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Full-Text Articles in Genomics
Comparative Genomics Of Microbial Chemoreceptor Sequence, Structure, And Function, Aaron Daniel Fleetwood
Comparative Genomics Of Microbial Chemoreceptor Sequence, Structure, And Function, Aaron Daniel Fleetwood
Doctoral Dissertations
Microbial chemotaxis receptors (chemoreceptors) are complex proteins that sense the external environment and signal for flagella-mediated motility, serving as the GPS of the cell. In order to sense a myriad of physicochemical signals and adapt to diverse environmental niches, sensory regions of chemoreceptors are frenetically duplicated, mutated, or lost. Conversely, the chemoreceptor signaling region is a highly conserved protein domain. Extreme conservation of this domain is necessary because it determines very specific helical secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of the protein while simultaneously choreographing a network of interactions with the adaptor protein CheW and the histidine kinase CheA. This dichotomous …
Genomic Characterization Of Polyps In Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patients And Identification Of Candidate Chemopreventive Drugs, Francis A. San Lucas
Genomic Characterization Of Polyps In Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patients And Identification Of Candidate Chemopreventive Drugs, Francis A. San Lucas
Dissertations & Theses (Open Access)
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by APC germline mutations and the development of hundreds to thousands of premalignant adenomas in the gastrointestinal tract at a young age. If left untreated, these patients inevitably develop colon cancer (CRC) and small bowel tumors. We performed exome sequencing of samples from 12 FAP patients to characterize adenomas and to identify candidate genes of adenoma development that may serve as potential targets for chemoprevention drug development. From each patient, a blood and at least one polyp were sequenced with a total of 25 polyps analyzed. In some cases, normal …
Transcriptome Analysis Of Sea Lamprey Embryogenesis, Zakary Ilya Yermolenko
Transcriptome Analysis Of Sea Lamprey Embryogenesis, Zakary Ilya Yermolenko
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) has survived throughout evolution for hundreds of millions of years. It is considered an invasive species to the Great Lakes that has caused dramatic changes in the ecosystem for fish communities resulting in the collapse of a fishing industry that was previously valued at billions of dollars. Successful management of the sea lamprey is essential to a sustainable fishing industry and biodiversity. Therefore sea lamprey embryos were studied at various stages of development by growing them in a simulated habitat. RNAs from adult female ovaries and embryos at different time points during embryogenesis …
Small Rna Expression During Programmed Rearragement Of A Vertebrate Genome, Joseph R. Herdy Iii
Small Rna Expression During Programmed Rearragement Of A Vertebrate Genome, Joseph R. Herdy Iii
Theses and Dissertations--Biology
The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) undergoes programmed genome rearrangements (PGRs) during embryogenesis that results in the deletion of ~0.5 Gb of germline DNA from the somatic lineage. The underlying mechanism of these rearrangements remains largely unknown. miRNAs (microRNAs) and piRNAs (PIWI interacting RNAs) are two classes of small noncoding RNAs that play important roles in early vertebrate development, including differentiation of cell lineages, modulation of signaling pathways, and clearing of maternal transcripts. Here, I utilized next generation sequencing to determine the temporal expression of miRNAs, piRNAs, and other small noncoding RNAs during the first five days of lamprey …
The Evolutionary Dynamics Of Transcription Factors, Operators, And Their Target Genes Across Prokaryotes, Marc Del Grande
The Evolutionary Dynamics Of Transcription Factors, Operators, And Their Target Genes Across Prokaryotes, Marc Del Grande
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
In prokaryotes, transcriptional regulation commonly involves a transcription factor (TF) binding to a particular conserved sequence of nucleotides (operator). Binding elicits a transcriptional response, either activation or repression. The evolution of gene regulation has been identified as a primary driver of species diversity, making it an important area of research. This work examined the dynamics of the interactions between TFs and operators, and TFs and their primary target genes in attempt to assess the rapid evolution of transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs) across a diverse set of prokaryotes. Using software packages, operator sequences from Escherichia coli K12 were compared to every …