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Description:: In eukaryotic cells, informational recoding and RNA interference (RNAi) proceed through structurally diverse double-stranded (ds) RNA molecules. Informational recoding of RNA by the catalytic deamination …
Year:: 2011
Contributor:: Savva, Yiannis A (creator); Reenan, Robert (Director); McKeown, Michael (Reader); Johnson, Mark (Reader); Bender, Judith (Reader); Carmichael, Gordon (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: RNA editing
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: In sexual reproduction, fusion of haploid sperm and egg cells (gametes) are required to produce a unique diploid individual that represents the next generation. Despite …
Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Beale, Kristin M (creator); Johnson, Mark (Director); Palanivelu, Ravi (Reader); Bender, Judith (Reader); Page, Rebecca (Reader); Wessel, Gary (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Gamete fusion; plant reproduction; polyspermy; polytubey; Plants--Reproduction
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Biological systems must regulate complex gene transcriptional programs to mediate phenotypic response to diverse stimuli. Control of gene expression requires specific DNA sequence patterns called …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Jordan, III, William Thomas (creator); Larschan, Erica (Advisor); Bender, Judith (Reader); DeLong, Alison (Reader); Neretti, Nicola (Reader); Adelman, Karen (Reader); Brown University. Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Molecular biology; Drosophila melanogaster--Genetics; Genomics; dosage compensation; Drosophila melanogaster; Computational biology
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Fungal pathogens utilize a variety of strategies to adapt to environmental cues and to thrive in different host niches. This includes phenotypic switching, in which …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Porman, Allison Marly (creator); Bennett, Richard (Director); Fairbrother, William (Reader); Bender, Judith (Reader); Johnson, Mark (Reader); Whiteway, Malcolm (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: phenotypic switch; fungal pathogen; epigenetic switch; transcriptional regulation; Candida
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Prions are proteins that can adopt multiple distinct and stable conformations, a properly folded form and a collection of misfolded or prion forms that are …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Langlois, Christine Ricalo (creator); Serio, Tricia (Director); Bender, Judith (Reader); Hart, Anne (Reader); Salomon, Arthur (Reader); Hines, Justin (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Prion propagation; Sup35; oligopeptide repeats
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Sexual reproduction typically involves fusion of haploid gametes to form diploid cells, which subsequently undergo meiosis to regenerate the haploid form. Despite the ubiquity of …
Year:: 2018
Contributor:: Scaduto, Christine Maria (creator); Bender, Judith (Reader); Bennett, Richard (Advisor); Johnson, Mark (Reader); Raphael, Benjamin (Reader); Pryciak, Peter (Reader); Brown University. Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Candida albicans; sexual reproduction; Meiosis; Mitogen-activated protein kinases
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Coordinate gene regulation is critical to promote normal development and prevent disease. How domains of co-regulation are established in vivo remains poorly understood. X-chromosome dosage …
Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Chery , Jessica (creator); Larschan, Erica (Director); Freiman, Richard (Reader); Delong, Alison (Reader); Bender, Judith (Reader); Buratowski, Stephen (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: CLAMP; zinc finger protein; GA-repeats; gene regulation; dosage compensation; Zinc-finger proteins; Genetic regulation
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Successful plant reproduction is the lynchpin of agricultural food production. With high susceptibility to climatic variations and other stress conditions, plant reproduction demands further investigation …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Leydon, Alexander Rivinus (creator); Johnson, Mark (Director); Bender, Judith (Reader); DeLong, Alison (Reader); Larschan, Erica (Reader); Kessler, Sharon (Reader); Brown University. BIOMED: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: cell signaling; MYB transcription factors; fertilization; Reproduction; Pollen tube; Fertilization (Biology)
Language:: English
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry; Theses and Dissertations

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