1. THE IMPACT OF ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS S2220 ON MULE DEER ISY1 GENE EXPRESSION Open Access Author: Bogale, Kaleb Tadesse Title: THE IMPACT OF ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS S2220 ON MULE DEER ISY1 GENE EXPRESSION Area of Honors: Biology Keywords: Endogenous retrovirusERVLTRlong terminal repeatsolo LTRsolo long terminal repeatgene expressionmule deerOdocoileus hemionusRNASplicingretroviruspre-mrna splicing geneISY1 geneisy1gene regulationhardy-weinberg equilibriumpopulation geneticsBos taurusdomestic cowOvis arissheep File: Download KalebBogale_ThesisFinal.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Mary Poss, Thesis SupervisorDr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Chang, Benjamin Title: 1. Characterization of Twisters Ribozymes at Splice Sites 2. Development of a Computational Pipeline to Discover Small Self-cleaving Ribozymes with Helical Imperfections Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: RNARibozymesSplicingHigh-throughput Pipeline File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis SupervisorJoseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. The Role of SR Splicing Protein 9G8 in Regulating Lipid Metabolism in Drosophila Intestine Open Access Author: Voskoboynikov, Roman Title: The Role of SR Splicing Protein 9G8 in Regulating Lipid Metabolism in Drosophila Intestine Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: Drosophila9G8SR proteinIntestineMetabolismSplicing File: Download Voskoboynikov_4.02_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Justin Di Angelo, Thesis SupervisorJeanne Marie Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor