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Genetics and Genomics

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

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Mapping The Domain Of Rna Helicase Ddx1 That Interacts With The Ns1 Of Influenza A Viruses, Elise Wyatt May 2021

Mapping The Domain Of Rna Helicase Ddx1 That Interacts With The Ns1 Of Influenza A Viruses, Elise Wyatt

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

Of the known influenza virus strains, influenza A viruses (IAVs) are the most catastrophic due to their highly contagious nature and possibly life-threatening symptoms. IAVs invade a host cell and enter the nucleus where they use the cell’s nuclear machinery for replication of their viral RNA genome which is then exported to neighboring cells to establish a productive infection. Host pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) respond to viral infection by signaling the cell to produce type I interferons (IFNs) to fight the foreign invader. Non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of IAVs, a major component in the regulation of viral replication, opposes host …


Involvement Of The Ino80 Chromatin Remodeling Complex In Cell Division And Genomic Stability, Ethan Chen May 2021

Involvement Of The Ino80 Chromatin Remodeling Complex In Cell Division And Genomic Stability, Ethan Chen

Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

Cell division is a vital biological process for growth and development in both single and multi-cellular organisms—whereby the cell must duplicate its organelles and genome in entirety and appropriately distribute the copied contents to the daughter cells. Cells undergo a cycle of two distinct phases: interphase and mitosis. During interphase, the cell replicates its genomic DNA (in the form of chromosomes) located within the nucleus. DNA replication is carried out in a euchromatin state, where the chromosome structure is loose and easily accessible by DNA polymerase and other replication enzymes. Upon the completion of replication, chromatin is condensed into highly …