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Title: Calculating ensemble averaged descriptions of protein rigidity without sampling
Author: Jacobs, Donald J., Gonzalez, Luis C., Wang, Hui, Livesay, Dennis R.
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Proteins
Description: Previous works have demonstrated that protein rigidity is related to thermodynamic stability, especially under conditions that favor formation of native structure. Mechanical network rigidity properties of a single conformation are efficiently cal...

Title: EFFECT OF CADMIUM AND SEASONALITY ON CRITICAL TEMPERATURES OF AEROBIC METABOLISM IN EASTERN OYSTERS, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791
Author: Bagwe, Rita
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Cadmium (Cd) and elevated temperatures are common stressors in estuarine and coastal environments affecting intertidal mollusks such as oysters. Cd and elevated temperature can raise the metabolic demands of oysters due to the increase cost of det...

Title: Genomic organization, evolution, and expression of photoprotein and opsin genes in Mnemiopsis leidyi : a new view of ctenophore photocytes
Author: Reitzel, Adam M., Schnitzler, Christine E.
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Bioluminescence, Biology
Description: Background: Calcium-activated photoproteins are luciferase variants found in photocyte cells of bioluminescent jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria) and comb jellies (Phylum Ctenophora). The complete genomic sequence from the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, a...

Title: Hydrogen Sulfide Modulates Hepatic Oxygen Availability and Microcirculation during Sepsis
Author: Norris, Eric
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Physiology
Description: A mismatch between O_{2_{supply and demand leads to the development of tissue hypoxia which contributes to hepatic dysfunction and injury during sepsis. Previously, we reported that hepatic microcirculatory failure is a major contributor to hypoxia a...}}

Title: Newly described cytosolic pattern recognition receptors mediate inflammatory glial responses to neurotropic viruses
Author: Furr, Samantha
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Immunology, Biology
Description: The rapid onset of potentially lethal neuroinflammation is a defining feature of viral encephalitis. Glial cells are ideally positioned to respond to invading pathogens of the central nervous system (CNS) and produce key inflammatory mediators fol...

Title: Nonsegmented negative strand RNA viruses: viral RNA cap methylation and potential applications as an anticancer therapy
Author: Murphy, Andrea
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Virology, Biology
Description: The viruses of the order Mononegavirales include important human, animal, and plant pathogens and additionally, have great potential as vaccine, oncolytic and gene therapy vectors. This dissertation focuses on two prototypic Mononegavirales, vesic...

Title: RECIPROCAL REGULATION OF MYC AND MICRORNA MIR-308 DURING DROSOPHILA EMBRYOGENESIS
Author: Daneshvar, Kaveh
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
Description: Myc is a conserved transcription factor with a role in the regulation of genes that are involved in growth and development. The abundance of Myc protein in the cells must be exquisitely controlled to avoid growth abnormalities caused by too much o...

Title: Regulation of Myc and its Localization to Histone Locus Body in Drosophila
Author: Khan, Abid
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Developmental biology
Description: Myc is a transcriptional factor required for normal growth and development in vertebrates and invertebrates alike. Loss of function mutations in Myc can cause embryonic lethality in mammals and larval death in flies whereas an increase in its acti...

Title: The Role of Isometric Exercise Training on Reductions in Resting Blood Pressure: Human Trials and the Influence of Peripheral Vasoactive and Inflammatory Biomarkers
Author: Gordon, Benjamin
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Kinesiology, Physiology
Description: Approximately 1 billion people worldwide and ~87 million adults in the United States alone are affected by hypertension [HTN: high blood pressure (HBP)]. Primary treatment avenues for HBP management include lifestyle modification (e.g. diet, exerc...

Title: The ecology of C-genotype and E-genotype strains of the bacterium Vibrio vulnificus and their interactions with the American oyster Crassostrea virginica
Author: Froelich, Brett
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Microbiology
Description: Vibrio vulnificus is a pathogenic bacterium, routinely found in waters of estuarine environments as part of the normal microflora. This organism can be divided into two genotypes, a C-type associated with clinical isolation, and an E-type associat...