1. Polycistronic Coexpression and Copurification of the Human MLL MWRA Histone Methyltransferase Complex Open Access Author: Santivasi, Wil Leonard Title: Polycistronic Coexpression and Copurification of the Human MLL MWRA Histone Methyltransferase Complex Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: epigeneticshistone methyltransferasepolycistronic coexpressiongene regulationMLLMWRA File: Download Wil_Leonard_Santivasi.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Song Tan, Thesis SupervisorSong Tan, Thesis SupervisorChen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader
2. Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Chromatin Enzymes Open Access Author: Henrici, Ryan Christopher Title: Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Chromatin Enzymes Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: BRCA1PRC1cancerchromatinnucleosomestructural biologygene regulation File: Download Henrici_Thesis__PC_formatted_linked.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Song Tan, Thesis SupervisorDr. Teh-hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. 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
4. Functional characterization of an ApiAP2 transcription factor in sexual development of Plasmodium falciparum Open Access Author: Suhendra, Michelle Title: Functional characterization of an ApiAP2 transcription factor in sexual development of Plasmodium falciparum Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: malariagene regulationtranscriptiontranscription regulationfalciparumplasmodiumapiap2 File: Download Suhendra-thesis-final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Manuel Llinas, Thesis SupervisorPaul Babitzke, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. The Mechanism of NELF Recruitment by DSIF in Promoter-proximal Pausing of RNA Polymerase II Open Access Author: Deng, Eilene Title: The Mechanism of NELF Recruitment by DSIF in Promoter-proximal Pausing of RNA Polymerase II Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: promoter-proximal pausingtranscription factorsgene regulationDSIFNELFRNA Polymerase II File: Download Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: David Scott Gilmour, Thesis SupervisorLorraine C Santy, Thesis Honors Advisor