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Investigation Of Autoregulation Of Icer And Electrochemical Properties Of Tryptophan, Mark Demilio

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

A relatively new development in the field of research-based chemistry is to study biomolecules, their interactions, and a biochemical mechanisms by examination of their physical properties and application of laboratory techniques rooted in concepts of physical chemistry. Both projects that are encompassed within this master's thesis indeed fall under the umbrella of biophysical chemistry, as they apply physical chemical techniques study particular biomolecular interactions.

The first of these two projects is the study of a leucine zipper protein, Inducible cAMP Early Repressor [ICER], which is a product of the cAMP Responsive Element Modulator [CREM] gene. ICER functions as a transcriptional …