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- 2Brathwaite, R. A. I.
- 2Mather, Diane E.
- 2Spaner, Dean
- 1 Li, Jun
- 1Abd Elhafiz, Areeg
- 29Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
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- 13Biological Sciences, Department of
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- 3Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, Department of
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Spring 2015
Cholesterol is well known for its adverse cardiovascular effects, however it has crucial cellular roles. For instance, cholesterol is a key component of eukaryotic cell membranes and constitutes the principle steroid hormone precursor in most animals. Cellular cholesterol concentrations have to...
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Drosophila Mage, a component of Smc5/6 DNA response complex, confers resistance to caffeine and genotoxic stress and plays a role in the cell cycle and cell survival
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Over 50 Melanoma-associated antigen (MAGE) genes have been identified in the human genome. They share a conserved 200 amino acid MAGE-homology domain (MHD). In yeast, the only MAGE homolog (Nse3) is a component of the Smc5/6 DNA damage response complex. In humans, MAGE proteins influence cell...
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Spring 2014
This thesis evaluates economic impact of adoption of crops developed by means of modern genomic tools. The economic impact of these improved crops is looked at from two different angles: the welfare implications from trading improved crops on the world market, and the benefits of adopting...
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2018-01-01
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This image is part of a series displaying the equipment involved in fruit fly experiments. This laboratory equipment is used in Molecular Genetics and Heredity: Biology 207. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier...
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Examining the First Uses of Pottery by Northern Great Plains Peoples During the Time of Besant and Sonota
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Highly successful pedestrian era communal bison hunters of the Besant and Sonota archaeological phases were the first to use pottery on the northern Great Plains. While the Besant phase is widely distributed across this region, the Sonota phase is confined to North and South Dakota. The Sonota...
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Expansion of ruminant-specific microRNAs shapes target gene expression divergence between ruminant and non-ruminant species
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Kommadath, A., Bao, H., Meng, Y., Plastow, G. S., Stothard, P., Sun, X., Arantes, A. S., Guan, L. L.
Background Understanding how species-specific microRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to species-specific phenotypes is a central topic in biology. This study aimed to elucidate the role of ruminant-specific miRNAs in shaping mRNA expression divergence between ruminant and non-ruminant species. ...
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Flapwing Dephosphorylates Merlin and Moesin and Regulates Epithelial Integrity in Drosophila
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Merlin is a tumor suppressor protein whose inactivation is associated with familial Neurofibromatosis Type II (NF2) and other sporadic tumors. The growth-suppressive function of Merlin is modulated by reversible phosphorylation. Our previous finding showed the Sterile20 kinase Slik coordinately...
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2018-01-01
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This image is part of a series displaying different fruit flies with various phenotypes. These flies are seen in Molecular Genetics and Heredity: Biology 207. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 4000I.
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2018
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences
This image is part of a series displaying different fruit flies with various phenotypes. These flies are seen in Molecular Genetics and Heredity: Biology 207. This image was created as part of the University of Alberta OER image database project in Biological Sciences. Identifier 4000I.