Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Genetics and Genomics
Employing High Probability Gene Choice Elements To Understand Singular Odorant Receptor Expression, Raena Mina
Employing High Probability Gene Choice Elements To Understand Singular Odorant Receptor Expression, Raena Mina
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The ability to detect odorous chemicals in the environment is the oldest of the senses necessary for survival, from escaping danger, finding mates, to locating food. It is said that humans can identify and discriminate up to a trillion different odor mixtures. For chemoreception to have such a high discriminatory power, would require a diverse population of cells dedicated for odor detection. These detector cells are the olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), which express odorant receptors (ORs) that bind to chemical odors in the environment. In order to increase specificity and sensitivity, an essential property in olfaction is for each OSN …
The Regulation Of The Phosphatidate Phosphatase Gene Pah1 And Its Regulatory Role On Cell Homeostasis, Goldie Libby Sherr
The Regulation Of The Phosphatidate Phosphatase Gene Pah1 And Its Regulatory Role On Cell Homeostasis, Goldie Libby Sherr
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene, PAH1, encodes a phosphatidate (PA) phosphatase that plays a fundamental role in lipid metabolism. PA phosphatases are key enzymes that catalyze the PA dephosphorylation reaction to form diacylglycerides, the first step in the synthesis of triacylglycerols. Pah1p, one of the main PA phosphatases in yeast, has not only emerged as a key player in lipid biosynthetic pathways, but also acts as an important regulator of nuclear membrane biogenesis, the transcriptional regulation of many inositol-sensitive upstream activating sequence (UASINO)containing genes needed for phospholipid synthesis, vacuole homeostasis, and lipid droplet formation. Due to its …
The Implications Of Chromatin Remodelers' Acetylation In Ino1 Activation, Michelle M. Esposito
The Implications Of Chromatin Remodelers' Acetylation In Ino1 Activation, Michelle M. Esposito
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
It is known that histone acetylases (HATs) regulate gene expression, but only recently have new functional implications about remodelers’ acetylation emerged. For instance, the HAT, Gcn5p, is capable of acetylating the catalytic subunit of the nucleosome remodeling complex SWI/SNF, Snf2p, which results in the dissociation of the complex from chromatin. The implications of this acetylation and subsequent dissociation have yet to be explored with regard to transcriptional regulation and other possible mechanisms. To further understand the implications of remodeler acetylation, I used a yeast model system examining the expression of the inositol-3-phosphate synthase gene INO1. Through chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) …