S. Balaji

Publication List Details

Period

1900 - 2009

Number

89

Co-Authors

Reconstructing the ubiquitin network - cross-talk with other systems and identification of novel functions (2009)

Venancio, Thiago M, Balaji, S, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M, Aravind, L

Abstract Background The ubiquitin system (Ub-system) can be defined as the ensemble of components including Ub/ubiquitin-like proteins, their conjugation and deconjugation apparatus, binding partners...

Deterministic Best E ort and Planning Based Protocols for Real-time Communication in Multiple Access Networks (2008)

Samphel Norden, S. Balaji, G. Manimaran, C. Siva, Ram Murthy

Abstract. In a distributed real-time system, tasks scheduled on di erent nodes, communicate bymessage passing mechanisms. In such a system, where messages are characterized by service times and...

Toward Distributed GQM ……………………………………………………………………… (2008)

S. Elbaum, A. Santone, G. Vaglini, C. Simón, A. B. Ferro, M. B. Alvarez, ...

Software ………………………………………………………………………………………... 3

2 (2007)

M. Vidyasagar, S. Balaji, B. Hammer, Tata Consultancy Services

Open Problem No. 12.2 of [8] asks: \Are the properties of uniform convergence of empirical means, and learnability preserved when the family of probability measures is replaced by its...

Deterministic Best Effort and Planning Based Protocols for Real-time Communication in Multiple Access Networks (2007)

Samphel Norden, S. Balaji, G. Manimaran, C. Siva, Ram Murthy

Abstract. In a distributed real-time system, tasks scheduled on different nodes, communicate by message passing mechanisms. In such a system, where messages are characterized by service times and...

Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing (2007)

S. Balaji, G. Manimaran, C. Siva, Ram Murthy

Abstract. This paper proposes a middleware based solution for supporting unit-oriented communication in real-time networks. A unit is characterized by a set of packets with an associated deadline....

Ultra thin films of nanocrystalline Ge studied by AFM and interference enhanced Raman scattering (2007)

Balaji, S., Mohan, S., Muthu, D. V. S., Sood, A. K.

Initial growth stages of the ultra thin films of germanium (Ge) prepared by ion beam sputter deposition have been studied using atomic force microscope (AFM) and interference enhanced Raman...

The RAGNYA fold: a novel fold with multiple topological variants found in functionally diverse nucleic acid, nucleotide and peptide-binding proteins (2007)

Balaji, S., Aravind, L.

Using sensitive structure similarity searches, we identify a shared α+β fold, RAGNYA, principally involved in nucleic acid, nucleotide or peptide interactions in a diverse group of proteins. These...

Small but versatile: the extraordinary functional and structural diversity of the β-grasp fold (2007)

Burroughs, A Maxwell, Balaji, S, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M, Aravind, L

Abstract Background The β-grasp fold (β-GF), prototyped by ubiquitin (UB), has been recruited for a strikingly diverse range of biochemical functions. These functions include providing a scaffold...

A novel superfamily containing the β-grasp fold involved in binding diverse soluble ligands (2007)

Burroughs, A Maxwell, Balaji, S, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M, Aravind, L

Abstract Background Domains containing the β-grasp fold are utilized in a great diversity of physiological functions but their role, if any, in soluble or small molecule ligand recognition is poorly...

Comparison of sequence-based and structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous proteins: Inferences on protein evolution (2007)

Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N

Several studies based on the known three-dimensional (3-D) structures of proteins show that two homologous proteins with insignifi cant sequence similarity could adopt a common fold and may perform...

Comparison of sequence-based and structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous proteins: Inferences on protein evolution (2007)

Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N

Several studies based on the known three-dimensional (3-D) structures of proteins show that two homologous proteins with insignifi cant sequence similarity could adopt a common fold and may perform...

Biology Direct BioMed Central (2007)

A Maxwell Burroughs, S Balaji, Lakshminarayan M Iyer, L Aravind, Lakshminarayan M Iyer, L Aravind

A novel superfamily containing the β-grasp fold involved in binding diverse soluble ligands

The signaling helix: a common functional theme in diverse signaling proteins (2006)

Anantharaman, Vivek, Balaji, S, Aravind, L

Abstract Background The mechanism by which the signals are transmitted between receptor and effector domains in multi-domain signaling proteins is poorly understood. Results Using sensitive sequence...

Probing isolated bundles of single walled carbon nanotubes using bilayer interference enhanced Raman scattering (2006)

Balaji, S., Kamaraju, N., Muthu, D. V. S, Mohan, S., Sood, A. K.

