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The Role Cranberry Proanthocyanidins Play In The Primary Attachment Of Bacteria To Surfaces: Bacillus Cereus Model, Anthony Robert Jones
The Role Cranberry Proanthocyanidins Play In The Primary Attachment Of Bacteria To Surfaces: Bacillus Cereus Model, Anthony Robert Jones
Biology Dissertations
The development of a proanthocyanidin (PAC) treatment, along with the understanding of its mechanism of action, would provide an alternative method of preventing attachment to and colonization of surfaces by microorganisms, as well as potentially disrupting preexisting biofilms. The purpose of this research is to examine the role a cranberry proanthocyanidin plays in the primary attachment of Bacillus cereus to an abiotic surface. This technology could be employed in food processing plants where a premium is placed on maintaining a sanitized work environment to prevent product contamination. A biofilm assay showed that a surface treated with proanthocyanidins actually promoted rather …
Proteomic Analysis Of The Response Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pao1 To The Cell To Cell Signaling Molecule Trans, Trans-Farnesol Of Candida Albicans, Shelby L. Jones-Dozier
Proteomic Analysis Of The Response Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pao1 To The Cell To Cell Signaling Molecule Trans, Trans-Farnesol Of Candida Albicans, Shelby L. Jones-Dozier
Biology Dissertations
Nosocomial infections associated with implanted medical- devices are on the rise due to a growing immunocompromised patient population. The organisms of interest in this study are Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans. These organisms are opportunistic pathogens and are frequently implicated as the cause of infection and colonization of medical devices. P. aeruginosa is a motile gram-negative bacterium that is able to suppress the growth of C. albicans. Quourm sensing mimicry and biofilm formation on the hyphal surface of C. albicans by P. aeruginosa aids in suppression. C. albicans is a dimorphic fungus capable of quorum sensing with E,E-farnesol and is …
Evolution Of The Holozoan Ribosome Biogenesis Regulon, Seth J. Brown, Michael D. Cole, Albert J. Erives
Evolution Of The Holozoan Ribosome Biogenesis Regulon, Seth J. Brown, Michael D. Cole, Albert J. Erives
Dartmouth Scholarship
The ribosome biogenesis (RiBi) genes encode a highly-conserved eukaryotic set of nucleolar proteins involved in rRNA transcription, assembly, processing, and export from the nucleus. While the mode of regulation of this suite of genes has been studied in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, how this gene set is coordinately regulated in the larger and more complex metazoan genomes is not understood. Here we present genome-wide analyses indicating that a distinct mode of RiBi regulation co-evolved with the E(CG)-binding, Myc:Max bHLH heterodimer complex in a stem-holozoan, the ancestor of both Metazoa and Choanoflagellata, the protozoan group most closely related to animals. These …
Microproteomics: Analysis Of Protein Diversity In Small Samples, Howard B. Gutstein, Jeffrey S. Morris, Suresh P. Annangudi, Jonathan V. Sweedler
Microproteomics: Analysis Of Protein Diversity In Small Samples, Howard B. Gutstein, Jeffrey S. Morris, Suresh P. Annangudi, Jonathan V. Sweedler
Jeffrey S. Morris
Proteomics, the large-scale study of protein expression in organisms, offers the potential to evaluate global changes in protein expression and their post-translational modifications that take place in response to normal or pathological stimuli. One challenge has been the requirement for substantial amounts of tissue in order to perform comprehensive proteomic characterization. In heterogeneous tissues, such as brain, this has limited the application of proteomic methodologies. Efforts to adapt standard methods of tissue sampling, protein extraction, arraying, and identification are reviewed, with an emphasis on those appropriate to smaller samples ranging in size from several microliters down to single cells. The …