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Following The Lines (Long Interspersed Elements): Human Specific L1 Elements And Their Orthologous Loci In Non-Human Primates, Bethaney June Vincent
Following The Lines (Long Interspersed Elements): Human Specific L1 Elements And Their Orthologous Loci In Non-Human Primates, Bethaney June Vincent
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The L1 Ta subfamily of Long INterspersed Elements (LINEs) consists exclusively of human-specific L1 elements with a copy number of ~520 in the human genome. Four hundred sixty-eight L1 Ta elements were extracted from the draft human genomic sequence and screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays to determine their phylogenetic origin and to determine their contribution to human genomic diversity. PCR analysis indicated that 45% of the L1 Ta elements screened are polymorphic for insertion presence or absence. Sequence analysis of the L1 Ta elements produced definitive evidence of 3’transduction, gene conversion involving an older pre-existing L1 element, as …
Introduction Of The 305Arg→305Ser Mutation In The Large Extrinsic Loop E Of The Cp43 Protein Of Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803 Leads To The Loss Of Cytochrome C550 Binding To Photosystem Ii, Terry M. Bricker, Andrew Young, Laurie K. Frankel, Cindy Putnam-Evans
Introduction Of The 305Arg→305Ser Mutation In The Large Extrinsic Loop E Of The Cp43 Protein Of Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803 Leads To The Loss Of Cytochrome C550 Binding To Photosystem Ii, Terry M. Bricker, Andrew Young, Laurie K. Frankel, Cindy Putnam-Evans
Faculty Publications
CP43, a component of Photosystem II (PSII) in higher plants, algae and cyanobacteria, is encoded by the psbC gene. Previous work demonstrated that alteration of an arginine residue occurring at position 305 to serine produced a strain (R305S) with altered PSII characteristics including lower oxygen-evolving activity, fewer assembled reaction centers, higher sensitivity to photoinactivation, etc. [Biochemistry 38 (1999) 1582]. Additionally, it was determined that the mutant exhibited an enhanced stability of its S2 state. Recently, we observed a significant chloride effect under chloride-limiting conditions. The mutant essentially lost the ability to grow photoautotrophically, assembled fewer fully functional PSII reaction centers …
Phylogeny Of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): Implications For Tertiary Tropical Floras And Afroasian Biogeography, Charles C. Davis, Charles D. Bell, Peter W. Fritsch, Sarah Mathews
Phylogeny Of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): Implications For Tertiary Tropical Floras And Afroasian Biogeography, Charles C. Davis, Charles D. Bell, Peter W. Fritsch, Sarah Mathews
Faculty Publications
A major tenet of African Tertiary biogeography posits that lowland rainforest dominated much of Africa in the late Cretaceous and was replaced by xeric vegetation as a response to continental uplift and consequent widespread aridification beginning in the late Paleogene. The aridification of Africa is thought to have been a major factor in the extinction of many African humid-tropical lineages, and in the present-day disparity of species diversity between Africa and other tropical regions. This primarily geologically based model can be tested with independent phylogenetic evidence from widespread African plant groups containing both humid- and xeric-adapted species. We estimated the …
Infection Outcome And Cytokine Gene Expression In Brugia Pahangi-Infected Gerbils (Meriones Unguiculatus) Sensitized With Brucella Abortus, Sharon R. Chirgwin, Philip H. Elzer, Sharon U. Coleman, Jena M. Nowling, Sue D. Hagius, Matthew D. Edmonds, Thomas R. Klei
Infection Outcome And Cytokine Gene Expression In Brugia Pahangi-Infected Gerbils (Meriones Unguiculatus) Sensitized With Brucella Abortus, Sharon R. Chirgwin, Philip H. Elzer, Sharon U. Coleman, Jena M. Nowling, Sue D. Hagius, Matthew D. Edmonds, Thomas R. Klei
Faculty Publications
Filarial infections have been associated with the development of a strongly polarized Th2 host immune response and a severe impairment of mitogen-driven proliferation and type 1 cytokine production in mice and humans. The role of this polarization in the development of the broad spectra of clinical manifestations of lymphatic filariasis is still unknown. Recently, data gathered from humans as well as from immunocompromised mouse models suggest that filariasis elicits a complex host immune response involving both Th1 and Th2 components. However, responses of a similar nature have not been reported in immunologically intact permissive models of Brugia infection. Brucella abortus-killed …
Variations In The Xenodontid Water Snake Helicops Scalaris Jan, And The Status Of H. Hogei Lancini, Douglas A. Rossman
Variations In The Xenodontid Water Snake Helicops Scalaris Jan, And The Status Of H. Hogei Lancini, Douglas A. Rossman
Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
No abstract provided.
