A.  Kumar and Rao, M., ?Biochemical characterization of a low molecular weight aspartic protease inhibitor from thermo-tolerant bacillus licheniformis: kinetic interactions with pepsin?, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, vol. 1760, no. 12, pp. 1845-1856, 2006.

S.  Jagtap and Rao, M., ?Conformation and microenvironment of the active site of a low molecular weight 1,4-beta-D-glucan glucanohydrolase from an alkalothermophilic thermomonospora sp.: involvement of lysine and cysteine residues?, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 347, no. 2, pp. 428-432, 2006.

V. P.  Vinod, Shinde, S., D'Britto, V., Shukla, P. G., and Rao, M., ?Preparation and characterization of urea-formaldehyde-pepsin bioconjugate: a new biocatalyst system?, Biotechnology Progress, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1585-1590, 2006.

R.  Anish, Rahman, M. Safikur, and Rao, M., ?Application of cellulases from an alkalothermophilic thermomonospora sp in biopolishing of denims?, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 48-56, 2007.

A. A.  Bharde, Kulkarni, A., Rao, M., Prabhune, A., and Sastry, M., ?Bacterial enzyme mediated biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles?, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 4369-4377, 2007.

R.  Anish and Rao, M., ?Biochemical characterization of a novel beta-1-3, 1-4 glucan 4-glucanohydrolase from thermomonospora sp having a single active site for lichenan and xylan?, Biochimie, vol. 89, no. 12, pp. 1489-1497, 2007.

A.  Kulkarni and Rao, M., ?Biochemical characterization of an aspartic protease from vigna radiata: kinetic interactions with the classical inhibitor pepstatin implicating a tight binding mechanism?, Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics, vol. 1774, no. 5, pp. 619-627, 2007.

A.  Ramakrishnan, Pandit, N., Badgujar, M., Bhaskar, C., and Rao, M., ?Encapsulation of endoglucanase using a biopolymer Gum arabic for its controlled release?, Bioresource Technology, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 368-372, 2007.

V.  Vathipadiekal, Verma, A., and Rao, M., ?Glycine-assisted enhancement of 1,4-beta-D-xylan xylanohydrolase activity at alkaline pH with a pH optimum shift?, Biological Chemistry, vol. 388, no. 1, pp. 61-65, 2007.

A.  Kulkarni, Gaikwad, S. M., and Rao, M., ?pH Induced structural alterations in an aspartic protease from Vigna radiata indicating an alkali induced molten globule state?, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 373-376, 2008.

A.  Kulkarni and Rao, M., ?Differential elicitation of an aspartic protease inhibitor: regulation of endogenous protease and initial events in germination in seeds of vigna radiata?, Peptides, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 2118-2126, 2009.

S.  Jagtap and Rao, M., ?Fluorescence study on interactions of alpha-crystallin with the molten globule state of 1, 4-beta-D-glucan glucanohydrolase from thermomonospora sp induced by guanidine hydrochloride?, Journal of Fluorescence, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 967-973, 2009.

R.  Singh, Varma, A., Laxman, R. Seeta, and Rao, M., ?Hydrolysis of cellulose derived from steam exploded bagasse by penicillium cellulases: comparison with commercial cellulase?, Bioresource Technology, vol. 100, no. 24, pp. 6679-6681, 2009.

V.  Menon, Prakash, G., Prabhune, A., and Rao, M., ?Biocatalytic approach for the utilization of hemicellulose for ethanol production from agricultural residue using thermostable xylanase and thermotolerant yeast?, Bioresource Technology, vol. 101, no. 14, pp. 5366-5373, 2010.

V.  Menon, Prakash, G., and Rao, M., ?Enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol production using xyloglucanase and debaromyces hansenii from tamarind kernel powder: galactoxyloglucan predominant hemicellulose?, Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 148, no. 4, pp. 233-239, 2010.

V.  Vathipadiekal, Umasankar, P. K., Patole, M. S., and Rao, M., ?Molecular cloning, over expression, and activity studies of a peptidic HIV-1 protease inhibitor: designed synthetic gene to functional recombinant peptide?, Peptides, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 16-21, 2010.

