Sona Charles

@spices.icar.gov.in

Scientist
ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research

https://researchid.co/sonacharles

EDUCATION

MSc Bioinformatics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Genomics, Transcriptomics, Network Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Artificial intelligence

263

Scholar Citations

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Bioinformatics Tools and Resources for Plant Transcriptomics: Challenges and Opportunities
S Charles, M Lopus
Bioinformatics for Plant Research and Crop Breeding, 251-268 2024

Opportunities and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in Plant Genomics
VM Charles, S., Subeesh, A., Dhanya, V.G., Malathi
2024

Opportunities and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in Plant Genomics
S Charles, A Subeesh, VG Dhanya, VM Malathi
Unraveling New Frontiers and Advances in Bioinformatics, 93-113 2024

Tree based models for classification of membrane and secreted proteins in heart
S Charles, A Subeesh, J Natarajan
Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 15 (2), 147-157 2024

Transcriptomic insights into heart development and cardiovascular diseases
S Charles, J Natarajan
Medicine in Omics 10, 100026 2024

Whole genome based identification of BAHD acyltransferase gene involved in piperine biosynthetic pathway in black pepper
MA Fayad, S Charles, S Shelvy, TE Sheeja, K Sangeetha, UB Angadi, ...
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-13 2024

Identification of Key Gene Modules and Novel Transcription Factors in Tetralogy of Fallot Using Machine Learning and Network Topological Features
JN Sona Charles
Medinformatics 2023

New insights into bacterial Zn homeostasis and molecular architecture of the metal resistome in soil polluted with nano zinc oxide
D Raghavan, SC Patinharekkara, ST Elampilay, VKI Payatatti, S Charles, ...
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 263, 115222 2023

Soil polluted with nano ZnO reveals unstable bacterial communities and decoupling of taxonomic and functional diversities
R Dinesh, CP Sreena, TE Sheeja, IPV Kumar, R Praveena, S Charles, ...
Science of the Total Environment 889, 164285 2023

Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization alters biochemical, molecular defense responses and root exudate composition against Phytophthora capsici infection in black pepper
C Sarathambal, A Jeevalatha, R Sivaranjani, CN Biju, S Charles, ...
Rhizosphere 25, 100651 2023

Metagenomics indicates abundance of biofilm related genes and horizontal transfer of multidrug resistant genes among bacterial communities in nano zinc oxide polluted soil
R Dinesh, CP Sreena, TE Sheeja, S Charles, V Srinivasan, V Sajith, ...
Science of The Total Environment 859, 160032 2023

Transcriptomic meta-analysis reveals biomarker pairs and key pathways in Tetralogy of Fallot
S Charles, J Sreekumar, J Natarajan
Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 20 (04), 2240004 2022

Omics in tuber crops: Cassava and sweet potato
SJS Charles
Omics in Horticultural Crops, 527-543 2022

The Applications of Genomics and Transcriptomics Approaches for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
VM Malathi, MA Lakshmi, S Charles
Principles and Practices of OMICS and Genome Editing for Crop Improvement 2022

Dataset of De Novo hybrid berry transcriptome profiling and characterization of Piper species (Piper nigrum and Piper longum) using Illumina and Nanopore sequencing
JK George, MA Fayad, S Shelvy, TE Sheeja, SJ Eapen, S Charles, A Rai, ...
Data in Brief 42, 108261 2022

Development of EST-SSR markers based on transcriptome and its validation in ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
CSM Venugopal Vidya, Duraisamy Prasath, Mohandas Snigdha, Ramasamy Gobu ...
PlosOne 16 (10), e0259146 2021

Analysis of selection signatures reveals important insights into the adaptability of high-altitude Indian sheep breed Changthangi
NAG Sheikh FirdousAhmadab, ArnavMehrotrab, SonaCharles
Gene 145809 2021

Transcriptomic Approaches in Understanding SARS-CoV-2 Infection
S Charles, J Natarajan
Integrated Omics Approaches to Infectious Diseases, 221 2021

Integrated regulatory network based on lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA-TF reveals key genes and sub-networks associated with dilated cardiomyopathy
S Charles, J Natarajan
Computational Biology and Chemistry 92, 107500 2021

Sequence based prediction of Phytophthora- Host interaction using machine learning methods
SJ Sona Charles
Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2021 2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Proteomic profiling of high glucose primed monocytes identifies cyclophilin A as a potential secretory marker of inflammation in type 2 diabetes
S Ramachandran, A Venugopal, S K, S Charles, NSP Chandran, ...
Proteomics 12 (18), 2808-2821 2012
Citations: 75

Oncogenic microRNAs as biomarkers of oral tumorigenesis and minimal residual disease
WS Santhi, R Prathibha, S Charles, KG Anurup, G Reshmi, ...
Oral oncology 49 (6), 567-575 2013
Citations: 52

Comprehensive patterns in microRNA regulation of transcription factors during tumor metastasis
G Reshmi, C Sona, MR Pillai
Journal of cellular biochemistry 112 (9), 2210-2217 2011
Citations: 13

MethFinder-A software package for prediction of human tissue-specific methylation status of CpG islands
P James, R Girijadevi, S Charles, MR Pillai
Bioinformation 9 (1), 61 2013
Citations: 8

OrCa-dB: a complete catalogue of molecular and clinical information in oral carcinogenesis
G Reshmi, C Sona, J Priyanka, VS Jijith, R Prathibha, R Surya
Oral oncology 48 (6) 2012
Citations: 7

Two way network construction and analysis of mRNA, miRNA and lncRNA reveals critical regulators and regulatory modules in cardiovascular diseases
JN Sona Charles
Genes and Genomics 42 (8), 855-867 2020
Citations: 5

Identification of Key Gene Modules and Novel Transcription Factors in Tetralogy of Fallot Using Machine Learning and Network Topological Features
JN Sona Charles
Medinformatics 2023
Citations: 4

Computer aided gene mining for gingerol biosynthesis
P James, B Baby, SS Charles, LS Nair, PA Nazeem
Bioinformation 11 (6), 316 2015
Citations: 4

An in silico phylogenetic analysis and homology modelling of coat protein of banana bract mosaic virus
PR Jadhav, KB Soni, A Sona, Charles, Swapna
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7 (5), 1957-1962 2018
Citations: 3

Opportunities and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in Plant Genomics
S Charles, A Subeesh, VG Dhanya, VM Malathi
Unraveling New Frontiers and Advances in Bioinformatics, 93-113 2024
Citations: 1

Tree based models for classification of membrane and secreted proteins in heart
S Charles, A Subeesh, J Natarajan
Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 15 (2), 147-157 2024
Citations: 1