Strong Founder Effect In Drosophila Pseudoobscura Colonizing New Zealand From North America, J. Reiland, S. Hodge, Mohamed A.F. Noor
Strong Founder Effect In Drosophila Pseudoobscura Colonizing New Zealand From North America, J. Reiland, S. Hodge, Mohamed A.F. Noor
Faculty Publications
The North American native species Drosophila pseudoobscura was first identified in New Zealand in the last few decades. Here, we have studied the genetic consequences of its spread across the Pacific Ocean. Using 10 microsatellites that are highly variable in North American populations, we found that the New Zealand population has substantially fewer alleles, a much lower average heterozygosity, and significantly different allele frequencies at these loci. We have discussed the relative sensitivity of these parameters for detecting the founding event. X-linked loci were more strongly differentiated between continents than autosomal loci, as reflected by larger changes in allele frequencies …
Protein Folding Studies Of Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein And Homologous Mesophilic And Thermophilic Type I Dna Polymerases, Allyn J. Schoeffler
Protein Folding Studies Of Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein And Homologous Mesophilic And Thermophilic Type I Dna Polymerases, Allyn J. Schoeffler
Honors Capstones
No abstract provided.
Histone Methyltransferase Activity Of A Drosophila Polycomb Group Repressor Complex, Jürg Müller, Craig M. Hart, Nicole J. Francis, Marcus L. Vargas, Aditya Sengupta, Brigitte Wild, Ellen L. Miller, Michael B. O'Connor, Robert E. Kingston, Jeffrey A. Simon
Histone Methyltransferase Activity Of A Drosophila Polycomb Group Repressor Complex, Jürg Müller, Craig M. Hart, Nicole J. Francis, Marcus L. Vargas, Aditya Sengupta, Brigitte Wild, Ellen L. Miller, Michael B. O'Connor, Robert E. Kingston, Jeffrey A. Simon
Faculty Publications
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins maintain transcriptional repression during development, likely by creating repressive chromatin states. The Extra Sex Combs (ESC) and Enhancer of Zeste [E(Z)] proteins are partners in an essential PcG complex, but its full composition and biochemical activities are not known. A SET domain in E(Z) suggests this complex might methylate histones. We purified an ESC-E(Z) complex from Drosophila embryos and found four major subunits: ESC, E(Z), NURF-55, and the PcG repressor, SU(Z)12. A recombinant complex reconstituted from these four subunits methylates lysine-27 of histone H3. Mutations in the E(Z) SET domain disrupt methyltransferase activity in vitro and …
Faculty Senate Resolution 03-01, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College
Faculty Senate Resolution 03-01, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College
LSU Faculty Senate Publications
Faculty Senate Resolution on increasing admissions standards, adopted on October 2, 2002.
