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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2012
Modulator of apoptosis 1 (MOAP-1) is a BH3-like protein that plays a key role in death receptor-dependent apoptosis and cooperates with the tumor suppressor protein Ras association domain family 1A (RASSF1A) to promote Bax activation during cell death. Although loss of RASSF1A expression is...
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Molecular and Epigenetic Insights into RASSF1A Regulated Pathways in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
DownloadFall 2018
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an idiopathic non-curable disease characterized by pain, chronic diarrhea, rectal bleeding with weight loss and erosion of the colon in severe cases. In many cases, IBD is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that usually...
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Fall 2011
Ras association domain family 1 A (RASSF1A) is an important tumor suppressor, which expression is frequently lost in various cancers due to promoter hypermethylation. Chronic inflammation, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can increase the risk of developing cancer. Rassf1a conventional...