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2. A Study Of OKL38, A Potential Tumor Suppressor, In Mitochondria Structure and Function

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Author:
Tokarski, Anthony Thomas
Title:
A Study Of OKL38, A Potential Tumor Suppressor, In Mitochondria Structure and Function
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
OKL38
tumor suppressor
mitochondria
File:
Download A_Study_of_OKL38_a_potential_tumor_suppressing_protein_in_mitochondrial_structure_and_function.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Yanming Wang, Thesis Supervisor
Yanming Wang, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

3. A BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RNA BINDING ACTIVITY OF Not4 OF THE CCR4-NOT COMPLEX IN YEAST

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Open Access
Author:
Lu, Bonnie Boshen
Title:
A BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RNA BINDING ACTIVITY OF Not4 OF THE CCR4-NOT COMPLEX IN YEAST
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Not4
Ccr4-Not
yeast
RNA binding
Fluorescence polarization assay
Electrophoretic mobility shift assay
File:
Download Bonnie_Lu_honors_thesis_PSU_May_2011.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

4. Effect Of PPARβ/δ and PPARγ on Cell Proliferation and Gene Expression in the A431 Human Skin Cancer Cell Line

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Christina
Title:
Effect Of PPARβ/δ and PPARγ on Cell Proliferation and Gene Expression in the A431 Human Skin Cancer Cell Line
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
PPARβ/δ
PPARγ
Skin Cancer
A431
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

5. GENOME-WIDE DEPENDENCY OF TRANSCRIPTION MACHINERY ON GCN5 IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

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Author:
Cantor, David John
Title:
GENOME-WIDE DEPENDENCY OF TRANSCRIPTION MACHINERY ON GCN5 IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
transcription machinery genome-wide mapping
Gcn5 deletion
ChIP-exo
SOLiD sequencing
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

6. MICROFLORA IDENTIFICATION IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATED SPUTUM THROUGH CULTURE AND METAGENOMIC METHODS

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Open Access
Author:
Mina, Daniel
Title:
MICROFLORA IDENTIFICATION IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATED SPUTUM THROUGH CULTURE AND METAGENOMIC METHODS
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
microbiota
bacteriology
Microflora
Metagenomics
COPD
lung disease
File:
Download SHC_HONORS_THESIS_DM.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Thomas Harvill, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Thomas Harvill, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

7. CHARACTERIZING NEURAL RETICULON 1 AND DETERMINING THE MECHANISM OF MAINTAINING A DIFFUSION BARRIER IN THE AXON INITIAL SEGMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NEURONS

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Author:
Luna, Esteban
Title:
CHARACTERIZING NEURAL RETICULON 1 AND DETERMINING THE MECHANISM OF MAINTAINING A DIFFUSION BARRIER IN THE AXON INITIAL SEGMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NEURONS
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Drosophila melanogaster
neurons
diffusion barrier
reticulon
ankyrin 2
FRAP
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Melissa Rolls, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

8. Detection and Characterization of Viral cDNAs Amplified from Cells Expressing the JC Virus Early Coding Sequences.

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Open Access
Author:
Barnes, Erin Stockwell
Title:
Detection and Characterization of Viral cDNAs Amplified from Cells Expressing the JC Virus Early Coding Sequences.
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
JC Virus
cDNA characterization
File:
Download Erin_Barnes_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Richard John Frisque, Thesis Supervisor
Richard John Frisque, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

10. ERGOTHIONEINE DEGRADATION AND PROPERTIES OF ERGOTHIONASE FROM AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER

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Author:
Manamtharayil Jose, Jiku
Title:
ERGOTHIONEINE DEGRADATION AND PROPERTIES OF ERGOTHIONASE FROM AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Ergothioneine
Ergothionase
Agrobacterium
enzyme properties
Nitrogen utilization
Km
Vmax
King Oyster mushroom
Alumina column
Adsorption chromatography
Antioxidant
Oxidative Stress
Thiolurocanic acid
Trimethylamine
Ergothioneine biodegradation.
File:
Download Honors_Thesis-Final_Draft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Allen T Phillips, Thesis Supervisor
Allen T Phillips, Thesis Supervisor
Chen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