Mammalian Retroelements, Prescott L. Deininger, Mark A. Batzer
Mammalian Retroelements, Prescott L. Deininger, Mark A. Batzer
Faculty Publications
The eukaryotic genome has undergone a series of epidemics of amplification of mobile elements that have resulted in most eukaryotic genomes containing much more of this 'junk' DNA than actual coding DNA. The majority of these elements utilize an RNA intermediate and are termed retroelements. Most of these retroelements appear to amplify in evolutionary waves that insert in the genome and then gradually diverge. In humans, almost half of the genome is recognizably derived from retroelements, with the two elements that are currently actively amplifying, L1 and Alu, making up about 25% of the genome and contributing extensively to disease. …
Identification Of A Streptolysin S-Associated Gene Cluster And Its Role In The Pathogenesis Of Streptococcus Iniae Disease, Jeffrey D. Fuller, Alvin C. Camus, Carla L. Duncan, Victor Nizet, Darrin J. Bast, Ronald L. Thune, Donald E. Low, Joyce C.S. De Azavedo
Identification Of A Streptolysin S-Associated Gene Cluster And Its Role In The Pathogenesis Of Streptococcus Iniae Disease, Jeffrey D. Fuller, Alvin C. Camus, Carla L. Duncan, Victor Nizet, Darrin J. Bast, Ronald L. Thune, Donald E. Low, Joyce C.S. De Azavedo
Faculty Publications
Streptococcus iniae causes meningoencephalitis and death in cultured fish species and soft-tissue infection in humans. We recently reported that S. iniae is responsible for local tissue necrosis and bacteremia in a murine subcutaneous infection model. The ability to cause bacteremia in this model is associated with a genetic profile unique to strains responsible for disease in fish and humans (J. D. Fuller, D. J. Bast, V. Nizet, D. E. Low, and J. C. S. de Azavedo, Infect. Immun. 69:1994-2000, 2001). S. iniae produces a cytolysin that confers a hemolytic phenotype on blood agar media. In this study, we characterized the …
Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2002, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2002, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture
No abstract provided.
Heca, A Member Of A Class Of Adhesins Produced By Diverse Pathogenic Bacteria, Contributes To The Attachment, Aggregation, Epidermal Cell Killing, And Virulence Phenotypes Of Erwinia Chrysanthemi Ec16 On Nicotiana Clevelandii Seedlings, Clemencia M. Rojas, Jong Hyun Ham, Wen Ling Deng, Jeff J. Doyle, Alan Collmer
Heca, A Member Of A Class Of Adhesins Produced By Diverse Pathogenic Bacteria, Contributes To The Attachment, Aggregation, Epidermal Cell Killing, And Virulence Phenotypes Of Erwinia Chrysanthemi Ec16 On Nicotiana Clevelandii Seedlings, Clemencia M. Rojas, Jong Hyun Ham, Wen Ling Deng, Jeff J. Doyle, Alan Collmer
Faculty Publications
Erwinia chrysanthemi is representative of a broad class of bacterial pathogens that are capable of inducing necrosis in plants. The E. chrysanthemi EC16 hecA gene predicts a 3,850-aa member of the Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin family of adhesins. A hecA::Tn7 mutant was reduced in virulence on Nicotiana clevelandii seedlings after inoculation without wounding. Epifluorescence and confocal laser-scanning microscopy observations of hecA and wild-type cells expressing the green fluorescent protein revealed that the mutant is reduced in its ability to attach and then form aggregates on leaves and to cause an aggregate-associated killing of epidermal cells. Cell killing also depended on …
Atpase Activity Of The Msba Lipid Flippase Of Escherichia Coli, William T. Doerrler, Christian R.H. Raetz
Atpase Activity Of The Msba Lipid Flippase Of Escherichia Coli, William T. Doerrler, Christian R.H. Raetz
Faculty Publications
Escherichia coli MsbA, the proposed inner membrane lipid flippase, is an essential ATP-binding cassette transporter protein with homology to mammalian multidrug resistance proteins. Depletion or loss of function of MsbA results in the accumulation of lipopolysaccharide and phospholipids in the inner membrane of E. coli. MsbA modified with an N-terminal hexahistidine tag was overexpressed, solubilized with a nonionic detergent, and purified by nickel affinity chromatography to ∼95% purity. The ATPase activity of the purified protein was stimulated by phospholipids. When reconstituted into liposomes prepared from E. coli phospholipids, MsbA displayed an apparent Km of 878 μM and a Vmax of …
The Nature Of Interchain Excitations In Conjugated Polymers: Spatially-Varying Interfacial Solvatochromism Of Annealed Meh-Ppv Films Studied By Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (Nsom), Richard D. Schaller, Lynn F. Lee, Justin C. Johnson, Louis H. Haber, Richard J. Saykally, John Vieceli, Ilan Benjamin, Thuc Quyen Nguyen, Benjamin J. Schwartz
The Nature Of Interchain Excitations In Conjugated Polymers: Spatially-Varying Interfacial Solvatochromism Of Annealed Meh-Ppv Films Studied By Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (Nsom), Richard D. Schaller, Lynn F. Lee, Justin C. Johnson, Louis H. Haber, Richard J. Saykally, John Vieceli, Ilan Benjamin, Thuc Quyen Nguyen, Benjamin J. Schwartz
Faculty Publications
The nature of interchain excitations in conjugated polymers was discussed. The spatially-varying solvatochromism of annealed poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) films were studied by near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM). The solvatochromic spectral shifts of the interfacial luminescence were measured as a function of solvent polarity. The results were analyzed with an interfacial dielectric continuum model to determine the dipole moment of emissive excited states.
