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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:

Griffiths, Amy E.

Title:

Investigation of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Involvement in Catalysis by the Hydro-lyase Quinolinate Synthase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

iron-sulfur
NadA
quinolinate synthase

File:

Download AEGFinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Fields, Allison Michelle

Title:

THE ROLE OF THE POLLEN S-LOCUS F-BOX GENE IN S-RNASE-MEDIATED SELF- INCOMPATIBILITY IN PETUNIA INFLATA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Petunia inflata
Self-incompatibility
PiSLF

File:

Download Fields_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Teh Hui Kao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Teh Hui Kao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Venters, Bryan Jacob

Title:

HIGH-RESOLUTION GENOME-WIDE ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAST TRANSCRIPTION MACHINERY

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ChIP-chip
Tiling microarrays
Pre-initiation complex
Chromatin
Saccharomyces
Mot1

File:

Download 080724_Venters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member

Author:

Nelms, Brian Lewis

Title:

SUPPRESSION OF egl-13 SOX DOMAIN MUTANTS REVEALS A NOVEL FUNCTION FOR SOME MEIOTIC GENES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

C. elegans
egl-13
him-8
uterine
development

File:

Download PhD_eTD_BLN_August_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Pamela J Mitchell, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member

Author:

Zybailov, Boris L

Title:

MODIFIED QUINONE ACCEPTORS IN PHOTOSYSTEM I

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Plastoquinone-9
Phylloquinone
Quinone
Photosystem I

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
A Daniel Jones, Committee Member
Robert Allen Schlegel, Committee Member

Author:

Gekonge, Bethsebah Nyankomba

Title:

MEMBRANE ASYMMETRY IN APOPTOTIC CELLS, SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH PHAGOCYTOSIS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HIV TRANSCRIPTION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

MACROPHAGE
PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE
APOPTOSIS
PHAGOCYTOSIS
HIV

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Allen Schlegel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member

Author:

Hofstetter, Catherine A.

Title:

JC VIRUS SMALL T ANTIGEN BINDS RB FAMILY PROTEINS AND THE PHOSPHATASE PP2A AND IS REQUIRED FOR EFFICIENT VIRAL DNA REPLICATION ACTIVITY

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

PP2A
small T antigen
JC Virus
viral DNA replication

File:

Download Hofstetter_thesis_4.6.09.pdf

Committee Members:

Dick Frisque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard John Frisque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Biao He, Committee Member
Kouacou Konan, Committee Member

Author:

Swayne, Cheryl Dianne

Title:

Mutational Analysis of Residues in the TonB Protein of Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

E. coli
energy transduction
TonB

File:

Download SwayneMSThesis_edit.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Postle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bulathsinghala, Charles M

Title:

The role of the cytoplasmic loop of ExbB in TonB-dependent energy transduction in Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ExbB
cytoplasmic loop
energy transduction
Escherichia coli
membrane protein
TonB

File:

Download C._Bulathsinghala_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Erin Elizabeth Sheets, Committee Member

Author:

Stephen, Camille Simone

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS INVOLVED IN IRON REDUCTION AND BIOFILM FORMATION IN GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Geobacter sulfurreducens
biofilm
iron reduction
electrode

File:

Download Camille_Stephen_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Tien, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Hsu, Chia-Ling

Title:

The role of the Kar2p/BiP chaperone in ER quality control

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ER sress tolerance
unfolded protein response
ER quality control
Kar2p/BiP

File:

Download Microsoft_Word_-_Chapter1-another_copy_for_graduate_school.pdf

Committee Members:

Wesley Tsoekjen Ng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member

Author:

Chitikila, Carmelata

Title:

Genomic, Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of Repression of the TATA-Box Binding Protein

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TBP
TAND
transcription
repression
TAFII145
microarray

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew G Clark, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Esther Siegfried, Committee Member
Robert Allen Schlegel, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert T Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Chanhyo

Title:

GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS OF NELF: NELF IS LINKED TO PROMOTER PROXIMAL PAUSING THROUGHOUT THE DROSOPHILA GENOME