We show that the Raman signal from an isolated or a small bundle of single walled carbon nanotubes is significantly enhanced by using the bilayer interference enhancement technique. The square of the...

Discovery of the principal specific transcription factors of Apicomplexa and their implication for the evolution of the AP2-integrase DNA binding domains (2005)

Balaji, S., Babu, M. Madan, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., Aravind, L.

The comparative genomics of apicomplexans, such as the malarial parasite Plasmodium, the cattle parasite Theileria and the emerging human parasite Cryptosporidium, have suggested an unexpected...

Monte Carlo simulation of transport process of the sputtered species in the facing target sputtering technique (2004)

Abhilash, V, Balu, R, Balaji, S, Nathan, Senthil S, Mohan, S

In facing target sputtering (FTS) technique two targets facing each other are sputtered simultaneously and the particles are collected in the o. axis position. When these two targets constitute two...

Structural and Functional Characterization of Gene Products Encoded in the Human Genome by Homology Detection (2004)

Pandit, SB, Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N

Availability of the human genome data has enabled the exploration of a huge amount of biological information encoded in it. There are extensive ongoing experimental reports to understand the...

SUPFAM: A database of sequence superfamilies of protein domains (2004)

Pandit, Shashi B, Bhadra, Rana, Gowri, VS, Balaji, S, Anand, B, Srinivasan, N

Background: SUPFAM database is a compilation of superfamily relationships between protein domain families of either known or unknown 3-D structure. In SUPFAM, sequence families from Pfam and...

Influence of secondary ion bombardment on the composition, structure and surface properties of platinum thin films (2004)

Balaji, S, Satyam, PV, Lakshminarayanan, V, Mohan, S

Platinum (Pt) thin films were deposited by dual ion beam sputtering (DIBS) techniques on oxidized silicon substrates maintained at ambient temperature. Argon ions with energy of 1 keV and beam...

SUPFAM: A database of sequence superfamilies of protein domains (2004)

Pandit, Shashi B, Bhadra, Rana, Gowri, VS, Balaji, S, Anand, B, Srinivasan, N

Abstract Background SUPFAM database is a compilation of superfamily relationships between protein domain families of either known or unknown 3-D structure. In SUPFAM, sequence families from Pfam and...

Structural and Functional Characterization of Gene Products Encoded in the Human Genome by Homology Detection (2004)

Pandit, SB, Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N

Availability of the human genome data has enabled the exploration of a huge amount of biological information encoded in it. There are extensive ongoing experimental reports to understand the...

Monte Carlo simulation of transport process of the sputtered species in the facing target sputtering technique (2004)

Abhilash, V, Balu, R, Balaji, S, Nathan, Senthil S, Mohan, S

In facing target sputtering (FTS) technique two targets facing each other are sputtered simultaneously and the particles are collected in the o. axis position. When these two targets constitute two...

SUPFAM: A database of sequence superfamilies of protein domains (2004)

Pandit, Shashi B, Bhadra, Rana, Gowri, VS, Balaji, S, Anand, B, Srinivasan, N

Background: SUPFAM database is a compilation of superfamily relationships between protein domain families of either known or unknown 3-D structure. In SUPFAM, sequence families from Pfam and...

Influence of secondary ion bombardment on the composition, structure and surface properties of platinum thin films (2004)

Balaji, S, Satyam, PV, Lakshminarayanan, V, Mohan, S

Platinum (Pt) thin films were deposited by dual ion beam sputtering (DIBS) techniques on oxidized silicon substrates maintained at ambient temperature. Argon ions with energy of 1 keV and beam...

BMC Bioinformatics BioMed Central Database SUPFAM: A database of sequence superfamilies of protein domains (2004)

Shashi B P, Rana Bhadra, Vs Gowri, S Balaji, B An, N Srinivasan

© 2004 Pandit et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice...

Ultra thin films of nanocrystalline Ge studied by AFM and interference enhanced Raman scattering (2003)

Balaji, S, Mohan, S, Muthu, DVS, Sood, AK

Initial growth stages of the ultra thin films of germanium (Ge) prepared by ion beam sputter deposition have been studied using atomic force microscope (AFM) and interference enhanced Raman...

Modeling and mutational analysis of the GAF domain of the cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase, PDE5 (2003)

Sopory, Shailaja, Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N, Visweswariah, Sandhya S

The GAFa domain of the cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE5A) was modeled on the crystal structure of PDE2A GAF domain and residues involved in cGMP binding identified. Tandem GAFa and...

