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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:

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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:

Ambrose, Jonathan Christian

Title:

The Roles of Molecular Motors and Microtubule Dynamics in Assembly and Function of the Higher Plant Mitotic Spindle

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

mitosis
kinesin
molecular motor
cytoskeleton
microtubule
spindle
cell

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Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Uppalapati, Maruti Chandra Mouli Varma

Title:

CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF MICROTUBULES AND MANIPULATION OF KINESIN DRIVEN MICROTUBULE MOTION

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

protein patterning
microfabrication
AC electrokinetics
microtubule
kinesin
mitosis

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Ryan S Clement, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Yalei

Title:

Investigating the cellular functions of kinesin, microtubules and +TIPs using in vitro reconstitution, microscale engineering and novel statistical techniques

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

microtubule
kinesin
cellulose synthase
spindle
micro-fabrication
in vitro reconstitution
statistics

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Rao, Kavitha S

Title:

EXPLORING MECHANISMS UNDERLYING AXON REGENERATION USING DROSOPHILA SENSORY NEURONS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

neuron
injury
neuronal injury
axon regeneration
drosophila
zebrafish
axotomy
dendrite
microtubule
spastin
atlastin
hereditary spastic paraplegia

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhu, Xiaoyu

Title:

THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF REGULATORS OF PLANT EXOCYTOSIS AND THEIR ROLES IN CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

cellulose synthase complex
exocytosis
exocyst complex
microtubule

File:

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Committee Members:

Ying Gu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Gu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yanming Wang, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

Author:

Feng, Qingzhou

Title:

Motor dynamics underling bidirectional cargo transport by kinesin and dynein

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

kinesin
dynein
microtubule
bidirectional transport

File:

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Committee Members:

William O Hancock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Christopher Martin Yengo, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
William O. Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Jiang, Rui

Title:

An In Vitro Reconstitution Investigation into the Kinetic Mechanisms Underlying Kinesin-based Vesicle Transport

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

kinesin
microtubule
kinetics
in vitro reconstitution
lipid membrane
total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
Paul Cremer, Outside Unit Member
William Hancock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Outside Field Member

Author:

Luque, Miranda

Title:

THE EFFECT OF pH ON THE INTERACTIONS OF KINESIN-1 AND KINESIN-2 WITH THEIR MICROTUBULE TRACK

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (MS)

Keywords:

pH
microtubule
kinesin-1
kineisn-2

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Member