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  • The effects of an immersion bilingual mathematics institute on the achievement of seventh grade Mexican-American students

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    Ebert, C. Steven
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    The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which an Immersion Bilingual Mathematics Institute (IBMI) can affect the mathematics achievement of entering seventh grade students of Mexican-American heritage. Mathematics achievement was defined as mathematics skills measured by the Mathematics Computation and Mathematics Concepts and Applications tests of...
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    -AMERICAN STUDENTS Abstract approved: Gene F. Craven The purpose of this study was to determine the

  • The relationship between individualism vs. collectivism and the culturally intelligent behavior of counselor trainees

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    James, Gene M.
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    Multicultural competency has been established as important component of communicating within a cross-cultural ecology. Yet, there is evidence that many counselors struggle to communicate and interact outside of their own cultural communication norms. Until this study, no one has attempted to integrate culture and intelligence as a unitary counseling construct....
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Gene M. James for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • The function of the homeobox transcription factor Pitx2 during mammalian skeletal muscle development

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    Shih, Hung Ping
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    Homeodomain transcription factors control developmental processes. They pattern body formation, specify cell lineages and switch the onset of gene regulatory cascades. Pitx2, a bicoid-related homeodomain transcription factor, is asymmetrically expressed in the left lateral plate mesoderm and mesoderm-derived tissues. Pitx2 null mice are characterized by failure of body wall closure,...
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    the onset of gene regulatory cascades. Pitx2, a bicoid-related homeodomain transcription factor, is

  • Genetic dissection of Victoria blight disease susceptibility in Arabidopsis thaliana

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    Sweat, Teresa A.
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    The fungus Cochliobolus victoriae causes Victoria blight of oats and Arabidopsis and is pathogenic due to its production of a compound called victorin, which induces programmed cell death in sensitive plants. Victorin sensitivity in Arabidopsis is conferred by the dominant gene LOCUS ORCHESTRATING VICTORIN EFFECTS1 (LOV1), which encodes a coiled-coil-nucleotide...
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    -NBS-LRR gene in Arabidopsis Teresa A. Sweat and Thomas J. Wolpert

  • Characterization of Baculovirus genes involved in genome replication and processing

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    Vanarsdall, Adam L.
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    The Baculoviridae comprise a diverse group of occluded DNA viruses that contain large double-stranded DNA genomes of 80 - 180 kb and may encode up to 180 gene products. To understand how baculoviruses replicate and process their genomes and the gene products that are involved in these events, a series...
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    that contain large double-stranded DNA genomes of 80 - 180 kb and may encode up to 180 gene

  • Endogenous and antiviral RNA silencing pathways in Arabidopsis

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    Chapman, Elisabeth J.
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    RNA silencing pathways are required for a wide variety of processes in most eucaryotes. In plants, small-interfering RNA (siRNA) arising from transposons and other repetitive sequences is associated with heterochromatin formation and maintenance. MicroRNAs and trans-acting siRNAs encoded at discrete loci function as negative regulators of gene expression by triggering...
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    encoded at discrete loci function as negative regulators of gene expression by triggering cleavage or

  • Investigation of hop downy mildew through association mapping and observations of the oospore

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    Parker, Thomas B.
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    Hop downy mildew is a devastating disease affecting hop requiring expensive fungicide applications throughout the growing season. Plant resistance is highly desirable and theorized as being decidedly quantitative with dominance and epistasis involved in resistance. An association mapping approach using a mixed-model was used to identify AFLP markers associated with...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Thomas B. Parker for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Study of seed germination-associated genes using Arabidopsis enhancer-trap

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    Liu, Po-Pu
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    In mature Arabidopsis seeds, the testa (seed coat) is no longer a living tissue. Thus, major sites of gene expression in imbibed seeds are the internal living tissues such as the embryo and the endosperm. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of seed germination, the gene regulation in these two tissues...
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    testa (seed coat) is no longer a living tissue. Thus, major sites of gene expression in imbibed seeds

  • The effects of client status as Atheist/Agnostic on the counseling Working Alliance

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    Jaron, Bonnie Lee
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    The purpose of this dissertation is to ascertain if there is a significant difference in the counselor rating of the bond component of the Working Alliance between Theist clients and their counselors and Atheist/Agnostic clients and their counselors. Measures of client religiosity, Working Alliance, and Treatment Arm from the Project...
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  • Functional analysis of the biosynthetic gene cluster of the antitumor agent cetoniacytone A

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    Wu, Xiumei
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    A gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of the antitumor agent cetoniacytone A was identified in Actinomyces sp. strain Lu 9419, an endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the intestines of the rose chafer beetle. The nucleotide sequence analysis of the 26 Kb DNA region revealed the presence of 17 complete ORFs,...
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    . Title: Functional Analysis of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of the Antitumor Agent Cetoniacytone A