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

elongation
transcription
promoter proximal pausing
NELF
GAGA factor
RNA polymerase II

File:

Download ChanhyoLee_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member

Author:

Nomura, Christopher

Title:

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROTEINS FROM SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7002

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

heme-copper oxidase
electron transport
cyanobacteria
Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
Olanrewaju A Sodeinde, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Abebe, Demesew F

Title:

EVOLUTION AND ACTIVITY OF AN ERYTHROID CIS-REGULATORY MODULE IN MULTIPLE MAMMALIAN LINEAGES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

boreoeutheria
Motif constraint
CIS-REGULATORY MODULE
GATA1

File:

Download DA-Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ross Cameron Hardison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ross Cameron Hardison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blankenberg, Daniel James

Title:

Galaxy, a web-based framework for the integration of genome analysis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Sequence Analysis
Genome
Databases
Algorithms
Molecular Sequence Data
Software

File:

Download blankenberg_Galaxy_a_web-based_framework_for_the_integration_of_genome_analysis.pdf

Committee Members:

Anton Nekrutenko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Stephan Schuster, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member

Author:

Manna, David P

Title:

Investigation of the Role of Nonstructural 4B Protein in Hepatitis C Virus Replication Complex Formation and Infectious Virus Production

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Replication
NS4B
Hepatitis C Virus
Virus production

File:

Download David_Manna_Dissertation_11-17-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Kouacou Konan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kouacou Konan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member

Author:

Yun, Danny

Title:

Mechanism of Oxygen Activation for Tyrosyl Radical Formation in the R2 Subunit of Ribonucleotide Reductase from Mouse

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ribonucleotide reductase
oxygen activation
tyrosyl radical

File:

Download Danny_Yun_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member

Author:

Sermwittayawong, Decha

Title:

MECHANISMS OF THE SAGA COACTIVATOR COMPLEX IN REGULATION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Gcn5
competition
Spt3
TBP
Spt8
SAGA
bromodomain

File:

Download ThesisMaster_071906c.pdf

Committee Members:

Song Tan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry L Workman, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Dai-Chen

Title:

FROM EXPLORING ROLES OF SIGNALS IN STRESS ERYTHROPOIESIS TO IN VITRO EXPANDING STRESS ERYTHROID PROGENITORS THAT ALLEVIATE ANEMIA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Hedgehog
BMP4
hypoxia
hematopoiesis
erythropoiesis
GDF15
anemia
stem cell

File:

Download DC_Wu_Dissertation_Final_renumbered.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paulson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

Billgren, Elizabeth Star

Title:

Mechanistic Investigation of the Escherichia coli Lipoyl Synthase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

glycine cleavage system
H protein
lipoamidase
lipoate protein ligase A
lipoyl synthase
lipoic acid
radical SAM superfamily

File:

Download ESB_MS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mattie, Floyd J

Title:

Kinesin-2 and +TIP dependent directed growth maintains the uniformly polarized microtubule array in Drosophila dendrites

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

dendrite
polarity
microtubule
Kinesin-2
+TIP
neuron
APC
adenomatous polyposis coli
EB1
noncentrosomal

File:

Download FloydMattieDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member

Author:

Cruz, Francisco

Title:

IDENTIFYING REDOX PARTNERS AND A ROLE IN OXIDATIVE STRESS FOR IRON-SULFUR FLAVOPROTEIN (ISF) FROM METHANOSARCINA THERMOPHILA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Iron-sulfur flavoprotein
oxidative stress
methanosarcina thermophila

File:

Download PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
J Martin Bollinger Jr, Committee Member
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Christopher Falzone, Committee Member

Author:

Koch, Gretchen

Title:

MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CYSTINE LYASE C-DES FROM SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803: STABILITY OF THE a-AMINOACRYLATE INTERMEDIATE, FORMATION OF THIAZOLIDINE ADDUCT AND IDENTITY OF THE CATALYTIC BASE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

desulfurase
cystine
pyridoxal phosphate
enzymology
kinetics

File:

