Nara Gavini
		Professor and Former Chair
		Education Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Melbourne Postdoctoral Research University of California - Irvine
				Contact Information
		Statement of Research Interests		Harned Hall 662.325.3120 662.325.7939 Fax gavini@biology.msstate.edu Lab Web Page
		see lab webpage
		Selected Publications
		Gavini, N. Tungtur , S. and Pulakat, L. (2006) Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase-Independent Functional NifH Mutant of Azotobacter vinelandii J. Bacteriol. 188:6020-6025.
		Dong, H., Patil, P., Pulakat, L. and Gavini, N. (2006) The Carboxyl Terminus of NifK Protein is Involved in Formation of a Stable Nitrogenase Complex Under Acidic Growth Conditions in Azotobacter vinelandii. Res. J. Microbiol. 4:319-329.
		Raja, K., Pulakat, L. and Gavini, N. (2006) Genetic Complementation Studies of Human Pin1 in Azotobacter vinelandii Revealed that it Requires Amino Terminus of the NifM to Deliver PPIase Effect to the Fe-protein of Nitrogenase.  American J. Biochem. Biotech. 2:25-32.
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762