Integration of related sequences with protein three-dimensional structural families in an updated version of PALI database (2003)

Gowri, V S, Pandit, Shashi B, Karthik, P S, Srinivasan, N, Balaji, S

The database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (PALI) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees...

Tolerance to the Substitution of Buried Apolar Residues by Charged Residues in the Homologous Protein Structures (2003)

Balaji, S, Aruna, S, Srinivasan, N

Occurrence and accommodation of charged amino acid residues in proteins that are structurally equivalent to buried non-polar residues in homologues have been investigated. Using a dataset of 1,852...

Ultra thin films of nanocrystalline Ge studied by AFM and interference enhanced Raman scattering (2003)

Balaji, S, Mohan, S, Muthu, DVS, Sood, AK

Initial growth stages of the ultra thin films of germanium (Ge) prepared by ion beam sputter deposition have been studied using atomic force microscope (AFM) and interference enhanced Raman...

Modeling and mutational analysis of the GAF domain of the cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase, PDE5 (2003)

Sopory, Shailaja, Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N, Visweswariah, Sandhya S

The GAFa domain of the cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE5A) was modeled on the crystal structure of PDE2A GAF domain and residues involved in cGMP binding identified. Tandem GAFa and...

Integration of related sequences with protein three-dimensional structural families in an updated version of PALI database (2003)

Gowri, V S, Pandit, Shashi B, Karthik, P S, Srinivasan, N, Balaji, S

The database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (PALI) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees...

Tolerance to the Substitution of Buried Apolar Residues by Charged Residues in the Homologous Protein Structures (2003)

Balaji, S, Aruna, S, Srinivasan, N

Occurrence and accommodation of charged amino acid residues in proteins that are structurally equivalent to buried non-polar residues in homologues have been investigated. Using a dataset of 1,852...

Integration of related sequences with protein three-dimensional structural families in an updated version of PALI database (2003)

Gowri, V. S., Pandit, Shashi B., Karthik, P. S., Srinivasan, N., Balaji, S.

The database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (PALI) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees...

Studies on $Ge/CeO{_2}$ thin film system using positron beam and Raman spectroscopy (2002)

Rao, G Venugopal, Amarendra, G, Viswanathan, B, Kanakaraju, S, Balaji, S, Mohan, S, ...

Positron beam and Raman spectroscopic studies are reported on a Ge/CeO2 thin film system grown on a Si substrate. The variation of the Doppler line shape S-parameter, as a function of positron beam...

Use of a database of structural alignments and phylogenetic trees in investigating the relationship between sequence and structural variability among homologous proteins (2001)

Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N

The database PALI (Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures) consists of families of protein domains of known three-dimensional (3D) structure. In a PALI family, every member has been...

PALI—a database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (2001)

Balaji, S, Sujatha, S, Chetan Kumar, Sai S, Srinivasan, N

PALI (release 1.2) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous protein domains in various families. The data...

Use of a database of structural alignments and phylogenetic trees in investigating the relationship between sequence and structural variability among homologous proteins (2001)

Balaji, S, Srinivasan, N

The database PALI (Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures) consists of families of protein domains of known three-dimensional (3D) structure. In a PALI family, every member has been...

PALI—a database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (2001)

Balaji, S, Sujatha, S, Chetan Kumar, Sai S, Srinivasan, N

PALI (release 1.2) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous protein domains in various families. The data...

PALI: a database of alignments and phylogeny of homologous protein structures (2001)

Sujatha, S., Balaji, S., Srinivasan, N.

Summary: PALI is a database of structure-based sequence alignments and phylogenetic relationships derived on the basis of three-dimensional structures of homologous proteins. This database enables...

PALI--a database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (2001)

Balaji, S., Sujatha, S., Kumar, S. Sai Chetan, Srinivasan, N.

PALI (release 1.2) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous protein domains in various families. The data...

Use of a database of structural alignments and phylogenetic trees in investigating the relationship between sequence and structural variability among homologous proteins (2001)

Balaji, S., Srinivasan, N.

The database PALI (Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures) consists of families of protein domains of known three-dimensional (3D) structure. In a PALI family, every member has been...

Multiplicative ergodicity and large deviations for an irreducible Markov chain (2000)

Balaji, S, Meyn, SP

The paper examines multiplicative ergodic theorems and the related multiplicative Poisson equation for an irreducible Markov chain on a countable state space. The partial products are considered for...