Download Gretchen_Koch_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bollinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hollingshead, Holly Elizabeth

Title:

Ligand Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Beta Induces Terminal Differentiation and Attenuates Colon Cancer

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

PPAR
colon cancer
colon

File:

Download Hollingshead_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Hao

Title:

Prediction, Validation and Targeted Interference of Erythroid Regulatory Modules

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

regulatory potential
gene regulation
conserved noncoding sequences
transcription factor binding sites

File:

Download HW-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Webb Colby Miller, Committee Member
Pamela J Mitchell, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member

Author:

Pursel, Heather

Title:

THE ROLE OF R-RAS IN ARF6 ACTIVATION DOWNSTREAM OF THE HGF-C-MET SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

cell migration
GTPase

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Lorraine C Santy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lorraine C Santy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rhee, Ho Sung

Title:

GENOME-WIDE ORGANIZATION OF TRANSCRIPTION MACHINERY DETECTED AT SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE RESOLUTION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ChIP-seq
genomic binding locations
transcription factors

File:

Download Rhee_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Stephan Schuster, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Hui

Title:

ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF CHLOROSOME PROTEINS IN THE GREEN SULFUR BACTERIUM CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

green sulfur bacteria
chlorosome proteins

File:

Download Hui_Li_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Oh, Hyung Suk

Title:

INSIGHT INTO POLIOVIRUS GENOME REPLICATION AND ENCAPSIDATION REVEALED FROM MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF 3B-3C CLEAVAGE SITE MUTANTS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

cleavage site mutant
polyprotein processing
replication
poliovirus
complementation

File:

Download Oh_Dissertation_111809.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Eugene Cameron, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Minn, Il

Title:

CENTROSOME ATTACHMENT TO THE NUCLEUS REQUIRES THE SUN-1 MEDIATED LOCALIZATION OF ZYG-12 TO THE OUTER MEMBRANE OF THE NUCLEAR ENVELOPE IN C. ELEGANS EMBRYOS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Centrosome
SUN-1
ZYG-12
Attachment

File:

Download Thesis_ILMINN.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christian Lorenzo Malone, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member

Author:

Kruk, Jennifer Ann

Title:

The Ccr4-Not complex regulates transcription elongation and chromatin modifications

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Ccr4-Not
chromatin
transcription
histone methylation
elongation
RNAPII

File:

Download JK_Dissertation_v8.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph C. Reese, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Liwang Cui, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Maresca, Julia A.

Title:

The genetic basis for pigment variation among green sulfur bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

green sulfur bacteria
bacteriochlorophyll
carotenoids
genomic comparisons
pigment biosynthesis

File:

Download Maresca_Thesis_F.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Earnheart, John Clinton

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR SUBSTRATES OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION-LIKE DISORDERS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

hippocampal neurogenesis
brain development
anxiety disorder
conditional knockout mouse
depression

File:

Download EarnheartThesis.vs5.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard Luscher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Randen Patterson, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member

Author:

Mercer, Jason Chance

Title:

3,5-BISTRIFLUOROMETHYL PYRAZOLE (BTP) COMPOUNDS AND REGULATION OF STORE-OPERATED CALCIUM CHANNELS BY THE ACTIN-BINDING PROTEIN DREBRIN

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

calcium
store-operated channel
CRAC
BTP
actin
cytoskeleton
drug

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Avery August, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member
Blake R Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Price, John C.

Title:

Mechanistic Dissection of Taurine Alpha-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase (TauD): A Model Alpha-Ketoglutarate Dioxygenase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

mossbauer
TauD
enzymology
kinetics
Fe(IV)
taurine
stopped flow
freeze quench

File:

Download JCP_thesis_Oct_20.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carsten Krebs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member

Author:

Graci, Jason D.

