Publications by authors named "Maha Yousaf"

3M syndrome is a rare genetic familial disorder characterized by short stature, growth retardation, facial dysmorphism, skeletal abnormalities, fleshy protruding heels, and normal intelligence, caused by mutations in the , and genes. In the present study, a novel homozygous missense variant of (NP_001161842.1, c.

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Food preservation is a schematic and scientific procedure employed for the maintenance and improvement of food's quality, shelf life, and nutritional value. Although, on one hand, ancient conventional methods such as freezing, pasteurization, canning, and chemical methods have the potential to lengthen the shelf life of edible substances, but on the other hand, they can deteriorate its nutritional value as well. Present research focuses on the identification of promising bacteriocins against Pseudomonas fragi via subtractive proteomics pipeline as an alternative approach for food preservation.

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KRAS is the signature gene responsible for the occurrence of pancreatic cancer, which is a complex, multifactorial and intractable lethal malignancy. Prevention and treatment of the ailment have always been a key motivation behind the search for new therapeutic drug molecules. G-quadruplexes are non-canonical guanine-rich secondary structures, commonly formed at eukaryotic telomeric ends, oncogenic promotors and G-rich regions of the DNA.

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Monkeypox is a viral etiological agent with hallmarks analogous to those observed in smallpox cases in the past. The ongoing outbreak of Monkeypox viral infection is becoming a global health problem. Multi-valent peptide based next generation vaccines provides us a promising solution to combat these emerging infectious diseases by eliciting cell-mediated and humoral immune response.

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Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a Gram-positive coccus responsible for the occurrence of cystitis in sexually active, young females. While effective antibiotics against this organism exist, resistant strains are on the rise. Therefore, prevention via vaccines appears to be a viable solution to address this problem.

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Phytopathogenic fungi are serious threats in the agriculture sector especially in fruit and vegetable production. The use of plant essential oil as antifungal agents has been in practice from many years. Plant essential oils (PEOs) of , , , , , , , , and were tested against .

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Hantaviruses are negative-sense, enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Hantaviridae. In recent years, rodent-borne hantaviruses have emerged as novel zoonotic viruses posing a substantial health issue and socioeconomic burden. In the current research, a reverse vaccinology approach was applied to design a multi-epitope-based vaccine against hantavirus.

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