Passage time moments for multidimensional diffusions (2000)

Balaji, S., Ramasubramanian, S.

Let τr denote the hitting time of B(0:r) for a multidimensional diffusion process. We give verifiable criteria for finiteness/infiniteness of Ex(τrp). As an application we exhibit classes of...

Molecular dynamics study of vacancy diffusion in a forced Lennard-Jones system (2000)

Balaji, S, Abinandanan, TA, Ayappa, KG, Chandrasekhar, N

Using constant-temperature molecular dynamics simulations, we have investigated the effect of an alternating uniaxial external stress on vacancy migration in a fcc argon crystal in which the atoms...

Molecular dynamics study of vacancy diffusion in a forced Lennard-Jones system (2000)

Balaji, S, Abinandanan, TA, Ayappa, KG, Chandrasekhar, N

Using constant-temperature molecular dynamics simulations, we have investigated the effect of an alternating uniaxial external stress on vacancy migration in a fcc argon crystal in which the atoms...

Multiplicative Ergodicity and Large Deviations for an Irreducible Markov Chain (2000)

S. Balaji, S.P. Meyn

The paper examines multiplicative ergodic theorems and the related multiplicative Poisson equation for an irreducible Markov chain on a countable state space. The partial products are considered for...

Impedance-fatigue correlated studies on SrBi2Ta2O9 (1999)

James, AR, Balaji, S, Krupanidhi, SB

Ceramic samples of SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) were prepared by the solid state reaction method with a view to study their electrical properties. Reasons as to why SBT shows better fatigue endurance than...

Multiplicative Ergodicity for an Irreducible Markov Chain (1999)

S. Balaji, S.P. Meyn

The paper examines multiplicative ergodic theorems and the related multiplicative Poisson equation for an irreducible Markov chain on a countable state space. The partial products are considered for...

A detailed description of transitional and turbulent flow in a three-dimensional cavity (1994)

Deshpande, MD, Milton, George S, Balaji, S

Flow in a cubical parallelepiped generated by the motion of one of its walls has been carried out at different Reynolds numbers Re to include laminar, transitional and turbulent flows. Results at two...

Laminar Flow Fields Three-Dimensional Cavity (1994)

Deshpande, MD, Balaji, S, Milton, S.George

Flow in a cubical parallelepiped generated by the motion of one of its walls has been carried out for three values of Reynolds number 100, 400 and 1000.There has been very good agreement between our...

Some Further Results of Three Stage ML Classification Applied to Remotely Sensed Images (1993)

N.B. Venkateswarlu, S. Balaji, R.D. Boyle

Recently, a three stage Maximum Likelihood (TSML) classifier (1) has been proposed to reduce the computational requirements of the ML classification rule. Some modifications are proposed here further...

Byzantine-resilient distributed computing systems (1987)

Patnaik, LM, Balaji, S

This paper is aimed at reviewing the notion of Byzantine-resilient distributed computing systems, the relevant protocols and their possible applications as reported in the literature. The three...

PALI—a database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures

Balaji, S., Sujatha, S., Kumar, S. Sai Chetan, Srinivasan, N.

PALI (release 1.2) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous protein domains in various families. The data...

Integration of related sequences with protein three-dimensional structural families in an updated version of PALI database

Gowri, V. S., Pandit, Shashi B., Karthik, P. S., Srinivasan, N., Balaji, S.

The database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (PALI) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees...

Discovery of the principal specific transcription factors of Apicomplexa and their implication for the evolution of the AP2-integrase DNA binding domains

Balaji, S., Babu, M. Madan, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., Aravind, L.

The comparative genomics of apicomplexans, such as the malarial parasite Plasmodium, the cattle parasite Theileria and the emerging human parasite Cryptosporidium, have suggested an unexpected...

PALI—a database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures

Balaji, S., Sujatha, S., Kumar, S. Sai Chetan, Srinivasan, N.

PALI (release 1.2) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous protein domains in various families. The data...

Integration of related sequences with protein three-dimensional structural families in an updated version of PALI database

Gowri, V. S., Pandit, Shashi B., Karthik, P. S., Srinivasan, N., Balaji, S.

The database of Phylogeny and ALIgnment of homologous protein structures (PALI) contains three-dimensional (3-D) structure-dependent sequence alignments as well as structure-based phylogenetic trees...