Title:

Evaluation of Nucleoside Analogs With Ambiguous Hydrogen-Bonding Capacity as Antiviral Lethal Mutagens

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

nucleoside
antiviral
lethal mutagenesis

File:

Download Graci-PhD_thesis-Aug07.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
J Martin Bollinger Jr, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
John Warren Wills, Committee Member

Author:

Hayden, Jennifer Diane

Title:

THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THE EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION SIGMA FACTOR σE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

sigmaE
bacterial physiology
phosphotransferase system

File:

Download Hayden_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Ellen Ades, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Irvin, Jordan Davis

Title:

GENOME-WIDE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TAF1 AND MOT1, REGULATORS OF THE TATA BOX BINDING PROTEIN IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TBP
TAF1
MOT1
Transcription
Microarray

File:

Download JordanIrvinThesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Song Tan, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Jerry L Workman, Committee Member
Blake Peterson, Committee Member

Author:

Graham, Joel Edward

Title:

Carotenoid biosynthesis in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: Identification of the enzymes and the carotenoids

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

aromatic carotenoids
carotenoids
carotenes
myxoxanthophyll
lycopene cyclase
synechoxanthin
carotenoid biosynthesis

File:

Download jegdissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member
Juliette Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Biddle, Jennifer Frances

Title:

Microbial populations and processes in subseafloor marine environments

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

microbiology
biogeochemistry
archaea
ocean drilling program
FISH-SIMS
metagenomics

File:

Download JFBiddle_Thesis_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Morales, Jose Luis

Title:

REGULATION OF THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR PROTEIN LEVELS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

AhR
hsp90
CHIP
Ubiquitin
Immunity
NF-kB

File:

Download THESISFINAL_MASTER-FINAL4-11-2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Richard Baumrucker, Committee Member
Gary H Perdew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Avery August, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Ribosomal Proteins: Implications in Translation and Apoptosis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ribosomal proteins
apoptosis
phosphorylation
mitochondria
proteomics
translation

File:

Download FINAL_GRAD_SCHOOL.pdf

Committee Members:

Emine Koc, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Robert Allen Schlegel, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Erin Elizabeth Sheets, Committee Member
Emine C Koc, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Psathas, James Nicholas

Title:

Analysis of the Histone N-termini in Transcriptional Regulation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

chromatin
histone modifications
transcription
H3
H4
Set2
transcription elongation
splicing
transcription termination
methylation

File:

Download JNP_Dissertation_v10.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph C. Reese, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Wung, Ju-Chieh

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF DROSOPHILA PCF11

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

transcription termination
Pcf11

File:

Download Thesis_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Xie, Jiajia

Title:

Probing the mechanism of conformationally gated inter-subunit radical transfer in the Mn/Fe-dependent ribonucleotide reductase from Chlamydia trachomatis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

PCET
ribonucleotide reductase

File:

Download M.S.Thesis_Jiajia_Xie.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zou, Jizhong

Title:

Cis-elements for Notch-dependent expression and autoregulation of Drosophila AP-2 in developing leg and antenna

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

comparative genomics
Drosophila
enhancer
Notch signaling
leg development
transcription factor AP-2

File:

Download ZouThesisFinalHQ.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Pamela J Mitchell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyung An Han, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Juan

Title:

Investigating the roles of beta Heavy-spectrin in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling activity in Drosophila melanogaster

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Trafficking
Spectrin
EGFR
Endocytosis

File:

Download Juan_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Graham Hugh Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Graham Hugh Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Estes, Kathleen Anne

Title:

ANALYSIS OF C. ELEGANS VULVAL MORPHOGENESIS REVEALS NOVEL MECHANISMS FOR INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BIOLOGICAL TUBES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

tubulogenesis
lumen
anchor cell
c. elegans
development
vulva
egl-26
NlpC/p60

File:

Download ThesisMaster_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

Author:

Kastead, Kyle A

Title:

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ESSENTIAL RESIDUES IN THE TONB CARBOXY TERMINUS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TonB

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huisinga, Kathryn Louise

Title:

GLOBAL REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE VIA TATA BINDING PROTEIN REGULATORY FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TATA Binding Protein
transcription
genome-wide profile
microarray

File:

Download Huisinga_thesis_revisions_full_all.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member

Author:

Lenox, L. E.

