1. Investigating Properties and Characteristics of G-quadruplex Structure, Folding, and Fluorescence Open Access Author: Sherlock, Madeline Elizabeth Title: Investigating Properties and Characteristics of G-quadruplex Structure, Folding, and Fluorescence Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: Nucleic AcidsRNA foldingG-QuadruplexesFolding CooperativityIntrinsic fluorescence File: Download Thesis_MES_2014.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors AdvisorScott A Showalter, Faculty Reader
2. Investigating the Folding of the Class I Type II PreQ1 Riboswitch in Cellular Conditions Open Access Author: Luteran, Emily Michelle Title: Investigating the Folding of the Class I Type II PreQ1 Riboswitch in Cellular Conditions Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: preQ1riboswitchRNAfoldingcellular conditions File: Download Emily_Luteran_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Philip C. Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors AdvisorScott A Showalter, Faculty ReaderXin Zhang, Faculty Reader
3. Conversion of the C-Terminus of Transcription Factor Pdx1 to a Vehicle for Small Peptide Investigations Open Access Author: Olson, Jarod Title: Conversion of the C-Terminus of Transcription Factor Pdx1 to a Vehicle for Small Peptide Investigations Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: biophysicalPdx1centFCP1IDPintrinsically disordered proteinfluorescence anisotropyNMRmonte carlosmall peptidesq5 mutagenesis File: Download Honors_Thesis_Olson_Final_Copy.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Scott A Showalter, Thesis SupervisorElizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Honors AdvisorBenjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader
4. Binding Analysis of Ubiquitin Ligase SPOP with Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Jacob, Nolan Title: Binding Analysis of Ubiquitin Ligase SPOP with Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: ChemistryBiochemistryBiophysicsBiothermodynamicsPdx1SPOPIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsDiabetesNMRFluorescence AnisotropyBioinformatics File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Scott A Showalter, Thesis SupervisorLauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Honors AdvisorDavid D Boehr, Faculty Reader