1. NOVEL APPROACHES TO MODULATE ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY AND TO DETERMINE A ROLE FOR ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE IN CELL TRANSFORMATION Open Access Author: Ackermann, Joseph Michael Title: NOVEL APPROACHES TO MODULATE ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY AND TO DETERMINE A ROLE FOR ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE IN CELL TRANSFORMATION Graduate Program: Pharmacology Keywords: polyaminesornithine decarboxylasegene silencingDNazymeribozymeantisense oligodeoxynucleotidesdifluoromethylornithineDFMOresonance energy transferRETFRETcatalytic nuleic acids File: Download Final_Thesis_4-15.pdf Committee Members: Anthony Edward Pegg, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMelvin Lee Billingsley, Committee MemberMark Kester, Committee MemberLisa M Shantz, Committee MemberCharles D Smith, Committee MemberKent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member