Title:

The flexed-tail (f) Mutant Mouse: Advancing the Understanding of Expansive Erythropoiesis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

stress erythropoiesis
extra-medullary erythropoiesis
liver
stress BFU-E
spleen
splicing mutation
Smad5
Madh5
BMP4
flexed-tail
expansive erythropoiesis
acute anemia

File:

Download LENOX-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paulson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Avery August, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member

Author:

Saleh, Lana

Title:

Oxygen Activation and Electron Transfer in Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

R2
chlamydia trachomatis
W48
tryptophan cation radical
precursor to X
Y356
electron injection
Mg2+
class Ic

File:

Download Saleh_thesis_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Li

Title:

MOLECULAR CLONING OF A C. elegans LONGEVITY GENE pnc-1 AND INVESTIGATION OF ITS NOVEL FUNCTION IN DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

nicotiamidase
gonad development
egg-laying defect
EGF signaling
uv1 cells
NAD

File:

Download LiHuang_Thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Committee Member
Emine Koc, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Pamela J Mitchell, Committee Member

Author:

Laubacher, Mary Elizabeth

Title:

STRESS RESPONSE PATHWAYS INDUCED BY PEPTIDOGLYCAN DAMAGE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Escherichia coli
antibiotics
stress response pathways
cell envelope
Rcs phosphorelay
HtrG

File:

Download Laubacher_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Ellen Ades, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member
Chitrita Debroy, Committee Member

Author:

Borland, Michael Gregory

Title:

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR BETA/DELTA MODULATES ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR-DEPENDENT SIGNALING AND SKIN CARCINOGENESIS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

PPARBeta/Delta
AHR
PAH
Bioactivation
Skin carcinogenesis

File:

Download BorlandMG_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Committee Member
Craig Richard Baumrucker, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, Matthew Geoffrey

Title:

A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE TWO-COMPONENT RECEIVER DOMAIN OF DCTD FROM SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

x-ray crystallography
transcription activation

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Alldred, Melissa J

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DOMAINS OF THE GAMMA TWO SUBUNIT OF GABAA RECEPTORS, GEPHYRIN AND COLLYBISTIN REQUIRED FOR SYNAPTIC LOCALIZATION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

GABA-A receptors
gephyrin
collybistin
synaptic localization

File:

Download Mel_PHD_thesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard Luscher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Randen Patterson, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member

Author:

Reichlen, Matthew James

Title:

Functional Assessment of Transcriptional Regulation in the Methanogen, Methanosarcina acetivorans

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Archaea
Transcription
Methanogen
Methanosarcina
acetivorans

File:

Download Final_thesis_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Antonkine, Mikhail L.

Title:

PsaC SUBUNIT OF PHOTOSYSTEM I: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS AND NMR SOLUTION STRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ferredoxin
Photosystem I
NMR
conformational change
paramagnetic
iron-sulfur protein
solution structure
PsaC
iron-sulfur clusters

File:

Download Antonkine_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Christain J Falzone, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Gleghorn, Michael L

Title:

X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES EXPLAIN DNA-HAIRPIN PROMOTER BINDING AND DE NOVO TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION FOR THE N4 VIRION RNA POLYMERASE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

X-ray crystallography
RNA polymerase
transcription
de novo transcription initiation
two-metal catalysis

File:

Download Gleghorn_2008_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Biao He, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Heinnickel, Mark Lewis

Title:

STUDY OF THE IRON SULFUR CLUSTER AND POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITION OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER FROM HELIOBACTERIUM MODESTICALDUM

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Heliobacterium
iron sulfur clusters
EPR
photosynthesis
anaerobic

File:

Download Apr1807_Mark_Heinnickel_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Dr Juliette Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Reviriego Mendoza, Marta Maria

Title:

JC VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN INTERACTS WITH THE F-BOX PROTEIN b-TRANSDUCIN REPEAT CONTAINING PROTEIN (bTrCP), THEREBY INFLUENCING VIRAL DNA REPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

viral DNA replication
JC virus
proteasome
bTrCP

File:

