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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Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression at Early Stages of Arabidopsis Vein Development
DownloadFall 2016
How multicellular organisms activate gene expression in the correct cells at the correct time is a central question in biology. In animals, in which this question has been investigated extensively, broadly expressed transcription factors activate target gene expression in narrow domains by a...
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Transcriptional regulation of the zebrafish activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) gene
DownloadFall 2012
Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID, encoded by Aicda) mediates affinity maturation of immunoglobulin genes. Early studies in mammals indicated that the transcription of Aicda was regulated by a number of transcriptional regulatory regions, including a B-cell specific enhancer in the...
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Transcriptional regulation of two immune genes: teleost activation-induced cytidine deaminase and duck major histocompatibility complex class I
DownloadFall 2015
Differential gene expression allows organisms to develop specialized cell types and promptly respond to foreign pathogens. I) Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID/Aicda) is expressed in B-cells to diversify the secondary repertoire and effector functions of antibodies during the processes...
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Spring 2013
The plant vascular system is a network of vascular strands that transport nutrients and signals. Some of these signals control the development of non-vascular tissues surrounding vascular strands; some others coordinate the development of new branches, leaves, and flowers with that of new roots....