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Author:

Ollis, Anne A.

Title:

The role of ExbD in TonB-dependent energy transduction in Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ExbD
TonB
membrane protein
conformational change
energy transduction
Escherichia coli

File:

Download AAOllis_dissertation_FINAL_Nov2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Postle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Buboltz, Anne M

Title:

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE AND ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY IN BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

comparative genomics
Bordetella
bronchiseptica
phylogenetics
mlst

File:

Download AnneBuboltz_11-24-08_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Avery August, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member

Author:

Garcia Costas, Amaya Maria

Title:

Isolation and characterization of Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

phototroph
thermophile
chlorosome
acidobacteria
alkaline hot spring
carotenoid

File:

Download AmayaGarciaCostas_PhD_eTD_F2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Bryant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Dr Stephan Schuster, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member

Author:

Saunders, Allison Hoover

Title:

Investigation of the Structure, Function, and Regulation of Quinolinate Synthase: the Iron-Sulfur Cluster Enzyme Involved in Prokaryotic NAD+ Biosynthesis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

NadA
iron-sulfur cluster
NAD
enzyme

File:

Download Saunders_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Gomez Maqueo Chew, Aline

Title:

Elucidation of the bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis pathway in green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

chlorophyll biosynthesis
bacteriochlorophyll c
photosynthesis
Chlorobium tepidum
green sulfur bacteria

File:

Download AGM_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Costanzo, Alessandra

Title:

Regulation of the Extracytoplasmic Stress Factor Sigma E by the Alarmone ppGpp in Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

sigma factor competition
Extracytoplasmic stress response
ppGpp

File:

Download ACostanzo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen John Knabel, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Missra, Anamika

Title:

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIONS OF DSIF AND NELF WITH THE DROSOPHILA RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION COMPLEX

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

gene regulation
transcription
polymerase

File:

Download Anamika_Missra_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Committee Member
Kyung An Han, Committee Member

Author:

Subramanian, Aparna

Title:

THE BMP4 STRESS ERYTHROID PATHWAY AND THE KIT RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE IN FRIEND VIRUS INDUCED ERYTHROLEUKEMIA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Friend virus
Erythroleukemia
BMP4
flexed-tail
Kit receptor tyrosine kinase
stress erythropoiesis

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paulson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Biao He, Committee Member

Author:

Hollingshead, Brett David

Title:

In vitro and in vivo analysis of aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulation by the hepatitis B virus X-associated protein 2

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

aryl hydrocarbon receptor
XAP2
HSP90
gene regulation
chaperone proteins
AIP

File:

Download Hollingshead_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary H Perdew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member

Author:

Klein, Brianna Joy

Title:

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEAL RNA POLYMERASE TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

RNA-directed RNA synthesis by DNA-dependent aRNAP
Pyrococcus furiosus Spt4/5
Structure of Spt4/5 at 1.8 Å
Archaeal RNAP
Inhibited TECs With or Without TFS

File:

Download BjK_dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Biao He, Committee Member