• R. Giri and P. Saxena*, Mycobacterial Mmar_2193 catalyzes O-methylation of diverse polyketide cores. PLOS One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262241, (January 2022)
• Bisht, A. Bhattacharyya, A. Shrivastava and P. Saxena*, An overview of the medicinally important plant type III PKS derived polyketides. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:746908. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.746908, (October 2021)
• Bisht R and Saxena P*. Antibiotic Abuse: Post-antibiotic apocalypse, Superbugs & Superfoods, Current Science, Vol. 116, No. 7, (April 10, 2019)
• Saxena P*, Joshi Y, Rawat K, and Bisht R. Biofilms: architecture, resistance, quorum sensing and control mechanisms, Indian Journal of Microbiology. (March 2019), Volume 59, Issue 1, pp 3–12.
• Yelamanchi, S. D., Tyagi, A., Mohanty, V., Dutta, P., Korbonits, M., Chavan, S., Advani, J., Madugundu, A. K., Dey, G., Datta, K. K., Rajyalakshmi, M., Sahasrabuddhe, N. A., Chaturvedi, A., Kumar, A., Das, A. A., Ghosh, D., Jogdand, G. M., Nair, H. H., Saini, K., Panchal, M., Sarvaiya, M. A., Mohanraj, S. S., Sengupta, N., Saxena, P, Subramani, P. A., Kumar, P., Akkali, R., Reshma S. V., Santhosh, R. S., Rastogi, S., Kumar, S., Ghosh, S. K., Irlapati, V. K., Srinivasan, A., Radotra, B. D., Mathur, P. P., Wong, G. W., Satishchandra, P., Chatterjee, A., Gowda, H., Bhansali, A., Pandey, A., Shankar, S. K., Anita Mahadevan, A., Prasad, T. S. K.. Proteomic analysis of the human anterior pituitary gland. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. (November 2018)
• Pratap, S., Kant, A., Giri, S., Giri, G.R., Saxena, P.*, Krishnan, V.*. Crystal structure of type III polyketide synthase from Mycobacterium marinum, PDB ID: 5ZQ9, RCSB Protein Data Bank. (2018).
• Parvez, A., Giri, S., Bisht, R. & Saxena, P.*. New Insights on Cyclization Specificity of Fungal Type III Polyketide Synthase, PKSIIINc in Neurospora crassa, Indian Journal of Microbiology. (April 27, 2018). doi: 10.1007/s12088-018-0738-9.
• Parvez, A., Giri, S., Giri, G.R., Kumari, M., Bisht, R. & Saxena, P.*. Novel Type III Polyketide Synthases Biosynthesize Methylated Polyketides in Mycobacterium marinum, Nature Scientific Reports. 8(1):6529, (April 25 2018).doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24980-1.
• Parvez, A., Bisht, R. & Saxena, P.*. Classification of Bacterial Type III Polyketide Synthases on the Basis of Cluster Organization in the Genome, Conference Proceedings of iCiAsT-2016, Bangkok, Thailand, February 1-5 (2016).
• Saxena, P.^∞, Goyal, A. ^∞, Rahman, A., Singh, P.K., Kasbekar, D.P., Gokhale, R.S. & Sankaranarayanan, R. Structural insights into biosynthesis of resorcinolic lipids by a type III polyketide synthase in Neurospora crassa, Journal of Structural Biology. 162(3):411-421, June (2008). (^∞ equal authorship)
• Gokhale, R.S., Saxena, P., Chopra, T. & Mohanty, D. Versatile polyketide enzymatic machinery for biosynthesis of complex mycobacterial lipids, Natural Product Reports. 24(2):267-277, April (2007).
• Krithika, R., Marathe, U., Saxena, P., Ansari, M.Z., Mohanty, D. & Gokhale, R.S. A genetic locus required for iron acquisition in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 103(7):2069, February 14 (2006).
• Arora, P., Vats, A., Saxena, P., Mohanty, D. & Gokhale, R.S. Promiscuous fatty acyl CoA ligases produce acyl-CoA and acyl-SNAC precursors for polyketide biosynthesis, Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 127, No. 26, July 6, pp. 9388-9389 (2005).
• Sankaranarayanan, R., Saxena, P., Marathe, U.B., Gokhale, R.S., Shanmugam, V.M. &Rukmini, R. A novel tunnel in mycobacterial type III polyketide synthase reveals the structural basis for generating diverse metabolites, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Vol. 11, No. 9, September 9, pp. 894-900 (2004).
• Rukmini, R., Shanmugam, V.M., Saxena, P., Gokhale, R.S. & Sankaranarayanan, R. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic investigations of an unusual type III polyketide synthase PKS18 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ActaCrystallographica D Biological Crystallography. Vol. 60, Part 4, April, pp. 749-751, (2004).
• Saxena, P., Yadav, G., Mohanty, D. &Gokhale, R.S. A new family of type III polyketide synthases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 278, No. 45, November 7, pp. 44780-44790 (2003).

Patents:

• Patent Granted by IPO, India, Patent Number: 475858, Title: Methodology for Production of Acylphloroglucinol or Analogues using Microorganisms, Inventors: Saxena, P., Parvez, A., Giri, G.R., Bisht, R., Giri, S. Applicants: SAU & DBT, GoI (IPA No.: 201811013921, Filing: 24/07/18, Published: 31/01/2020, FER Response: 28/03/2022, Hearing: 06/11/2023, Date of Grant: 30/11/2023)
• Title: Methodology for Production of Alkylresorcinol or Analogues using Microorganisms, IPA No.: 201811013918, Complete filing: 24/07/19, Inventors: Saxena, P., Parvez, A., Giri, G.R., Bisht, R., Giri, S. Applicants: SAU & DBT, GoI (Published 31/01/2020, Under Examination)
• Title: Biosynthesis of Multimethylated Molecules using Recombinant Vectors and Strains, IPA No.: 202011027652, Provisional filing: 26.09.2020, Inventors: Saxena, P., and Giri, G.R. Applicant: SAU (Filed)
• Title: Recombinant Vectors and Strains for Biosynthesis of Multimethylated Molecules, IPA No.: 202111060746, Provisional filing: 24.12.2021, Inventors: Saxena, P., Giri, G.R., and Hathi, U.P.S Applicant: SAU (Filed)