengue virus serotype 2 using complete genomes. PeerJ, 4, e2326. Google Scholar Citations: 45, WoS Citations: 36, ISSN(print/online): 2167-8359, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2326
23)    Karbhal, R., Sawant, S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2016). Erratum to: BioDB extractor: customized data extraction system for commonly used bioinformatics databases. BioData Mining, 9 (1), ISSN(print/online): 1756-0381, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13040-016-0081-9
24)    Karbhal, R., Sawant, S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2015). BioDB extractor: customized data extraction system for commonly used bioinformatics databases. BioData Mining, 8 (1), 1. Google Scholar Citations: 2, WoS Citations: 3, ISSN(print/online): 1756-0381, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13040-015-0067-z
25)    Kolekar, P., Hake, N., Kale, M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2014). WNV Typer: A server for genotyping of West Nile viruses using an alignment-free method based on a return time distribution. Journal of Virological Methods, 198, 41-55. Google Scholar Citations: 3, WoS Citations: 3, ISSN(print/online): 0166-0934/1879-0984, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.12.012
26)    Waman, V.P., Kolekar, P.S., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2014). Population Structure and Evolution of Rhinoviruses. PloS One, 9 (2), e88981. Google Scholar Citations: 26, WoS Citations: 24, ISSN(print/online): 1932-6203, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088981
27)    Ponnusamy, S., Zinjarde, S., Bhargava, S., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Sawant, S., Ravikumar, A. (2013). Deciphering the inactivation of human pancreatic α-amylase, an antidiabetic target, by bisdemethoxycurcumin, a small molecule inhibitor, isolated from Curcuma longa. Natural Products Journal, 3 (1), 15-25. Google Scholar Citations: 5, ISSN(print/online): 2210-3155 /2210-3163 , URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210315511303010005
28)    Balakrishnan, L., Soman, S., Patil, Y.B., Advani, J., Thomas, J.K., Desai, D.V., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Harsha, H.C., Prasad, T.K., Raju, R., Pandey, A. (2013). IL-11/IL11RA receptor mediated signaling: a web accessible knowledgebase. Cell Communication and Adhesion, 20 (3-4), 81-86. Google Scholar Citations: 5, WoS Citations: 6, ISSN(print/online): 1541-9061/1543-5180, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15419061.2013.791683
29)    Yadav, A., Jayaraman, V.K., Kale, M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2013). Phylogenetic Clustering of Protein Sequences Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis. Advanced Science Letters, 19 (5), 1336-1339. ISSN(print/online): 1936-6612/1936-7317, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asl.2013.4499
30)    Radhakrishnan, A., Raju, R., Tuladhar, N., Subbannayya, T., Thomas, J.K., Goel, R., Telikicherla, D., Palapetta, S.M., Rahiman, B.A., Venkatesh, D.D., Urmila, K.-K., Harsha, H.C., Mathur, P.P., Prasad, T.S.K., Pandey, A., Shemanko, C., Chatterjee, A. (2012). A pathway map of prolactin signaling. Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling, 6 (3), 169-173. Google Scholar Citations: 22, WoS Citations: 40, ISSN(print/online): 1873-9601/1873-961X, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12079-012-0168-0
31)    Kolekar, P., Kale, M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2012). Alignment-free distance measure based on return time distribution for sequence analysis: Applications to clustering, molecular phylogeny and subtyping. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65 (2), 510-522. Google Scholar Citations: 36, WoS Citations: 36, ISSN(print/online): 1055-7903/1095-9513, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.003
32)    Kulkarni-Kale, U., Waman, V., Raskar, S., Mehta, S., Saxena, S. (2012). Genome to Vaccinome: Role of Bioinformatics, Immunoinformatics & Comparative Genomics. Current Bioinformatics, 7 (4), 454-466. Google Scholar Citations: 2, WoS Citations: 1, ISSN(print/online): 1574-8936/2212-392X, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157489312803900910
33)    Kolekar, P.S., Kale, M.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (2011). Genotyping of Mumps Viruses Based on the SH gene: Development of a Server using Alignment-free and alignment based methods. Immunome Research, 7 (3), 1-7. Google Scholar Citations: 11, ISSN(print/online): 1745-7580, URL/DOI: http://omicsonline.com/open-access/1745-7580/1745-7580-7-051.pdf
  

