| Journal Papers |
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Muhammad Ijaz Gulzar Ahmad, Farida Anjum, Usman Zeb, Noor Muhammad, Irfan Khan, Sidra Usman, Abrar Hussain, Shumaila Ubaid, Abdul Haseeb Rahim, Umbarin Latif, Humaira Gul, Rahim Shah, Hafsa Shah, Faryal Azam, Zia Ur Rahman, Muhammad Ayaz, Ahmad Usman Zafar, Faraz Ahmad Khan, Hafiza Wajeeha Zahid, Sulaiman Faisal (2023). Morphological identification and resistance profile of antibiotic and heavy metals resistant bacteria in hospital sewage of Peshawar. Advances in Life Sciences, vol. 10, issue 3; pp. 452-456. (I.F. 1.6) |
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Zia Ur Rahman, Nadeem Ahmed, Numan Fazal, Muhammad Islam Khan, Mohsin Ahmed Khan, Saad Tahir, Muhammad Akram, Sajjad Ullah, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2023). Enhancing the Expression and Purification of IL-29: A study of autoinduction and one-step Purification Methods. Journal of Life Sciences, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 122-128; ISSN 2310-5380. (IF. 6.78) |
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Rabbia Pervaiz, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Faiz Ahmed Raza, Sohail Ahmad, Ahmad Usman Zafar, Nadeem Ahmed, Maham Akram (2022). Expression of a mosquito larvicidal gene in chloroplast and nuclear compartments of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Biotechnology, 360, pp. 182-191. (IF 3.595) |
| [4] |
Fakiha Bajwa, Nadeem Ahmed, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Farhana Azam, Muhammad Akram, Saad Tahir, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2019-20). Evaluating the ion exchange chromatography for matrix-assisted PEGylation and purification of consensus interferon. Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 67(2), pp. 296-205; DOI: 10.1002/bab.1832. |
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Rabbia Pervaiz, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Nadeem Ahmed, Hafsa Naeem, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2018). Determination of mosquito Larvicidal potential of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11Ba fusion protein through molecular docking. Biologia, 73: 1015-1023. DOI: org/10.2478/s11756-018-0103-9 (Aug. 2018) (IF 0.696). |
| [6] |
Faidad Khan, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Nadeem Ahmed, Islam Khan, Hamid Bashir, Saad Tahir, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2018). Molecular characterization of Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from Pakistan. Infect Dis Ther, 7: 277–289; DOI: 10.1007/s40121-018-0195-0 (IF 1.24). |
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Ahmed N., Abbas R., Khan M.A., Bashir H., Tahir S., Zafar A.U. (2017). Enhancing recombinant interleukin-6 production yield by fermentation optimization, two-step denaturing and one-step purification. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1588, pp. 1-7 (IF 1.413). |
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Khan, M.A., Ahmed, N., Khan, M.I., Zafar, A.U., Tahir, S., Anjum, M.S., Ali, M., Khan, F., Husnain, T. (2017). Bioactivity studies of Huh-7 cells derived human epidermal growth factor expressed in Pichia pastoris. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 81(6), pp. 1114-1119. (IF 1.176). |
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Bashir, H., Ahmed, N., Khan, M.A., Zafar, A.U., Tahir, S., Kanwal, H., Khan, F., Rahman, Z., Husnain, T. (2016). Evaluating the auto induction Expression system and one-step purification for high level Expression and purification of gallbladder derived rhIL-1ra. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1463, pp. 20-26. (IF 1.413). |
| [10] |
N., Tahir S., RaA.Q., Hassan S., Khan A., Latif A., Khan M., Tabassum B., Shahid A.A., Zafar A.U., Husnain T. (2015). Escherichia coli expression of NDV fusion protein gene and determination of its antigenic epitopes. Biologia, 70(12), pp. 1553-1564. DOI: 10.1515/biolog-2015-0191. (IF 0.803). |
| [11] |
Bashir, H.; Ahmed, N., Khan, M.A., Zafar, A.U., Tahir, S., Khan, I.M., Khan, F., Husnain, T. (2015). Simple procedure applying lactose induction and one-step purification for high yield production of rhCIFN. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 63(5): 708-714. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1426. (IF 1.8). |
| [12] |
Ahmed, N., Bashir, H., Zafar, A.U., Khan, M.A., Tahir, S., Khan, F., Khan, M.I., Akram, M., Husnain, T. (2015). Optimization of conditions for high-level expression and purification of human recombinant consensus interferon (rh-cIFN) and its characterization. Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 62(5), 699-708. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1320 (IF 1.8). |
