Education
PhD, University of Maryland, 2016
Lab information
PI: Alan Engelman
Research focus
HIV integration and latency
Publications
1. Achuthan V, Keith BJ, Connolly BA, DeStefano JJ., 2014, Human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase displays dramatically higher fidelity under physiological magnesium conditions in vitro, J.Virol;88(15):8514-27, PMCID: PMC4135932.
2. Achuthan V, DeStefano JJ., 2015, Alternative divalent cations (Zn2+, Co2+, and Mn2+) are not mutagenic at conditions optimal for reverse transcriptase activity, BMC Biochemistry; May 3;16(1):12, PMCID: PMC4472245.
3. Achuthan V, DeStefano JJ., 2015, Primer extension reactions for the PCR-based lacZα complementation fidelity assay, Bio-protocol, 5(12): e1509, PMCID: PMC4972330.
4. Achuthan V, DeStefano JJ., 2015, Mismatched primer extension assays, Bio-protocol, 5(12): e1508, PMCID: PMC4829118.
5. Achuthan V, Singh K, DeStefano JJ., 2017, Physiological Mg2+ Conditions Significantly Alter the Inhibition of HIV-1 and HIV-2 Reverse Transcriptases by Nucleoside and Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors in Vitro, Biochemistry; 2017 Jan 10;56(1):33-46, PMCID: PMC5453313.