A.  Kumar and Rao, M., ?Novel bifunctional peptidic aspartic protease inhibitor inhibits chitinase A from Serratia marcescens: kinetic analysis of inhibition and binding affinity?, Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-General Subjects, vol. 1800, no. 5, pp. 526-536, 2010.

M.  Rao, Varma, A., and Deshmukh, S. S., ?Production of single cell protein, essential amino acids, and xylanase by penicillium janthinellum?, Bioresources, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 2470-2477, 2010.

V.  Menon, Divate, R., and Rao, M., ?Bioethanol production from renewable polymer lichenan using lichenase from an alkalothermophilic thermomonospora sp and thermotolerant yeast?, Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 92, no. 3, pp. 401-406, 2011.

G.  Prakash, Varma, A., Prabhune, A., Shouche, Y., and Rao, M., ?Microbial production of xylitol from D-xylose and sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose using newly isolated thermotolerant yeast Debaryomyces hansenii?, Bioresource Technology, vol. 102, no. 3, pp. 3304-3308, 2011.

S.  Shankar, Rao, M., and Laxman, R. Seeta, ?Purification and characterization of an alkaline protease by a new strain of Beauveria sp?, Process Biochemistry, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 579-585, 2011.

D.  Pol, Menon, V., and Rao, M., ?Biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable xyloglucanase from an alkalothermophilic thermomonospora sp.?, Extremophiles, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 135-146, 2012.

P.  Sahare, Singh, R., Laxman, R. Seeta, and Rao, M., ?Effect of alkali pretreatment on the structural properties and enzymatic hydrolysis of corn cob?, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, vol. 168, no. 7, pp. 1806-1819, 2012.

V.  Menon and Rao, M., ?Inhibition of xyloglucanase from an alkalothermophilic thermomonospora sp by a peptidic aspartic protease inhibitor from Penicillium sp VM24?, Bioresource Technology, vol. 123, pp. 390-399, 2012.

V.  Menon and Rao, M., ?Low-molecular-mass aspartic protease inhibitor from a novel penicillium sp.: implications in combating fungal infections?, Microbiology-SGM, vol. 158, no. 7, pp. 1897-1907, 2012.

G.  Ramani, Meera, B., Vanitha, C., Rao, M., and Gunasekaran, P., ?Production, purification, and characterization of a beta-glucosidase of penicillium funiculosum NCL1?, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, vol. 167, no. 5, pp. 959-972, 2012.

D.  Pol, Laxman, R. Seeta, and Rao, M., ?Purification and biochemical characterization of endoglucanase from Penicillium pinophilum MS 20?, Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 189-194, 2012.

V.  Menon and Rao, M., ?Slow-tight binding inhibition of pepsin by an aspartic protease inhibitor from streptomyces sp MBR04?, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 51, no. 1-2, pp. 165-174, 2012.

V.  Menon and Rao, M., ?Trends in bioconversion of lignocellulose: biofuels, platform chemicals & biorefinery concept?, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 522-550, 2012.

R.  Divate, Menon, V., and Rao, M., ?Approach towards biocatalytic valorisation of barley beta-glucan for bioethanol production using 1,3-1,4 beta-glucanase and thermotolerant yeast?, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, vol. 82, pp. 81-86, 2013.

V.  Menon and Rao, M., ?Mechanistic insights into the inhibition of endo-beta 1,4 xyloglucan hydrolase by a classical aspartic protease inhibitor?, Journal of Fluorescence, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 311-321, 2013.

V.  Menon and Rao, M., ?Interactions of a low molecular weight inhibitor from streptomyces sp. MBR04 with human cathepsin D: implications in mechanism of inactivation?, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, vol. 174, no. 5, pp. 1705-1723, 2014.

M.  Rao, Deshpande, V., and Ingle, P., ?Dr. V. Jagannathan (1921-2015) Obituary?, National Academy Science Letters-India, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 135-136, 2016.