Dr. Raham Sher Khan
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Dr. Raham Sher Khan

Professor
Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from Chiba University, Japan

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
100%
Molecular Biology
62%
Gene Cloning
90%
Tissue Culture
75%
Genetic Engineering
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
1
Articles
80
Abstracts
3

Selected Publications

  1. Iqbal, A., R.S. Khan, M.A. Khan, K. Gul, M. Aizaz, M. Usman and M. Arif, 2023. Efficient regeneration in sugarcane using thin cell layer (TCL) culture system. Sugar Tech, 25: 168-176.
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  2. Attia, S., R.S. Khan, A. Iqbal, S.A. Hussain, A. Kamil, M.A. Khan and M. Mii, 2022. Host-induced gene silencing: an effective control strategy against Fusarium species. J. Plant Dis. Prot., 129: 1025-1030.
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  3. Shehzad, M.A., M.A. Khan, A. Ali, S. Mohammad and A. Noureldeen et al., 2021. Interactive effects of zinc oxide nano particles and different light regimes on growth and silymarin biosynthesis in callus cultures of Silybum marianum L. Artif. Cells Nanomed. Biotechnol., 49: 523-535.
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  4. Iqbal, A., R.S. Khan, M.A. Khan, K. Gul and F. Jalil et al., 2021. Genetic engineering approaches for enhanced insect pest resistance in sugarcane. Mol. Biotechnol., 63: 557-568.
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  5. Shehryar, K., R.S. Khan, A. Iqbal, S.A. Hussain and S. Imdad et al., 2020. Transgene stacking as effective tool for enhanced disease resistance in plants. Mol. Biotechnol., 62: 1-7.
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  6. Shah, Z., S.H. Shah, G.S. Ali, I. Munir and R.S. Khan et al., 2020. Introduction of Arabidopsis’s heat shock factor HsfA1d mitigates adverse effects of heat stress on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plant. Cell Stress Chaperones, 25: 57-63.
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  7. Taj, F., M.A. Khan, H. Ali and R.S. Khan, 2019. Improved production of industrially important essential oils through elicitation in the adventitious roots of Artemisia amygdalina. Plants, Vol. 8. 10.3390/plants8100430.
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  8. Seema, N., M. Hamayun, H. Ara and R.S. Khan, 2019. Inoculation of sunflower with endophytic fungi alters soil physio-chemical properties to nullify drought stress. Sarhad J. Agric., 35: 109-115.
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  9. Khan, R.S., A. Iqbal, R. Malak, K. Shehryar and S. Attia et al., 2019. Plant defensins: Types, mechanism of action and prospects of genetic engineering for enhanced disease resistance in plants. 3 Biotech, Vol. 9. 10.1007/s13205-019-1725-5.
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  10. Kamil, A., M.A. Khan, M.A. Asim, N.Z. Khan and R.S. Khan et al., 2019. Detection of ROS and translocation of ERP-57 in apoptotic induced human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells. BIOCELL, 43: 167-174.
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  11. Iqbal, A., R.S. Khan, K. Shehryar, A. Imran and F. Ali et al., 2019. Antimicrobial peptides as effective tools for enhanced disease resistance in plants. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult., 139: 1-15.
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  12. Ali, H., M.A. Khan, W.K. Kayani, E. Dilshad, R. Rani and R.S. Khan, 2019. Production of biomass and medicinal metabolites through adventitious roots in Ajuga bracteosa under different spectral lights. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol., 193: 109-117.
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  13. Akhtar, M., T. Jamal, Jalal ud Din, C. Hayat and M. Rauf et al., 2019. An in silico approach to characterize nonsynonymous SNPs and regulatory SNPs in human TOX3 gene. J. Genet., Vol. 98. 10.1007/s12041-019-1153-7.
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  14. Ali, H., M.A. Khan, W.K. Kayani, T. Khan, Z.U.R. Mashwani, Nazif-Ullah and R.S. Khan, 2018. Thidiazuron regulated growth, secondary metabolism and essential oil profiles in shoot cultures of Ajuga bracteosa. Ind. Crops Prod., 121: 418-427.
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  15. Ali, H., M.A. Khan, N. Ullah and R.S. Khan, 2018. Impacts of hormonal elicitors and photoperiod regimes on elicitation of bioactive secondary volatiles in cell cultures of Ajuga bracteosa. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol., 183: 242-250.
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  16. Ahmed, T.A., N.H. Muhammed and R.S. Khan, 2017. Treated wastewater and diluted seawater in Qatar-Alternative irrigation resources for date palm. Global Adv. Res. J. Agric. Sci., 6: 151-159.
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  17. Sjahril, R., F. Haring, M. Riadi, M.D. Rahim, R.S. Khan, A. Amir and A.R. Trisnawaty, 2016. Performance of NAA, 2iP, BAP and TDZ on callus multiplication, shoots initiation and growth for efficient plant regeneration system in Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.). Int. J. Agric. Syst., 4: 52-61.
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  18. Ntui, V.O., K. Kong, R.S. Khan, T. Igawa and G.J. Janavi et al., 2015. Resistance to Sri Lankan Cassava Mosaic Virus (SLCMV) in genetically engineered cassava cv. KU50 through RNA silencing. PLoS ONE, Vol. 10. 10.1371/journal.pone.0120551.
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  19. Shimomae, K., H. Niimi, D.P. Chin, R.S. Khan, Y. Lu, Y. Ogawa and M. Mii, 2014. Plant regeneration from liquid callus cultures derived from mature seeds of pampas grass [Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult. F.) Asch. & Graebn.]. Propag. Ornamental Plants, 14: 20-25.
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  20. Ntui, V.O., K. Kynet, R.S. Khan, M. Ohara and Y. Goto et al., 2014. Transgenic tobacco lines expressing defective CMV replicase-derived dsRNA are resistant to CMV-O and CMV-Y. Mol. Biotechnol., 56: 50-63.