Discovery of the principal specific transcription factors of Apicomplexa and their implication for the evolution of the AP2-integrase DNA binding domains

Balaji, S., Babu, M. Madan, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., Aravind, L.

The comparative genomics of apicomplexans, such as the malarial parasite Plasmodium, the cattle parasite Theileria and the emerging human parasite Cryptosporidium, have suggested an unexpected...

The natural history of the WRKY–GCM1 zinc fingers and the relationship between transcription factors and transposons

Babu, M. Madan, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M., Balaji, S., Aravind, L.

WRKY and GCM1 are metal chelating DNA-binding domains (DBD) which share a four stranded fold. Using sensitive sequence searches, we show that this WRKY–GCM1 fold is also shared by the FLYWCH...

Familial neonatal atrial tachycardia.

Balaji, S., Sullivan, I. D., Shinebourne, E. A.

A father and his two sons each presented with atrial tachycardia in the newborn period. The father went on to develop dilated cardiomyopathy. The first son (who also had transposition of the great...

Effect of heart rate on QT interval in children and adolescents.

Balaji, S., Lau, Y. R., Gillette, P. C.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of sympathetic stimulation and increase in heart rate on the QT and QTc intervals. DESIGN: Prospective non-randomised study of eight consecutive patients. SETTING:...

Ultrasound in the diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis after operation for congenital heart disease.

Balaji, S, Kunovsky, P, Sullivan, I

Phrenic nerve palsy is a recognised complication of operation for congenital heart disease in children. The accuracy of ultrasound in assessing diaphragmatic motion was prospectively compared with...

Fatal aortic rupture during balloon dilatation of recoarctation.

Balaji, S, Oommen, R, Rees, P G

In an eight year old boy with a patch aortoplasty, the aorta ruptured during balloon angioplasty for recoarctation. At necropsy a 1.5 cm long, full thickness tear and a separate, smaller, intimal...

Moderate hypothermia in the management of resistant automatic tachycardias in children.

Balaji, S, Sullivan, I, Deanfield, J, James, I

BACKGROUND--Automatic focus tachycardias are often resistant to electrical and pharmacological treatment. Moderate systemic hypothermia (32-34 degrees C) may reduce the tachycardia rate in children...

Immunosuppressive treatment for myocarditis and borderline myocarditis in children with ventricular ectopic rhythm.

Balaji, S, Wiles, H B, Sens, M A, Gillette, P C

OBJECTIVES--To ascertain the responsiveness to immunosuppressive treatment of myocarditis and borderline myocarditis in children with ventricular ectopic rhythm (that is, all ventricular arrhythmia...

Aortic valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis in neonates and infants aged less than one year.

Balaji, S, Keeton, B R, Sutherland, G R, Shore, D F, Monro, J L

Between April 1974 and December 1987, 20 infants (six under one month of age) (mean weight 4.9 kg) underwent surgical valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis. Three of the four patients treated before...

Potential value of intraoperative Doppler colour flow mapping in operations for complex intracardiac shunting.

Sutherland, G R, Balaji, S, Monro, J L

An eight year old boy presented with multiple residual intracardiac shunts and considerable persisting haemolytic anaemia five years after the repair of a single perimembranous ventricular septal...

The RAGNYA fold: a novel fold with multiple topological variants found in functionally diverse nucleic acid, nucleotide and peptide-binding proteins

Balaji, S., Aravind, L.

Using sensitive structure similarity searches, we identify a shared α+β fold, RAGNYA, principally involved in nucleic acid, nucleotide or peptide interactions in a diverse group of proteins. These...

Investigation of vascular compression of the trachea: the complementary roles of barium swallow and echocardiography.

Burch, M, Balaji, S, Deanfield, J E, Sullivan, I D

To determine the preferred investigation of congenital vascular compression of the trachea, preoperative investigation in 40 patients undergoing surgery 1981-91 was analysed. The importance of...

Reconstructing the ubiquitin network - cross-talk with other systems and identification of novel functions

Venancio, Thiago M, Balaji, S, Iyer, Lakshminarayan M, Aravind, L

A computational model of the yeast Ubiquitin system highlights interesting biological features including functional interactions between components and interplay with other regulatory mechanisms.

Genomic analysis reveals a tight link between transcription factor dynamics and regulatory network architecture

Jothi, Raja, Balaji, S, Wuster, Arthur, Grochow, Joshua A, Gsponer, Jörg, Przytycka, Teresa M, ...

Although several studies have provided important insights into the general principles of biological networks, the link between network organization and the genome-scale dynamics of the underlying...