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Ahmed, N., Zafar, A.U., Khan, M.A., Tahir, S., Khan, M.I., Bashir, H., Khan, F., Sarwar, S., Ilyas, S., Husnain, T. (2014). Matrix-assisted refolding and purification of placenta-derived recombinant human interleukin-6 produced in Escherichia coli. Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 61(5), 541-548. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1205 (IF 1.89). |
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Khan, M.A., Khan, F., Ahmad, N., Khan, M.I., Zafar, A.U., Husnain, T. (2014). Expression line approach to recombinant human epidermal growth factor into yeast, Pichia pastoris from Huh-7 cell line. Molecular Biology Reports, 41(3), 1445-1451. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2989-1 (IF 2.5). |
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Khan, M.A., Hassan, N., Ahmad, N., Khan, M.I., Zafar, A.U., Khan, F., Husnain, T. (2014). Studies to analyze the relationship between IFNα2b gene dosage and its expression, using a Pichia pastoris-based expression system. Yeast, 31(1), 13-28. DOI: 10.1002/yea.2990 (IF 1.955). |
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US Patent: Riazuddin, S., Rehman, Atta-ur., Zafar, A.U., Choudhary, I., Ashfaq, U.A., Khalid, M., Husnain, T., Ali, Z., Akram, J. (2012). 7-nitro-2-(3-nitro phenyl)-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one or derivatives thereof for treating or preventing antiviral infections. US Patent # 8,148,368. |
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Shagufta Naz, Shahbaz Ali, S. Amer Riazuddin, Tahir Farooq, Nadeem H. Butt, Ahmad U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, Ian M. MacDonald, Paul A. Sieving, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2011). Mutations in RLBP1 associated with fundus albipunctatus in consanguineous Pakistani families. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 95(7), 1019–1024. DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.189076 (IF 2.91). |
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Nadeem Ahmed, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Naila Shahid, Idrees Ahmed Nasir, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2011). One-step purification of biologically active human interleukin-2 protein produced in yeast (Pichia pastoris). African Journal of Biotechnology, 10(67), 15170-15178. DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2116 (IF 0.57). |
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Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Nadeem Ahmad, Ahmad Usman Zafar, Idrees Ahmad Nasir, Muhammad Abdul Qadir (2011). Isolation and screening of alkaline protease-producing bacteria and physiochemical characterization of the enzyme. African Journal of Biotechnology, 10(33), 6203-6212. ISSN 1684-5315 (IF 0.57). |
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Namerah Sabir, S. Amer Riazuddin, Tariq Butt, Farheena Iqbal, Idrees A. Nasir, Ahmad U. Zafar, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Nadeem H. Butt, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Mapping of a new locus associated with autosomal recessive congenital cataract to chromosome 3q. Molecular Vision, 16, 2634–2638. PMCID: PMC3002966 (IF 2.511). |
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Namerah Sabir, S. Amer Riazuddin, Haiba Kaul, Farheena Iqbal, Idrees A. Nasir, Ahmad U. Zafar, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Nadeem H. Butt, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Mapping of a novel locus associated with autosomal recessive congenital cataract to chromosome 8p. Molecular Vision, 16, 2911–2915. PMID: PMC3013063 (IF 2.511). |
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Riazuddin, S.A., Shahzadi, A., Zeitz, C., Ahmed, Z.M., Ayyagari, R., Chavali, V.R., Ponferrada, V.G., Audo, I., Michiels, C., Lancelot, M.E., Nasir, I.A., Zafar, A.U., Khan, S.N., Husnain, T., Jiao, X., MacDonald, I.M., Riazuddin, S., Sieving, P.A., Katsanis, N., Hejtmancik, J.F. (2010). A mutation in SLC24A1 implicated in autosomal-recessive congenital stationary night blindness. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87(4), 523–531. PMCID: PMC2948789. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.08.013 (IF 11.716). |
