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Author:

Chen, Chun

Title:

The Complex Involvement of Prophage and Prophage-Encoded Genes in the Biology and Pathogenesis of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Foodborne pathogen
Escherichia coli O157:H7
Shiga toxin
prophage
tRNA

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward G Dudley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen John Knabel, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Special Member

Author:

Ramadoss, Nitya S

Title:

The trans-translation pathway as a target for broad-spectrum antibacterial development

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

trans-translation
tmRNA
antibiotic development
small molecules
Shigella flexneri

File:

Download ramadoss_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Charles Keiler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Strulson, Christopher A

Title:

toward understanding RNA structure, folding, and function in cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
ribozyme
molecular crowding
macromolecular crowding
catalysis
compartmentalization
folding cooperativity

File:

Download Christoper_Strulson_Thesis_Toward_Understanding_RNA__Structure_Folding_and_Function_in_Cells.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member

Author:

El-mowafi, Shaima

Title:

Development and Validation of Screens For Drugs targeting Gram-negative Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Gram-negative pathogens
virulence
σE-sRNA-Hfq pathway
cyclic peptides

File:

Download thesis_Shaima_El-mowafi.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Charles Keiler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member

Author:

Hill, Joseph Lee

Title:

Arabidopsis Cellulose Synthesis: A Complex Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Cellulose Synthesis
CesA
CSC
Rosette
half-life
cell wall

File:

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Committee Members:

Ming Tien, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Ying Gu, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member

Author:

Lanz, Nicholas David

Title:

The Role of the Auxiliary Iron-sulfur Cluster of Lipoyl Synthase in the Biosynthesis of the Lipoyl Cofactor

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Lipoyl Synthase
Lipoic Acid
Radical SAM
S-Adenosylmethionine
Mössbauer spectroscopy
Iron-sulfur cluster

File:

Download Thesis_v3_112015.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Bendor, Liron

Title:

Novel Mechanisms of Bordetella Survival in the Mammalian Host and in the Environment

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

Bordetella
bordetella bronchiseptica
amoeba
dictyostelium
amoeba
Type Six Secretion System
intracellular survival

File:

Download THESIS_LIRON_BENDOR.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Thomas Harvill, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

Feaga, Heather Ann

Title:

RIBOSOME RESCUE IS ESSENTIAL IN BACTERIA AND HUMAN CELLS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ribosome rescue
translation
trans-translation
bacteria
mitochondria
Caulobacter crescentus

File:

Download Feaga_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Charles Keiler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Richard John Frisque, Committee Member
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Outside Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Haque, Farhana

Title:

Secondary genetic screening in Bacillus subtilis and biochemical analysis of trans-translation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Bacillus subtilis
trans-translation
tn-seq

File:

Download 070517-_FHaque-_master_s_thesis-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Charles Keiler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member

Author:

Chandler, Paige Nicole

Title:

Proteasomal regulation of rDNA transcription and skeletal muscle hypertrophy

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

proteasome
ribosome
rDNA transcription
hypertrophy

File:

Download 20180403_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gustavo Alberto Nader, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Outside Member
Leonard Jefferson, Committee Member