Download reviriegoMendozaPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard John Frisque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard John Frisque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Member
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Min-Joon

Title:

MAMMALIAN MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS : A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

translation
mitochondria
apoptosis

File:

Download Min-Joon-upload-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Emine Koc, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Emine C Koc, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hasan Koc, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Mingyu

Title:

The electron transport of acetate-grown Methanosarcina acetivorans

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

electron transport
acetate
Etp
Rnf
Archaea
methanogenesis
methanogen
Methanosarcina acetivorans

File:

Download Mingyu_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Rohrbaugh, Margaret C.

Title:

MOLECULAR AND GENETIC STUDIES OF CELLULAR REGULATORY MECHANISMS USING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A MODEL SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila
Yan
Cell Cycle
Notch Signaling
Development
Gp150

File:

Download Rohrbaugh.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Esther Siegfried, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, Mingchao

Title:

ASSEMBLY OF EXBD TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAINS IN THE TONB COMPLEX

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ExbD
TonB system
Transmembrane Domain

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Postle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Durant, Melissa

Title:

GENOME-WIDE ROLE OF HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES AND CHROMATIN REGULATORS IN REGULATING YEAST CHROMATIN AND GENE TRANSCRIPTION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

chromatin
gene regulation
transcription factor
histone acetylation
microarray

File:

Download Durant_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Emine Koc, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member

Author:

Stackpole, Megan Mary

Title:

THE ROLE OF APC IN KINESIN-II-MEDIATED MICROTUBULE GROWTH AT DENDRITIC BRANCH POINTS AND EXPLORING NOVEL TECHNIQUES IN VIVO

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Microtubules
Kinesin-II
APC
Degron
KillerRed

File:

Download MStackpoleMasterthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tjota, Monika

Title:

The Endocytic Roles of Annexin B9 in Drosophila melanogaster

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

drosophila melanogaster
endocytosis
annexin b9
beta heavy spectrin
multivesicular body

File:

Download Monika_Master_Thesis_v5_with_appendix_Dec_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Graham Hugh Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Graham Hugh Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sahu, Nisebita

Title:

REGULATION OF T HELPER CELL RESPONSES AND ALLERGIC ASTHMA BY TEC KINASES, ITK AND TXK

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Allergic Asthma
Tec kinases
Itk
T helper 2 cells
cytokines
chemokines

File:

Download Sahu_N._Ph.D_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Avery August, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey, Committee Member
Dr Biao He, Committee Member
Dr Nadine B Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Panasik, Nicholas

Title:

STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR THERMOSTABILITY AND THERMAL DEPENDENCE OF ACTIVITY IN ALPHA/BETA BARREL GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

directed evolution
psychrophile
structure
thermostability
alpha/beta barrel

File:

Download panasik.etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Koerner, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Dowd, Peter Eric

Title:

THE ROLE OF PHOSPHOLIPASE C IN POLLEN TUBE GROWTH

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

GFP
phospholipase C
pollen tube growth
pollen
tip growth

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Teh Hui Kao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Randen L Patterson, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member

Author:

Ahn, Younwook

Title:

MOLECULAR AND GENETIC STUDIES OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2 IN DROSOPHILA APPENDAGE DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Hox proteins
transcriptional regulation
enhancers
gene expression
limb development

File:

Download AhnPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Pamela J Mitchell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Doret, Patrick Thomas

Title:

The Enzymatic Properties of Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4 and its Negative Regulatory Effect Upon NSAID Activated Gene-1

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

NSAID Activated Gene-1
Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4
Citrullination

File:

Download BookVersion.FinalThesis_-_Doret-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yanming Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ramadoss, Preeti

Title:

DIVERGENT PROPERTIES OF MOUSE AND HUMAN ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTORS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
TCDD
XAP2
Relative Ligand Affinity

File:

Download Preeti_Ramadoss_Ph.D._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary H Perdew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Shen, Qiuying

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF THE BRAIN SUBSTRATES OF ANXIOUS DEPRESSION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

