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Lmea, A Conserved Cell-Envelope Protein In Mycobacteria, Is Important For Antibiotic Resistance And Cell Envelope Permeability, Sarah Hassan Osman
Lmea, A Conserved Cell-Envelope Protein In Mycobacteria, Is Important For Antibiotic Resistance And Cell Envelope Permeability, Sarah Hassan Osman
Masters Theses
The cell envelope of mycobacteria is critical for the survival and virulence of pathogenic species during infection, and its biosynthesis has been a proven drug target. Therefore, finding new targets in the biosynthetic pathway of cell envelope components is of great interest. Mycobacterium smegmatis is a model organism for the study of the devastating pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Previously, lipomannan elongation factor A (LmeA) has been identified as a cell envelope protein that is critical for the control of mannan chain length of lipomannan (LM) and lipoarabinomannan (LAM), lipoglycan components of the cell envelope. The deletion mutant, ∆lmeA, accumulates abnormal LM/LAM …
Investigating The Mechanisms Responsible For Cephalosporin Resistance In Clostridioides Difficile Strain 630, Lara Anna Turello
Investigating The Mechanisms Responsible For Cephalosporin Resistance In Clostridioides Difficile Strain 630, Lara Anna Turello
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common nosocomial infections worldwide. A major risk factor for CDI is antibiotic therapy, due to C. difficile’s resistance to a myriad of antibiotics—one of which are cephalosporins. Cephalosporins are ß-lactam antibiotics that function by binding to the active site of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), thus inhibiting peptidoglycan synthesis and leading to cell lysis. Gram-positive bacteria can counteract ß-lactams by (i) producing ß-lactamases, (ii) expressing modified PBPs, or (iii) by expressing efflux pumps.
Genomic analysis of C. difficile strain 630 revealed the presence of at least 31 putative ß-lactam resistance genes that encode …
Characterization Of Tmx Transmembrane Protein In Bacillus Subtilis And Its Effects On Antibiotic Resistance, Membrane Permeability, And Membrane Fluidity, Henna Zaver
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Development Of Small Molecule Antibiotics Against A Conserved Rna Gene Regulatory Element In Gram-Positive Bacteria, Ville Yrjö Petteri Väre
Development Of Small Molecule Antibiotics Against A Conserved Rna Gene Regulatory Element In Gram-Positive Bacteria, Ville Yrjö Petteri Väre
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Bacterial infections and the rise of antibiotic resistance, especially multidrug resistant strains, have generated a clear need for discovery of novel therapeutics. Most antibiotics in use today are derivatives of previous antibiotics to which resistance mechanisms already exist, and traditionally they have a single target: either a protein or rRNA. Gram-positive bacteria regulate the expression of several essential genes or operons using a mechanism called the T-box. The T-box is a structurally conserved riboswitch-like gene regulator in the 5’-untranslated region (UTR) of numerous essential genes of Gram-positive bacteria. T-boxes are stabilized by cognate, unacylated tRNA ligands, allowing the formation of …