Little Qualitative Rna Misexpression In Sterile Male F1 Hybrids Of Drosophila Pseudoobscura And D. Persimilis, Jane Reiland, Mohamed A.F. Noor
Little Qualitative Rna Misexpression In Sterile Male F1 Hybrids Of Drosophila Pseudoobscura And D. Persimilis, Jane Reiland, Mohamed A.F. Noor
Faculty Publications
Background: Although the genetics of hybrid sterility has been the subject of evolutionary studies for over sixty years, no one has shown the reason(s) why alleles that operate normally within species fail to function in another genetic background. Several lines of evidence suggest that failures in normal gene transcription contribute to hybrid dysfunctions, but genome-wide studies of gene expression in pure-species and hybrids have not been undertaken. Here, we study genome-wide patterns of expression in Drosophila pseudoobscura, D. persimilis, and their sterile F1 hybrid males using differential display. Results: Over five thousand amplifications were analyzed, and 3312 were present in …
Comparative Proteome Analysis Of Brucella Melitensis Vaccine Strain Rev 1 And A Virulent Strain, 16m, Michel Eschenbrenner, Mary Ann Wagner, Troy A. Horn, Jo Ann Kraycer, Cesar V. Mujer, Sue Hagius, Philip Elzer, Vito G. Delvecchio
Comparative Proteome Analysis Of Brucella Melitensis Vaccine Strain Rev 1 And A Virulent Strain, 16m, Michel Eschenbrenner, Mary Ann Wagner, Troy A. Horn, Jo Ann Kraycer, Cesar V. Mujer, Sue Hagius, Philip Elzer, Vito G. Delvecchio
Faculty Publications
The genus Brucella consists of bacterial pathogens that cause brucellosis, a major zoonotic disease characterized by undulant fever and neurological disorders in humans. Among the different Brucella species, Brucella melitensis is considered the most virulent. Despite successful use in animals, the vaccine strains remain infectious for humans. To understand the mechanism of virulence in B. melitensis, the proteome of vaccine strain Rev 1 was analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and compared to that of virulent strain 16M. The two strains were grown under identical laboratory conditions. Computer-assisted analysis of the two B. melitensis proteomes revealed proteins expressed in either 16M …
Alteration Of Oriented Deposition Of Cellulose Microfibrils By Mutation Of A Katanin-Like Microtubule-Severing Protein, David H. Burk, Zheng Hua Ye
Alteration Of Oriented Deposition Of Cellulose Microfibrils By Mutation Of A Katanin-Like Microtubule-Severing Protein, David H. Burk, Zheng Hua Ye
Faculty Publications
It has long been hypothesized that cortical microtubules (MTs) control the orientation of cellulose microfibril deposition, but no mutants with alterations of MT orientation have been shown to affect this process. We have shown previously that in Arabidopsis, the fra2 mutation causes aberrant cortical MT orientation and reduced cell elongation, and the gene responsible for the fra2 mutation encodes a katanin-like protein. In this study, using field emission scanning electron microscopy, we found that the fra2 mutation altered the normal orientation of cellulose microfibrils in walls of expanding cells. Although cellulose microfibrils in walls of wild-type cells were oriented transversely …
