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Creator:: Woo, Youn-Hi
Abstract:: This dissertation details the investigation of an alternate pathway to isoprenoids that occurs in plants and microorganisms, the non-mevalonate pathway. This exploration of the pathway focuses on the second step, the conversion of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate (DXP) to 2-C-methylerythritol-4-phosphate (MEP) by the enzyme DXP isomeroreductase (DXR). These studies led to an appreciation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Jennifer Turcot, and Andy Bauman for their love, encouragement, and patience. I send my special thanks to

Creator:: Topark-Ngarm, Acharawan Khamsiritrakul
Abstract:: CTIP2, a novel C2H2 zinc finger protein, is a transcriptional repressor that functions by at least two mechanisms. CTIP2 interacts with and stimulates transcriptional repression mediated by COUP-TF family members. CTIP2 also represses transcription independently of COUP-TF proteins by direct, sequence-specific DNA binding activity. CTIP2 has been implicated in lymphoid...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Dr. Thanaset Senawong, David Amparan, Andy Fields, Dr. Daniel Nevrivy, Mike Beilstein, Brian

Creator:: Le, Uyen Minh
Abstract:: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., and new approaches to control cancer are constantly sought. This dissertation is comprised of two parts: (i) improving the uptake and retention of gadolinium in tumors for potential gadoliniumneutron capture therapy (Gd-NCT) and (ii) integration of gemcitabine or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Ms. Kay A. Fischer for her helpful assistance in histology and apoptosis assays, and Mr. Andy

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