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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:

Siegfried, Nathan A.

Title:

Folding Cooperativity and Its Influence on pKa Shifting in Nucleic Acids

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

pKa shift
RNA
DNA
nucleic acids
cooperativity
acid base catalysis

File:

Download Siegfried_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Thaplyal, Pallavi

Title:

Investigations of the Mechanistic Pathways of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ribozyme
Kinetics
HDV
pKa
QM/MM
Thio Effects
Metal Ion Rescue

File:

Download Thesis_PTFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Special Member

Author:

Quarles, Kaycee Andrea

Title:

The Impact of Primary MicroRNA Structure on Recognition by the Microprocessor Complex in MicroRNA Maturation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA structure
Microprocessor
microRNA
protein binding
DGCR8
EMSA

File:

Download Thesis_KayceeAQuarles.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Mondal, Smarajit

Title:

Regulation of Transcription by Nusa And Nusg in Bacillus subtilis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Transcription
Termination
NusA
RNA-seq
3' end-mapping
Attenuation

File:

Download Smarajit_Mondal_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Lee Babitzke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member