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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: EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION OF ONCOLYTIC VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUSES IN CANCER CELLS
Author: Seegers, Sara
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Virology, Biology
Description: Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) based oncolytic viruses are promising agents against various cancers. We have shown that pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell lines exhibit great diversity in susceptibility and permissibility to VSV. Here,...

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: Cranial Capacity Variation of Pleistocene Homo and Possible Speciation Events
Author: Hudock, Autumn
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Paleontology, Evolutionary developmental biology
Description: The field of paleoanthropology is tasked with studying the morphology of extinct hominins using fossilized remains. To study the evolution of the human brain, researchers use endocast data derived from fossil skulls, in order to assess when and ho...

Title: Design and Modulation of Novel Chemical Probes for RNA SHAPE Analysis: Water Soluble Isatoic Anhydrides and Nicotinic Acid Imidazolides
Author: Fessler, Adam
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Biology
Description: The growing interest in RNA biology, along with an expansion in computational capabilities, throughput, and sensitivity has provided researchers new tools to probe RNA. RNA selective 2′-hydroxy acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) utiliz...

Title: Disulfide-trapped CXCL12-CXCL4 Chemokine Heterodimers Prevent Breast Cancer Progression
Author: Nguyen, Khanh
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Triple negative breast cancers (TNBCs), i.e., 10-15% of diagnosed breast cancers, have a triple negative (Her/2-, ER- and PR-) phenotype and are the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer. TNBCs have a worst prognosis because of the high probabi...

Title: Periostin and TGFBI in Breast Cancer Progression
Author: Phelps, Michelle
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Cytology
Description: Dynamic interactions between cancer cells, supportive stromal cells, the extracellular matrix (ECM), and the immune system are critical to breast cancer progression. Periostin is an ECM protein correlated to poor outcomes in breast cancer. Periost...

Title: Polymer Mediated Delivery of Oligonucleotide and Trans Genes Toward More Efficient and Specific Therapies for Dystrophinopathies and Dystroglycanopathies
Author: Tucker, Jason
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Neurosciences
Description: Muscular dystrophies are genetic disorders caused by mutations in more than 30 genes, with no cure or effective treatment. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by frame-shift mutations in the dystrophin gene with little or no functional dys...

Title: Pleiotropic effects on the transcriptome and genome of transgenic soybeans resulting from transgene integration and expression in seed tissue
Author: Lambirth, Kevin
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Bioinformatics
Description: The seeds of the common soybean (Glycine max) produce and store large amounts of protein, making them an appealing bioreactor for producing valuable recombinant proteins at high levels. However, the effects of accumulating recombinant protein at h...

Title: RECONSTRUCTING AFRICA'S EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES: DNA COLLECTION, CODING, ANALYSIS, and INTERPRETATION
Author: Winful, Olawunmi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Area studies, History
Description: Finding a way to successfully interpret African diversity is important in accurately reconstructing the evolutionary history of our species. By collecting high quality DNA, genealogical, and demographic data on a large cross section of African and...

Title: The Local Dynamics of Basement Membrane Breaching During Cancer Cell Invasion
Author: Nazari, Shayan
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Solid tumor metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Cancer invasion through the confining basement membrane (BM) is the initial step in tumor dissemination and metastasis, and it represents a key diagnostic feature of cancer. ...

Title: ASSESSING COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONS FOR THE BZIP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFE2 IN NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS
Author: Clegg, Devin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: The bZIP gene superfamily is a family of transcription factors that have gone through multiple duplication events within bilaterians, specifically in vertebrates. This has led to multiple paralogs in each bZIP family while early diverging phyla ha...

Title: Comparative analysis of Nitrosococcus genomes; isolation, physiological and genomic characterization of the new ammonia-oxidizing species Nitrosococcus wardiae, strain D1FHST; and molecular studies towards a better understanding of ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy
Author: Wang, Lin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Biology, Genetics
Description: Obligate aerobic chemolithoautotrophic ammonia-oxidzing bacteria (AOB) derive energy and reductant needed for growth solely from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite thereby facilitating the process of nitritation. A strain of an ammonia-oxidizing ...

Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REPEAT LANDSCAPES IN AVENA (OAT)
Author: Burkes, Shelvasha
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Bioinformatics, Botany
Description: Avena sativa, or common oat, is a staple crop and member of the Poaceae or Grass family. Following behind wheat, maize and rice, oats account for 10.5 million hectares of the world’s produced crops as of 2017. Phytocompounds such as β-glucan, aven...

Title: The induction of type-I interferon responses in primary osteoblasts following staphylococcus aureus infection
Author: Furr, Kelli
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Osteomyelitis is a serious bacterial infection of bone that is associated with progressive inflammatory tissue damage. This condition commonly affects the long bones of children along with the vertebrae and pelvis of adults. Staphylococcus aureus,...

Title: Assessing the impact of temperature on population-specific gene expression of a model estuarine cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis
Author: Klock, Amy
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Temperature is a critical environmental factor that affects all living organisms. Climate change is resulting in rising global temperatures with marine environments being especially vulnerable. My study aimed to elucidate the temperature-dependent...

Title: BIOFLAVONOIDS GENISTEIN AND QUERCETIN TRIGGER ALTERNATIVE END JOINING PATHWAY OF DNA REPAIR
Author: GHOSH, ANINDITA
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Faithful repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) is crucial to genome stability and normal cell survival and proliferation. During normal metabolic processes and especially following exposure to DNA damaging agents including irradiation,...

Title: ALGORITHMS FOR STRUCTURE BASED-PREDICTION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDING SITES
Author: Farrel, Alvin
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Biology, Bioinformatics
Description: Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression through binding to specific target DNA sites. Accurate annotation of transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) at genome scale represents an essential step toward our understanding of gene regu...

Title: Apoptotic T-cell derived microparticles containing sonic hedgehog modulate endothelial cell functions in inflammation via rho kinase pathway
Author: Attal, Neha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Impaired vascular regulation as a result of endothelial dysfunction is a major determinant of sepsis-associated liver failure. We have previously shown that inhibition of one signaling molecule rho-kinase (ROCK) predominantly restores endothelial ...

Title: ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHIBITION OF ENZYMES ESSENTIAL FOR BATERIALVIRULENCE: THE ACTIVITY OF THREE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES AND A POTENTIAL DRUG TARGET, UNDECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE
Author: Okwei, Elleansar
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry
Description: The fight against bacterial infection is one of the most important branches of modern medicine. Due to the emergence of strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers have been presented with complex challenges in an effort to combat these ...