Active Alu Element "A-Tails": Size Does Matter, Astrid M. Roy-Engel, Abdel Halim Salem, Oluwatosin O. Oyeniran, Lisa Deininger, Dale J. Hedges, Gail E. Kilroy, Mark A. Batzer, Prescott L. Deininger
Active Alu Element "A-Tails": Size Does Matter, Astrid M. Roy-Engel, Abdel Halim Salem, Oluwatosin O. Oyeniran, Lisa Deininger, Dale J. Hedges, Gail E. Kilroy, Mark A. Batzer, Prescott L. Deininger
Faculty Publications
Long and short interspersed elements (LINEs and SINEs) are retroelements that make up almost half of the human genome. L1 and Alu represent the most prolific human LINE and SINE families, respectively. Only a few Alu elements are able to retropose, and the factors determining their retroposition capacity are poorly understood. The data presented in this paper indicate that the length of Alu "A-tails" is one of the principal factors in determining the retropositional capability of an Alu element. The A stretches of the Alu subfamilies analyzed, both old (Alu S and J) and young (Ya5), had a Poisson distribution …
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 And Calcium Signaling In Retinal Amacrine Cells, Romina Sosa, Brian Hoffpauir, Michele L. Rankin, Richard C. Bruch, Evanna L. Gleason
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 And Calcium Signaling In Retinal Amacrine Cells, Romina Sosa, Brian Hoffpauir, Michele L. Rankin, Richard C. Bruch, Evanna L. Gleason
Faculty Publications
To begin to understand the modulatory role of glutamate in the inner retina, we examined the mechanisms underlying metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5)-dependent Ca2+ elevations in cultured GABAergic amacrine cells. A partial sequence of chicken retinal mGluR5 encompassing intracellular loops 2 and 3 suggests that it can couple to both Gq and Gs. Selective activation of mGluR5 stimulated Ca2+ elevations that varied in waveform from cell to cell. Experiments using high external K+ revealed that the mGluR5-dependent Ca2+ elevations are distinctive in amplitude and time course from those engendered by depolarization. Experiments with a Ca2+-free external solution demonstrated that the …
Element Ratios And Aquatic Food Webs, R. Eugene Turner
Element Ratios And Aquatic Food Webs, R. Eugene Turner
Faculty Publications
Organic matter is the result of concentrating a few non-metals that are relatively rare in the earth’s crust. Most of these essential elements are in a rough proportionality within phylogenetic groupings. Life is thus working against a concentration gradient to extract or accumulate these elements, and this metabolic work is accomplished in interrelated and often subtle ways for many other elements. The physiological requirement to sustain these elemental ratios (commonly discussed in terms of the N∶P ratios, but also C∶N, C∶P, and Si∶N ratios) constrains organization at the cellular, organism, and community level. Humans, as geochemical engineers, significantly influence the …
Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2002, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2002, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture
No abstract provided.