HPA axis
GABA
anxious depression
critical period

File:

Download Qiuying_thesis_0714.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard Luscher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member

Author:

Keller, Rebecca Lynn

Title:

Structure and Dynamics of C-H-Bond-Cleaving High-Valent Iron Intermediates

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

C-H activation
TauD
Bleomycin
P450

File:

Download RLK_Masters_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Carsten Krebs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Thomas Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cohen, Rachel O

Title:

Electron Transfer in Photosystem I

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Optical and EPR spectroscopy
site-directed mutagenesis
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Photosystem I

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Davis T Ng, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member

Author:

Mercer, Robyn R.

Title:

BONE-METASTATIC BREAST CANCER CELLS INHIBIT OSTEOBLAST FUNCTION

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

breast cancer
osteoblast
metastasis
bone

File:

Download Microsoft_Word_-_Mercer_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member
Carol V Gay, Committee Member

Author:

Balasubramanian, Ramakrishnan

Title:

Biogenesis, Assembly, and Function of Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Photosystem I

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

electron transfer
iron-sulfur clusters
cyanobacteria
Biogenesis
Photosystem I

File:

Download Ramathesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Juliette T J Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Fan, Ruopeng

Title:

ANALYSIS OF RNA POLYMERASE II ON THE DROSOPHILA GENOME AND THE IMPACT OF THE TERMINATION FACTOR PCF11

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Transcription Termination
Drosophila
Pcf11
Pol II
ChIP-chip

File:

Download RuopengFan2009.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Kartikeyan, Ramya

Title:

Regulation of JC virus Early mRNA Alternative Splicing

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

YB-1
Alternative splicing
JC virus
Agnoprotein
ASF

File:

Download ThesisRKartikeyan.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard John Frisque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard John Frisque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Guelman, Sebastian

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO DISTINCT dGCN5-CONTAINING HAT COMPLEXES IN DROSOPHILA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

histone
HAT
ATAC
dSAGA
Gcn5
Chromatin
Drosophila

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerry L Workman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan M. Abmayr, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Shipkowski, Stephanie Ann

Title:

Alternative Functions for the Beta-Galactosidases of Microorganisms Found in Environments Without Lactose

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

beta-galactosidases
glycoside hydrolase family 42
Bacillus
gene synteny
arabinogalactan

File:

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Committee Members:

Jean Elnora Brenchley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Allen T Phillips, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Sabrina Anastasia

Title:

Understanding the Biochemistry and Physiology of the Gamma Carbonic Anhydrases in Methanosarcina thermophila

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

carbonic anhydrase
aceticlastic methanogensis
hydrogen bond network

File:

Download ZimmermanSphdThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gregory Ferry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Juliette Lecomte, Committee Member

Author:

Ghosh, Saikat Kumar Bijoy

Title:

Role of Transcription Factors in Pausing RNA Polymerase II in Drosophila.

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Drosophila
Transcription shut-off
NELF
HSF
pausing
heat shock recovery

File:

Download Saikat_Ghosh_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member

Author:

Barchinger, Sarah

Title:

The Role and Regulation of the Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor Sige in Bordetella bronchiseptica

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

extracytoplasmic function sigma factor
Bordetella bronchiseptica
stress response
cell envelope
respiratory pathogen
anti-sigma factor

File:

Download BarchingerDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Ellen Ades, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Tyagarajan, Shiva

Title:

JC Virus Early Proteins Regulate RB-E2F Complexes and Promote Progression of Cells into S Phase.

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

JCV
E2F
Cell Cycle
T125 phosphorylation site

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard John Frisque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
Michael Teng, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member

Author:

Romberger, Steven Paul

Title:

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION STUDIES OF HOMODIMERIC TYPE I REACTION CENTERS FROM AN ANAEROBIC AND AN AEROBIC BACTERIUM

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

photosynthesis
phototrophy
heliobacteria
Chloracidobacterium thermophilum
type I reaction center
iron-sulfur cluster

File:

Download romberger2011dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member