Rajendra Agrawal

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center

Assistant Professor

Department of Biomedical Sciences

School of Public Health, SUNY Albany


Research Interests

Dynamics of cytoplasmic and organellar ribosomes and their ligands by molecular labeling and cryo-electron microscopy. More information on Wadsworth Center page


Selected Publications

Progression of the Ribosome Recycling Factor Through the Ribosome Dissociates the Two Ribosomal Subunits (2007) C. Barat, P. P. Datta, V. S. Raj, M. R. Sharma, H. Kaji, A. Kaji, and R. K. Agrawal, Mol. Cell, 27, 250-261 (more ...)

Interaction of the G' domain of elongation factor G and the C-terminal domain of ribosomal protein L7/L12 during translocation as revealed by cryo-EM (2005), P. P. Datta, M. R. Sharma, L. Qi, J. Frank, and R. K. Agrawal, Mol. Cell., 20, 723-731 (more ...)

Structure of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes reveals an expanded role for its component proteins (2003), M. R. Sharma, E. C. Koc, P. P. Datta, T. M. Booth, L. L. Spremulli, and R. K. Agrawal, Cell, 115, 97-108. (commentaries in "The Scientist" and "Creation-Evolution Headlines") (more ...)

A ratchet-like inter-subunit reorganization of the ribosome during translocation (2000), J. Frank and R. K. Agrawal, Nature, 406, 318-322 (more ...)

Direct visualization of A, P and E site tRNAs in the E. coli ribosome (1996), R. K. Agrawal, P. Penczek, R. Grassucci, Y. Li, A. Leith, K. H. Nierhaus, and J. Frank, Science, 271, 1000-1002 (more ...)


Lab Members with RNA-related projects

Dr. Manjuli R. Sharma (research scientist II)

Dr. Partha P. Datta (research affiliate)

Mr. Timothy M. Booth (senior lab technician)