The Structure Of Haplotype Blocks In The Human Genome, Stacey B. Gabriel, Stephen F. Schaffner, Huy Nguyen, Jamie M. Moore, Jessica Roy, Brendan Blumenstiel, John Higgins, Matthew Defelice, Amy Lochner, Maura Faggart, Shau Neen Liu-Cordero, Charles Rotimi, Adebowale Adeyemo, Richard Cooper, Ryk Ward, Eric S. Lander, Mark J. Daly, David Altshuler
The Structure Of Haplotype Blocks In The Human Genome, Stacey B. Gabriel, Stephen F. Schaffner, Huy Nguyen, Jamie M. Moore, Jessica Roy, Brendan Blumenstiel, John Higgins, Matthew Defelice, Amy Lochner, Maura Faggart, Shau Neen Liu-Cordero, Charles Rotimi, Adebowale Adeyemo, Richard Cooper, Ryk Ward, Eric S. Lander, Mark J. Daly, David Altshuler
Faculty Publications
Haplotype-based methods offer a powerful approach to disease gene mapping, based on the association between causal mutations and the ancestral haplotypes on which they arose. As part of The SNP Consortium Allele Frequency Projects, we characterized haplotype patterns across 51 autosomal regions (spanning 13 megabases of the human genome) in samples from Africa, Europe, and Asia. We show that the human genome can be parsed objectively into haplotype blocks; sizable regions over which there is little evidence for historical recombination and within which only a few common haplotypes are observed. The boundaries of blocks and specific haplotypes they contain are …
Ecosystem Decay Of Amazonian Forest Fragments: A 22-Year Investigation, William F. Laurance, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna, Raphael K. Didham, Philip C. Stouffer, Claude Gascon, Richard O. Bierregaard, Susan G. Laurance, Erica Sampaio
Ecosystem Decay Of Amazonian Forest Fragments: A 22-Year Investigation, William F. Laurance, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna, Raphael K. Didham, Philip C. Stouffer, Claude Gascon, Richard O. Bierregaard, Susan G. Laurance, Erica Sampaio
Faculty Publications
We synthesized key findings from the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, the world's largest and longest-running experimental study of habitat fragmentation. Although initially designed to assess the influence of fragment area on Amazonian biotas, the project has yielded insights that go far beyond the original scope of the study. Results suggest that edge effects play a key role in fragment dynamics, that the matrix has a major influence on fragment connectivity and functioning, and that many Amazonian species avoid even small (<100-m-wide) clearings. The effects of fragmentation are highly eclectic, altering species richness and abundances, species invasions, forest dynamics, the trophic structure of communities, and a variety of ecological and ecosystem processes. Moreover, forest fragmentation appears to interact synergistically with ecological changes such as hunting, fires, and logging, collectively posing an even greater threat to the rainforest biota.
Insect Conservation In America: Status And Perspectives, Janice L. Bossart, Christopher E. Carlton
Insect Conservation In America: Status And Perspectives, Janice L. Bossart, Christopher E. Carlton
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Laurasian Migration Explains Gondwanan Disjunctions: Evidence From Malpighiaceae, Charles C. Davis, Charles D. Bell, Sarah Mathews, Michael J. Donoghue
Laurasian Migration Explains Gondwanan Disjunctions: Evidence From Malpighiaceae, Charles C. Davis, Charles D. Bell, Sarah Mathews, Michael J. Donoghue
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Explanations for biogeographic disjunctions involving South America and Africa typically invoke vicariance of western Gondwanan biotas or long distance dispersal. These hypotheses are problematical because many groups originated and diversified well after the last known connection between Africa and South America (≈105 million years ago), and it is unlikely that "sweepstakes" dispersal accounts for many of these disjunctions. Phylogenetic analyses of the angiosperm clade Malpighiaceae, combined with fossil evidence and molecular divergence-time estimates, suggest an alternative hypothesis to account for such distributions. We propose that Malpighiaceae originated in northern South America, and that members of several clades repeatedly migrated into …
The Modulation And Cross-Talk Between Stat 5 And Socs-3 In Insulin And Growth Hormone Signaling In 3t3-L1 Adipocytes., David James Story
The Modulation And Cross-Talk Between Stat 5 And Socs-3 In Insulin And Growth Hormone Signaling In 3t3-L1 Adipocytes., David James Story
Honors Capstones
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Soy Protein On Bone Mineral Density On Ovariectomized Rats, Mary C. May
The Effects Of Soy Protein On Bone Mineral Density On Ovariectomized Rats, Mary C. May
Honors Capstones
No abstract provided.
Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2002, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2002, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture
No abstract provided.
The Physiological And Biochemical Characteristics Of Saccharomycetalean Yeasts Associated Endosymbiotically With Beetles In The Macroscopic Fruiting Bodies Of Basidiomycetes, Ebony Antoinette Spikes
The Physiological And Biochemical Characteristics Of Saccharomycetalean Yeasts Associated Endosymbiotically With Beetles In The Macroscopic Fruiting Bodies Of Basidiomycetes, Ebony Antoinette Spikes
Honors Capstones
No abstract provided.