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Haiba Kaul, S. Amer Riazuddin, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Idrees A. Nasir, Ahmad U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, Javed Akram, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Ectopia Lentis in a Consanguineous Pakistani Family and a Novel Locus on Chromosome 8q. Archives of Ophthalmology, 128(8), 1046-1049. PMID: 20697006 (IF 3.2). |
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Yasmeen A., Riazuddin S.A., Kaul H., Mohsin S., Khan M., Qazi Z.A., Nasir I.A., Zafar A.U., Khan S.N., Husnain T., Akram J., Hejtmancik J.F., Riazuddin S. (2010). Autosomal recessive congenital cataract in consanguineous Pakistani families is associated with mutations in GALK1. Molecular Vision, 16, 682–688. PMCID: PMC2855732 (IF 2.511). |
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Haiba Kaul, S. Amer Riazuddin, Mariam Shahid, Samra Kousar, Nadeem H. Butt, Ahmad U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, Javed Akram, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Autosomal recessive congenital cataract linked to EPHA2 in a consanguineous Pakistani family. Molecular Vision, 16, 511–517. PMCID: PMC2846848 (IF 2.511). |
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Khan S.Y., Riazuddin S., Shahzad M., Ahmed N., Zafar A.U., Rehman A.U., Morell R.J., Griffith A.J., Ahmed Z.M., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B. (2010). DFNB79: reincarnation of a nonsyndromic deafness locus on chromosome 9q34.3. European Journal of Human Genetics, 18(1), 125–129. DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.121 (IF 4.4). |
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Riazuddin S., Anwar S., Fischer M., Ahmed Z.M., Khan S.Y., Janssen A.G., Zafar A.U., Scholl U., Husnain T., Belyantseva I.A., Friedman P.L., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B., Fahlke C. (2009). Molecular basis of DFNB73: mutations of BSND can cause nonsyndromic deafness or Bartter syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85(2), 273–280. PMCID: PMC2725234 (IF 12.303). |
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Waryah A.M., Rehman A., Ahmed Z.M., Bashir Z.H., Khan S.Y., Zafar A.U., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B., Riazuddin S. (2009). DFNB74, a novel autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment locus on chromosome 12q14.2-q15. Clinical Genetics, 76(3), 270–275. PMID: 19650862. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004-2009.01209.x (IF 3.304). |
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Saima Riazuddin, Sabiha Nazli, Zubair M. Ahmed, Yi Yang, Fareeha Zulfiqar, Rehan S. Shaikh, Ahmed U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Farooq Sabar, Fouzia T. Javid, Edward R. Wilcox, Ekaterini Tsilou, Erich T. Boger, James R. Sellers, Inna A. Belyantseva, Sheikh Riazuddin, Thomas B. Friedman (2008). Mutation spectrum of MYO7A and evaluation of a novel nonsyndromic deafness DFNB2 allele with residual function. Human Mutation, 29(4), 502–511. PMID: 18181211. DOI: 10.1002/humu.20677 (IF 7.033). |
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Ain1, S., Nazli S., Riazuddin S., Jaleel A., Riazuddin S.A., Zafar A.U., Khan S.N., Husnain T., Griffith A.J., Ahmed Z.M., Friedman T.B., Riazuddin S. (2007). The autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness locus DFNB72 is located on chromosome 19p13.3. Human Genetics, 122(5), 445–450. PMID: 17690910. DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0418-z (IF 3.97). |
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Kitajiri S-i., McNamara R., Makishima T., Husnain T., Zafar A.U., Kittles R.A., Ahmed Z.M., Friedman T.B., Riazuddin S., Griffith A.J. (2007). Identities, frequencies and origins of TMC1 mutations causing DFNB7/B11 deafness in Pakistan. Clinical Genetics, 72(6), 546–550. PMID: 17877751. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00895.x (IF 3.18). |
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Riazuddin S., Khan S.N., Ahmed Z.M., Ghosh M., Caution K., Nazli S., Kabra M., Zafar A.U., Chen K., Naz S., Antonellis A., Pavan W.J., Green E.D., Wilcox E.R., Friedman P.L., Morell R.J., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B. (2006). Mutations in TRIOBP, which encodes a putative cytoskeletal-organizing protein, are associated with nonsyndromic recessive deafness. American Journal of Human Genetics, 78(1), 137–143. PMCID: PMC1380211 (IF 12.629). |
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Shahid A.A., Nasir I.A., Zafar U., Chaudry B., Riazuddin S. (2004). The Camb biopesticides: Preparation, uses and comparative studies with chemical pesticides. In: Biotechnology in Environment Management. Chapter 12, ABD Publisher, Jaipur, India. Ed. 1st, p. 260–282. |
