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Observing The Molecular Basis Of Thin Filament Activation With A Three Bead Laser Trap Assay, Thomas Longyear Mar 2018

Observing The Molecular Basis Of Thin Filament Activation With A Three Bead Laser Trap Assay, Thomas Longyear

Doctoral Dissertations

Muscle contracts after calcium (Ca++) is released into the muscle cell, resulting from a cascade of events which result in myosin, the molecular motor of muscle, to produce force and motion. Myosin cyclically binds to a regulated thin filament, using the chemical energy of ATP to produce force and motion. Perturbations in muscle, such as a build-up of metabolic by-products or point mutations in key contractile proteins, can inhibit these functions in both skeletal and cardiac muscle either acutely or chronically. Despite the many years we have studied skeletal and cardiac muscle, we still do not have a clear picture …


Chemical Biology-Based Probes For The Labeling Of Targets On Live Cells, Amanda M. Hussey Nov 2015

Chemical Biology-Based Probes For The Labeling Of Targets On Live Cells, Amanda M. Hussey

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Proper detection is the key to studying any processes on the cellular scale. Nowhere is this more evident than in the tight space which confines the synaptic cleft. Being able to ascertain the location of receptors on live neurons is fundamental to our understanding of not only how these receptors interact and move inside the cell but also how neurons function. Most detection methods rely on significantly altering the receptor; both tagging with a fluorescent protein or targeting the receptor by a fluorescent reporter in the form of a small molecule causes significant difficulties. These localization techniques often result in …


Calmodulin-Like Protein 38: A Component Of Ribonucleoprotein Particles During Hypoxic Stress Responses In Arabidopsis, Ansul Lokdarshi Aug 2015

Calmodulin-Like Protein 38: A Component Of Ribonucleoprotein Particles During Hypoxic Stress Responses In Arabidopsis, Ansul Lokdarshi

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Waterlogging stress leads to a crisis in energy metabolism and the accumulation of toxic metabolites due to the hypoxic and/or anoxic environment associated with this condition. To respond and adapt to this situation, higher plants employ an integrated genetic program that leads to the induction of anaerobic response polypeptide genes that encode metabolic and signaling proteins involved in altering metabolic flow and other adaptive responses. The study presented here shows that the Arabidopsis thaliana calmodulin-like protein CML38 is calcium sensor protein that serves as a member of the core anaerobic response gene family and is involved in modulating the survival …