11. PROLYL-4-HYDROXYLASE OXYGEN ACTIVATION AND ASCORBATE PROTECTION

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Open Access
Author:
Chekan, Jonathan Rodi
Title:
PROLYL-4-HYDROXYLASE OXYGEN ACTIVATION AND ASCORBATE PROTECTION
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Ascorbate
Vitamin C
P4H
Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase
Reduction
Dioxygenase
File:
Download ThesisFinal-SHC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Carsten Krebs, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Carsten Krebs, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sarah Ellen Ades, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

12. ANALYSIS OF A FUNCTIONAL ROLE FOR CONSERVED LYSINE RESIDUES OF THE H4 N-TERMINUS IN PREMATURE mRNA SPLICING EFFICIENCY

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Author:
Joy, Jaimy
Title:
ANALYSIS OF A FUNCTIONAL ROLE FOR CONSERVED LYSINE RESIDUES OF THE H4 N-TERMINUS IN PREMATURE mRNA SPLICING EFFICIENCY
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Histone
H4
splicing
File:
Download Jaimy_Joy_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

13. TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION REGULATED BY ALK5 IN PRENEOPLASTIC KERATINOCYTES

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Open Access
Author:
Masiuk, Katelyn
Title:
TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION REGULATED BY ALK5 IN PRENEOPLASTIC KERATINOCYTES
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
TGFβ. skin cancer
differentiation
File:
Download Thesis2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Adam Bleier Glick, Thesis Supervisor
Adam Bleier Glick, Thesis Supervisor
Chen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Faculty Reader
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

14. COEXPRESSION AND HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF HMOF/HMSL1V1 COMPLEX

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Author:
Aurori, Kieran James
Title:
COEXPRESSION AND HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF HMOF/HMSL1V1 COMPLEX
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
MOF
MSL1v1
histone
nucleosome
histone acetyltransferase
protein
chromatin
dosage compensation
epigenetics
File:
Download Kieran_Aurori_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader

15. DETERMINING THE EXTRACELLULAR FUNCTION AND ROLE IN FAT METABOLISM OF THE PROTEIN PNC-1 IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

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Author:
Krebs, Kelsey
Title:
DETERMINING THE EXTRACELLULAR FUNCTION AND ROLE IN FAT METABOLISM OF THE PROTEIN PNC-1 IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
NAD+
PNC-1
fat metabolism
Caenorhabditis elegans
biology
File:
Download KThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Wendy Hanna Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph C. Reese, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. MECHANISM AND SPECIFICITY OF MAMMALIAN MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS A BINDING TO THE LIGHT-STRAND PROMOTER OF HUMAN MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

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Author:
Kumar, Nitin
Title:
MECHANISM AND SPECIFICITY OF MAMMALIAN MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS A BINDING TO THE LIGHT-STRAND PROMOTER OF HUMAN MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
mitochondrial transcription
transcription factor A
light-strand promoter
File:
Download NitinKumarThesisFinal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Faculty Reader
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor

17. THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOTYPIC RESPONSES DUE TO POINT MUTATIONS ON SECRETED AND NON-SECRETED SERPINS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

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Author:
Rosenstock, Philip Jay
Title:
THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOTYPIC RESPONSES DUE TO POINT MUTATIONS ON SECRETED AND NON-SECRETED SERPINS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
C. elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans
point mutations
serpins
serpin
phenotype
longevity
brood size
postembryonic development
File:
Download ThesisFinalRosenstock.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Wendy Hanna Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Chen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Polycistronic Coexpression and Copurification of the Human MLL MWRA Histone Methyltransferase Complex

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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:
epigenetics
histone methyltransferase
polycistronic coexpression
gene regulation
MLL
MWRA
File:
Download Wil_Leonard_Santivasi.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Song Tan, Thesis Supervisor
Chen Pei David Tu, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Faculty Reader