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Development and application of a capillary electrophoresis immunoassay for DNA lesions induced by ultraviolet light
DownloadSpring 2011
Ultraviolet (UV) light is one of the most abundant DNA damaging agents. The major DNA lesions, such as cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and (6-4) pyrimidine pyrimidone (64PPs) photoproducts, are carcinogenic and mutagenic. Studies of the formation, repair and mutagenicity of these DNA lesions...
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Spring 2012
In this thesis, we develop a sensitive, robust, accurate method to detect chemically-induced DNA damage by three therapeutic agents, cisplatin, psoralen and busulfan. The method uses fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescent hairpin or molecular beacon probes in a hybridization assay for...
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Spring 2015
A large number of exogenous and endogenous agents can result in DNA damage leading to mutagenesis and cell death. A thorough knowledge and understanding about the effects of these agents on different sequences of DNA is important for elucidating the fundamental chemical mechanisms of DNA damage....
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Spring 2013
Absorption of UV light by nucleic acids can result in the formation of molecular lesions leading to mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, and cell death. Thus, understanding DNA damage is important for elucidating the molecular mechanisms of disease. Much effort has been focused on developing methods for...
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Novel spectroscopic probes of sunscreens, initial excited-state structural dynamics and DNA photodamage
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This thesis discusses developing new tools to probe DNA damage resulting from photoinduced chemical processes and probing the initial excited-state structural dynamics of nucleic acids and sunscreen agents. The results of this thesis show that UV resonance Raman spectroscopy (UVRRS) is an...