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Spring 2014
The introduction of WNV into North America in 1999 was followed by rapid spread throughout the continent. Today, WNV is an endemic pathogen in the west, with thousands of cases of severe infection reported annually. In addition to traditional vaccine research, there is an urgent need to...
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Fall 2014
Fungal pathogens are recognized by Dectin-1, a pattern recognition receptor expressed on mammalian innate immune cells. Dectin-1 detects β-glucans, which are polymers of glucose that are a main component of the fungal cell wall. While purified, soluble β-glucans have been used in the clinic as...
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Coming in from the cold: spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression by the cyanobacterial RNA helicase redox (CrhR) during abiotic stress - Supplementary Data
Coming in from the cold: spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression by the cyanobacterial RNA helicase redox (CrhR) during abiotic stress - Supplementary Data
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Contains supplementary protein quantification files and cell imaging movies related to the thesis Coming in from the cold: spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression by the cyanobacterial RNA helicase redox (CrhR) during abiotic stress, Brendan T. Whitman, Spring 2024
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Epithelial and vascular progenitors in the developing lung: Newer insights and therapeutic implications
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Stanislaus Alphonse, Anthuvan Rajesh
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are life-threatening lung diseases affecting newborn infants. Both diseases are characterized by impaired lung development and are currently untreatable. Dysregulation in the number or function of lung progenitor cells is...
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Fall 2020
RNA helicases function in all aspects of RNA metabolism, regulating a diverse range of cellular processes by rearranging RNA structures and mediating RNA-protein interactions. Prokaryotic RNA helicases have been shown to have roles in RNA degradation, ribosome biogenesis and translation, with...
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Fall 2013
West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic, blood-borne flavivirus that can cause serious neurological disease in humans and animals. While significant progress has been made in identifying virus-encoded pathogenic determinants, very little is known regarding how these viral proteins interact with...
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Herpes Simplex Virus Requires VP11/12 to Activate Src Family Kinase-PI3 Kinase-Akt Signalling
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This thesis defines a novel role for the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) tegument protein, virion protein (VP) 11/12 as a modulator of host cell signalling. Studies aimed at examining infection induced lymphocyte inactivation, revealed that VP11/12 is tyrosine phosphorylated in three lymphocyte...
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Spring 2020
The human neuraminidases (NEU1, NEU2, NEU3, and NEU4) are a family of enzymes implicated in pathologies including cancer and diabetes. Our group has developed selective inhibitors for these enzymes that have been employed as tools to understand their biological roles. Several reports have linked...
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2012-06-21
Whitford, Denise S., Owttrim, George W.
Expression of the stress-regulated RNA helicase of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, CrhR, is altered by three known stresses, temperature, light and salt concentration. Here we show that altering the source of fixed nitrogen, either urea, ammonia, nitrate or lack of fixed nitrogen, also results in...