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Author:: Marcus, Adam I
Title:: Structural and Mechanochemical Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Plant Cell Function
Graduate Program:: Biology
Keywords:: meiosis
spindle
ATK1
KATA
mitosis
guard cell
kinesin
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Committee Members:: Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

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Author:: Muthukrishnan, Gayatri
Title:: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF KINESIN-2 MECHANOCHEMISTRY
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: stochastic simulation
run length
ATP hydrolysis
optical tweezers
quantum dots
biophysics
kinesin
microtubules
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Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Willilams, Committee Member

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Author:: Ambrose, Jonathan Christian
Title:: The Roles of Molecular Motors and Microtubule Dynamics in Assembly and Function of the Higher Plant Mitotic Spindle
Graduate Program:: Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: mitosis
kinesin
molecular motor
cytoskeleton
microtubule
spindle
cell
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Committee Members:: Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

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Author:: Uppalapati, Maruti Chandra Mouli Varma
Title:: CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF MICROTUBULES AND MANIPULATION OF KINESIN DRIVEN MICROTUBULE MOTION
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: protein patterning
microfabrication
AC electrokinetics
microtubule
kinesin
mitosis
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Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Ryan S Clement, Committee Member

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Author:: Chen, Yalei
Title:: Investigating the cellular functions of kinesin, microtubules and +TIPs using in vitro reconstitution, microscale engineering and novel statistical techniques
Graduate Program:: Cell and Developmental Biology
Keywords:: microtubule
kinesin
cellulose synthase
spindle
micro-fabrication
in vitro reconstitution
statistics
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Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

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Author:: Deffenbaugh, Nathan C
Title:: Single-molecule microscopy step detection algorithms: kinesin motor proteins and the cellulose synthesis complex
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: single-molecule microscopy
step detection
kinesin
motor proteins
cellulose synthesis complex
hidden Markov models
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Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Feng, Qingzhou
Title:: Motor dynamics underling bidirectional cargo transport by kinesin and dynein
Graduate Program:: Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: kinesin
dynein
microtubule
bidirectional transport
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Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
William O. Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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