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  21. Ntui, V.O., K. Kong, P. Azadi, R.S. Khan and D.P. Chin et al., 2014. RNAi-mediated resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in genetically engineered tomato. Am. J. Plant Sci., 5: 554-572.
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  22. Kong, K., V.O. Ntui, S. Makabe, R.S. Khan, M. Mii and I. Nakamura, 2014. Transgenic tobacco and tomato plants expressing Wasabi defensin genes driven by root-specific LjNRT2 and AtNRT2.1 promoters confer resistance against Fusarium oxysporum. Plant Biotechnol., 31: 89-96.
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  23. Kong, K., S. Makabe, V.O. Ntui, R.S. Khan and I. Nakamura, 2014. Synthetic chitinase gene driven by root-specific LjNRT2 and AtNRT2.1 promoters confers resistance to Fusarium oxysporum in transgenic tobacco and tomato. Plant Biotechnol. Rep., 8: 151-159.
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  24. Khan, R.S., N.A. Darwish, B. Khattak, V.O. Ntui and K. Kong et al., 2014. Retransformation of marker-free potato for enhanced resistance against fungal pathogens by pyramiding chitinase and wasabi defensin genes. Mol. Biotechnol., 56: 814-823.
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  25. Darwish, N.A., R.S. Khan, V.O. Ntui, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2014. Generation of selectable marker-free transgenic eggplant resistant to Alternaria solani using the R/RS site-specific recombination system. Plant Cell Rep., 33: 411-421.
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  26. Ali, S., A. Ahmad, R.S. Khan, S. Khan and M. Hamayun et al., 2014. Genotyping of HCV RNA reveals that 3a is the most prevalent genotype in mardan, Pakistan. Adv. Virol., Vol. 2014. 10.1155/2014/606201.
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  27. Ahmad, R., R.S. Khan and Farhatullah, 2014. Transcript analyses of the gene associated with CMS in Brassica napus. Euphytica, 200: 455-463.
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  28. Shimomae, K., D.P. Chin, R.S. Khan and M. Mii, 2013. Efficient plant regeneration system from seed-derived callus of ravenna grass [Erianthus ravennae (L.) Beauv.]. Plant Biotechnol., 30: 473-478.
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  29. Ntui, V.O., K. Kynet, P. Azadi, R.S. Khan, D.P. Chin, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2013. Transgenic accumulation of a defective cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) replicase derived double stranded RNA modulates plant defence against CMV strains O and Y in potato. Transgenic Res., 22: 1191-1205.
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  30. Khan, R.S., N. Kameya, M. Mii and I. Nakamura, 2012. Transgenic Petunia hybrida expressing a synthetic fungal chitinase gene confers disease tolerance to Botrytis cinerea. Plant Biotechnol., 29: 285-291.
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  31. Khan, R.S., V.O. Ntui, D.P. Chin, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2011. Production of marker-free disease-resistant potato using isopentenyl transferase gene as a positive selection marker. Plant Cell Rep., 30: 587-597.
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  32. Khan, R.S., S.S. Alam, I. Munir, P. Azadi, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2011. Botrytis cinerea-resistant marker-free Petunia hybrida produced using the MAT vector system. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult., 106: 11-20.
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  33. Khan, R.S., I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2011. Development of disease-resistant marker-free tomato by R/RS site-specific recombination. Plant Cell Rep., 30: 1041-1053.
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  34. Azadi, P., N.V. Otang, H. Supaporn, R.S. Khan, D.P. Chin, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2011. Increased resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in Lilium transformed with a defective CMV replicase gene. Biotechnol. Lett., 33: 1249-1255.
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  35. Thirukkumarana, G., V.O. Ntui, R.S. Khan, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2010. Generation of phenotypically normal marker-free transgenic plants of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana through hairy root induction. Plant Biotechnol., 27: 147-153.
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  36. Ntui, V.O., R.S. khan, D.P. Chin, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2010. An efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of “Egusi” melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.). Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult., 103: 15-22.
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  37. Khan, R.S., I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2010. Production and selection of marker-free transgenic plants of Petunia hybrida using site-specific recombination. Biol. Plant., 54: 265-271.
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  38. Khan, R.S., G. Thirukkumaran, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2010. Rol (root loci) gene as a positive selection marker to produce marker-free Petunia hybrida. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult., 101: 279-285.
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  39. Azadi, P., D.P. Chin, K. Kuroda, R.S. Khan and M. Mii, 2010. Macro elements in inoculation and co-cultivation medium strongly affect the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Lilium. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult., 101: 201-209.
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  40. Thirukkumaran, G., R.S. Khan, D.P. Chin, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2009. Isopentenyl transferase gene expression offers the positive selection of marker-free transgenic plant of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 97: 237-242.
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  41. Khan, R.S., D.P. Chin, I. Nakamura and M. Mii, 2006. Production of marker-free transgenic Nierembergia caerulea using MAT vector system. Plant Cell Rep., 25: 914-919.
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