1. Pokhrel, A.R., A.K. Chaudhary, H.T. Nguyen, D. Dhakal and T.T. Le et al., 2016. Overexpression of a pathway specific negative regulator enhances production of daunorubicin in bldA deficient Streptomyces peucetius ATCC 27952. Microbiol. Res., 192: 96-102.
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2. Dhakal, D., A.K. Jha, A. Pokhrel, A. Shrestha and J.K. Sohng, 2016. Genetic manipulation of Nocardia species. Curr. Protocols Microbiol., Vol. 40. 10.1002/9780471729259.mc10f02s40.
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3. Dhakal, D., A.K. Chaudhary, J.S. Yi, A.R. Pokhrel and B. Shrestha et al., 2016. Enhanced production of nargenicin A1 and creation of a novel derivative using a synthetic biology platform. Applied Microbiol. Biotechnol., 100: 9917-9931.
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4. Pokhrel, A.R., D. Dhakal, A.K. Jha and J.K. Sohng, 2015. Herboxidiene biosynthesis, production, and structural modifications: Prospect for hybrids with related polyketide. Applied Microbiol. Biotechnol., 99: 8351-8362.
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5. Jha, A.K., S. Paudel, D. Dhakal, P.T. Thuy Van, G.P. Ghimire and J.K. Sohng, 2015. Genetic evidence for the involvement of glycosyltransferase PdmQ and PdmS in biosynthesis of pradimicin from Actinomadura hibisca. Microbiol. Res., 174: 9-16.
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6. Jha, A.K., D. Dhakal, P.T. Thuy Van, A.R. Pokhrel and T. Yamaguchi et al., 2015. Structural modification of herboxidiene by substrate-flexible cytochrome P450 and glycosyltransferase. Applied Microbiol. Biotechnol., 99: 3421-3431.
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7. Dhakal, D., T.T. Le, R.P. Pandey, A.K. Jha and R.B. Gurung et al., 2015. Enhanced production of nargenicin A1 and generation of novel glycosylated derivatives. Applied Biochem. Biotechnol., 175: 2934-2949.
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8. Dhakal, D. and J.K. Sohng, 2015. Laboratory maintenance of Nocardia species. Curr. Protoc. Microbiol., Vol. 39. 10.1002/9780471729259.mc10f01s39.
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9. Dhakal, D. and J.K. Sohng, 2015. Commentary: Toward a new focus in antibiotic and drug discovery from the Streptomyces arsenal. Front. Microbiol., Vol. 6. 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00727.
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10. Van, T.T., A.K. Jha, D. Dhakal, B. Shrestha and J.K. Sohng, 2014. Construction of recombinant vectors for metabolic engineering in Streptomyces species. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 11: 55-60.
11. Le, T.T., R.P. Pandey, R.B. Gurung, D. Dhakal and J.K. Sohng, 2014. Efficient enzymatic systems for synthesis of novel α-mangostin glycosides exhibiting antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Applied Microbiol. Biotechnol., 98: 8527-8538.
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12. Jha, A.K., T.T. Van, D. Dhakal, A.R. Pokhrel, B. Shrestha and J.K. Sohng, 2014. Deletion of LacI family transcriptional regulator herA involved in herboxidiene production in Streptomyces chromofuscus ATCC 49982. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 11: 125-133.
13. Jha, A.K., T.T. Van, D. Dhakal, A.R. Pokhrel, B. Shrestha and J.K. Sohng, 2014. Construction of clean host of Streptomyces chromofuscus ATCC 49982 for heterologous expression of gene cluster. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 11: 115-124.
14. Jha, A.K., T.T. Van, B. Shrestha, D. Dhakal and J.K. Sohng, 2014. Isolation and characterization of the expected 25-demethyl herboxidiene in medium No 6A6 from Streptomyces chromofuscus by mass analysis. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 11: 30-35.
15. Dhakal, D., T.L. Tuoi, A.R. Pokhrel, A.K. Jha, R.P. Pandey and J.K. Sohng, 2014. Enzymatic synthesis of glycosylated derivative of Nargenicin A1. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 11: 9-15.
16. Pokhrel, A.R., R.P. Pandey, P. Parajuli, A.K. Chaudhary, D. Dhakal and J.K. Sohng, 2013. An attempt to enhance the solubility of violacein generating glucoside analogs. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 10: 100-106.
17. Pokhrel, A.R., A.K. Chaudhary, D. Dhakal, A. Shrestha, Y.J. Yoon and J.K. Sohng, 2013. Cloning of two initial genes of synthetic epothilone biosynthetic gene cluster for transcript analysis and protein expression. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 10: 65-73.
18. Jha, A.K., B. Shrestha, D. Dhakal, H.C. Lee and J.K. Sohng, 2013. Enhancement of Spinosyns production in Saccharopolyspora spinosa NRRL 18395 (ATCC 83543.1) by metabolic engineering. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 10: 27-35.
19. Dhakal, D., A.K. Chaudhary, A. Pokhrel, A.K. Jha, S. Darsandhari, B. Shrestha and J.K. Sohng, 2013. Underpinning the secondary metabolites from Nocardia spp. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 10: 9-17.
20. Chaudhary, A.K., D. Dhakal and J.K. Sohng, 2013. An insight into the "-omics" based engineering of streptomycetes for secondary metabolite overproduction. BioMed Res. Int. 10.1155/2013/968518.
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21. Chaudhary, A.K., A.R. Pokhrel, D. Dhakal and J.K. Sohng, 2013. Bioinformatic analysis of T1 pks-nrps, a PKS and NRPS hybrid pathways from complete genome of Streptomyces venenzulaeATCC 10712. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 10: 1-8.
22. Jha, A.K., D. Dhakal, H.C. Lee and J.K. Sohng, 2012. Enhancement of pradimicin production in Actinomadura hibisca P157-2 by optimization of carbon and nitrogen sources. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 9: 103-107.
23. Dinesh, K., D. Dhakal and J.K. Sohng, 2012. Effect of different biosynthetic precursors on the production of nargenicin A1 from metabolically engineered Nocardia sp. CS682. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 22: 1127-1132.
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24. Dhakal, D., S. Bhattarai, K. Bhattarai, H.C. Lee and J.K. Sohng, 2012. Cloning and heterologous expression of pltA and couN6 in Nocardiasp CS682. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 9: 8-14.
25. Dhakal, D., A.K. Jha, S. Bhattarai, J.K. Sohng and K. Liou, 2012. In silico study of putative Vitamin D3 hydroxylase from Nocardia sp CS682. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 9: 116-125.
26. Koju, D., D. Dhakal, J.W. Park and J.K. Sohng, 2011. Prenylation of flavonoids by biotransformation of prenyltransferase SP5621 from Streptomyces peucetius ATCC27952. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 8: 114-119.
27. Gurung, R.B., D. Dhakal, T.T. Thuy and J.K. Sohng, 2011. Effect of change in composition of media on secondary metabolite production from doxorubicin gene cluster deleted-mutant of Streptomyces peucetius. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 8: 71-76.
28. Dhakal, D., D. Koju, H.C. Lee and J.K. Sohng, 2011. Study of plausible role of cytochrome P450 in nargenicin A1 biosynthesis from Nocardia sp. CS682 through disruption by homologous recombination. J. Biomol. Reconstruct., 8: 102-107.
29. Thapa, R., D. Dhakal and D.P. Gauchan, 2007. Effect of different sugars on shoot induction in cv. Basmati. Kathmandu Univ. J. Sci. Eng. Technol., 1: 1-4.
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