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.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
-
Nuclear matrix metalloproteinase-2 and investigation of its potential targets in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
DownloadSpring 2016
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent proteases involved in intra- and extra-cellular matrix remodeling. MMP-2 was the first to be localized to the nucleus; however the biological functions and substrates of nuclear MMP-2 are mostly unknown. We hypothesized that...