Publications Before 2011


34)    Kulkarni-Kale, U., Sawant, S., Chavan, V. (2010). Bioinformatics education in India. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 11 (6), 616-625. Google Scholar Citations: 13, WoS Citations: 12, ISSN(print/online): 1467-5463/1477-4054, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbq027
35)    Ghate, A.D., Bhagwat, B.U., Bhosle, S.G., Gadepalli, S.M., Kulkarni-Kale, U.D. (2007). Characterization of antibody-binding sites on proteins: development of a knowledgebase and its applications in improving epitope prediction. Protein and Peptide Letters, 14 (6), 531-535. Google Scholar Citations: 16, WoS Citations: 12, ISSN(print/online): 0929-8665 /1875-5305 , URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986607780989921
36)    Kulkarni-Kale, U., Ojha, J., Manjari, G.S., Deobagkar, D.D., Mallya, A.D., Dhere, R.M., Kapre, S.V. (2007). Mapping antigenic diversity and strain specificity of mumps virus: a bioinformatics approach. Virology, 359 (2), 436-446. Google Scholar Citations: 35, WoS Citations: 28, ISSN(print/online): 0042-6822/1096-0341, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2006.09.040
37)    Kulkarni-Kale, U., Bhosle, S.G., Manjari, G.S., Joshi, M., Bansode, S., Kolaskar, A.S. (2006). Curation of viral genomes: challenges, applications and the way forward. BMC Bioinformatics, 7 (5), 1-21. Google Scholar Citations: 9, WoS Citations: 7, ISSN(print/online): 1471-2105, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-7-S5-S12
38)    Kulkarni-Kale, U., Bhosle, S., Kolaskar, A.S. (2005). CEP: a conformational epitope prediction server. Nucleic Acids Research, 33 (2), 168-171. Google Scholar Citations: 265, WoS Citations: 179, ISSN(print/online): 0305-1048/1362-4962, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gki460
39)    Kulkarni‐Kale, U., Bhosle, S., Manjari, G.S., Kolaskar, A.S. (2004). VirGen: a comprehensive viral genome resource. Nucleic Acids Research, 32 (1), D289-D292. Google Scholar Citations: 27, WoS Citations: 16, ISSN(print/online): 0305-1048/1362-4962, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh098
40)    Kolaskar, A.S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (1999). Prediction of Three-Dimensional Structure and Mapping of Conformational Epitopes of Envelope Glycoprotein of Japanese Encephalitis Virus. Virology, 261 (1), 31-42. Google Scholar Citations: 185, WoS Citations: 86, ISSN(print/online): 0042-6822/1096-0341, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/viro.1999.9859
41)    Davis, J.A., Peen, E., Williams, R.C., Perkins, S., Malone, C.C., McCormack, W.T., Csernok, E., Gross, W.L., Kolaskar, A.S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (1998). Determination of Primary Amino Acid Sequence and Unique Three-Dimensional Structure of WGH1, a Monoclonal Human IgM Antibody with Anti-PR3 Specificity. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology, 89 (1), 35-43. Google Scholar Citations: 11, WoS Citations: 6, ISSN(print/online): 0090-1229, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/clin.1998.4582
42)    Williams, R.C., Malone, C.C., Kolaskar, A.S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (1997). Antigenic determinants reacting with rheumatoid factor: Epitopes with different primary sequences share similar conformation. Molecular Immunology, 34 (7), 543-556. Google Scholar Citations: 7, WoS Citations: 8, ISSN(print/online): 0161-5890/1872-9142, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00024-2
43)    Date, S., Kulkarni, R., Kulkarni, B., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Kolaskar, A.S. (1993). Multiple alignment of sequences on parallel computers. Computer Applications in the Biosciences, 9 (4), 397-402. Google Scholar Citations: 18, WoS Citations: 8, ISSN(print/online): 0266-7061, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/9.4.397
44)    Kulkarni, R., Date, S., Kulkarni, B., Kulkarni, U., Kolaskar, A.S. (1993). Pras: parallel alignment of sequences algorithm. Parallel Processing Letters, 3 (3), 243-252. Google Scholar Citations: 2, ISSN(print/online): 0129-6264/1793-642X, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129626493000289
45)    Kolaskar, A.S., Kulkarni-Kale, U. (1992). Sequence alignment approach to pick up conformationally similar protein fragments. Journal of Molecular Biology, 223 (4), 1053-1061. Google Scholar Citations: 41, WoS Citations: 30, ISSN(print/online): 0022-2836, URL/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-2836(92)90261-H