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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Development of monolithic supports and improved immobilization methods for high-performance affinity chromatography and free drug analysis

Mallik, Rangan. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. / Title from title screen (site viewed July 9, 2007). PDF text: 318 p. : ill. UMI publication number: AAT 3249672. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.
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Avaliação da atividade oxidativa do Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans sobre uma mistura composta de diferentes proporções dos sulfetos minerais pirita e calcopirita /

Santos, Marcelo Sousa. January 2011 (has links)
Orientador: Denise Bevilaqua / Banca: Miguel Ruiz / Banca: Monica Cristina Teixeira / Resumo: A diminuição gradativa, porem constante das reservas mundiais de metais no mundo, tem forçado o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias para extração e aproveitamento destes bens minerais. A redução de custos e as novas diretrizes ambientais são o maior impulso para a busca destas novas tecnologias.A biohidrometalurgia, mais especificamente, a biolixiviação dentro deste contexto assume uma importância significativa. Os custos de operação deste processo são muito inferiores aos processos convencionais, além de ser ambientalmente mais aceito, uma vez que não gera gases tóxicos. As próprias bactérias, presentes nestas ocorrências minerais, produzem os insumos necessários para a lixiviação, ácido e íons férricos. A principal bactéria envolvida neste processo e também a mais estudada é o Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Esta é a única bactéria descrita capaz de utilizar íons ferrosos e compostos reduzidos de enxofre como fonte energética. A calcopirita, mineral de cobre mais abundante na face da Terra, apresenta grande refratariedade ao ataque químico e bacteriano, e ainda não há nenhum processo industrial operando em escala comercial.Neste trabalho foram investigados o efeito da adição de diferentes quantidade de pirita, sulfeto de ferro (FeS2) no aumento da solubilização de cobre deste sulfeto. A metodologia foi estabelecida baseandose no mecanismo galvânico de dissolução dos minerais. Os estudos foram realizados através de ensaios respirométricos e de lixiviação em frascos agitados. A presença de bactéria e a adição de ionscloretos também foram avaliadas. Os ensaios respirométricos apresentaram curvas iniciais de consumo de oxigênio sem diferenças significativas para todas as condições analisadas. Os valores finais de consumo de oxigênio variaram. As condições que continham calcopirita/pirita nas ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The gradually depletion of world reserves, however, constant has forced the development of new technologies for extraction and exploitation of these minerals. Cost reduction and new environmental guidelines are the biggest impulse to the search for these new technologies. The biohydrometallurgy, specifically, the bioleaching in this context is of significant importance. The operating cost of this process is much lower than conventional process, in addition to being more environmentally friendly, since it does not generate toxic gases. The bacteria themselves, present in these mineral occurrences produce the inputs needed for leaching acid and ferric ions.The main bacterium involved on this process and also the most studied is the Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. This is the only bacterium described able to use ferrous ions and reduced sulfur compounds an energy source. The chalcopyrite, the most abundant copper mineral in the earth, is refractory to the chemical and bacterial attack, and there is no industrial process operating on a commercial scale yet.In this work were investigated the effect of adding different amounts of pyrite, ion sulfide (FeS2) to increase the solubility of copper sulfide. The methodology was established based on galvanic mechanism of dissolution of minerals. The studies were conducted through respirometric tests and bioleaching experiments in shake flasks. The presence of bacteria and the addition of chloride ions were also evaluated.The respirometric tests showed initial curves of oxygen consumption with no significant differences for all conditions examined. The final values of oxygen consumption diverse. The conditions contained chalcopyrite/pyrite in rations 1:3 and 1:1 had values greater than 400 μL of O2 consumed, while other conditions inoculated, these values... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre
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Avaliação da atividade oxidativa do Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans sobre uma mistura composta de diferentes proporções dos sulfetos minerais pirita e calcopirita

Santos, Marcelo Sousa [UNESP] 24 August 2011 (has links) (PDF)
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Investigation of protein-induced formation of lipid domains and their dynamics using fluorescence energy transfer /

Wright, Jenny R. January 2005 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 53-55)
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Mass spectrometry-based proteomics : non-covalent interactions and protein identification /

Smith, Jeffrey C. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Chemistry. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNR11631
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CHARACTERIZATION OF CDC14 PHOSPHATASE BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO FUNGAL PATHOGENESIS

Kedric L Milholland (17667789) 19 December 2023 (has links)
<p dir="ltr">The Cdc14 phosphatase family is highly conserved in fungi. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cdc14 is essential for down-regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase activity at mitotic exit. However, this essential function is not broadly conserved and requires only a small fraction of normal Cdc14 activity. In general, few conserved functions of Cdc14 phosphatase have been defined. Here, I present mechanistic biochemical and phenotypic characterization of Cdc14 phosphatases in fungi. I have demonstrated that fungal Cdc14 phosphatases possess an invariant motif in the disordered C-terminal tail that is required for full enzymatic activity. This motif, termed substrate-like catalytic enhancer (SLiCE), functions during the rate-limiting step of Cdc14-directed catalysis, by binding to the active site and supporting phospho-enzyme hydrolysis. Adjacent to the SLiCE motif exists a conserved minimal Cdk consensus motif that likely serves a regulatory function as phosphorylation of this site inhibits Cdc14 activity in vitro. Vertebrate Cdc14 enzymes also possess a distinct, but mechanistically similar SLiCE motif, which may be the first described biochemical difference between Cdc14 enzymes. Moreover, the vertebrate SLiCE motif lacks an adjacent Cdk consensus motif, which may point to differences in how Cdc14 activity is regulated in higher eukaryotes.</p><p dir="ltr">Mutation of this motif in vivo served as a tool to discover biological processes that require high Cdc14 activity. In S. cerevisiae strains expressing this hypomorphic mutant allele (cdc14hm), I discovered a novel sensitivity to cell wall stresses, including chitin-binding compounds and echinocandin antifungal drugs. This sensitivity was also observed in the distantly related fungi Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion strain and the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans hypomorphic and deletion strains, suggesting that this phenotype reflects a conserved function of Cdc14 orthologs in mediating fungal cell wall integrity. I also revealed that high Cdc14 activity is required for C. albicans ability to develop hyphae, which is an important virulence trait. This led to our determination that high Cdc14 activity is critical for virulence in two animal models of invasive candidiasis. Together, these results argue that Cdc14 would be an excellent antifungal drug target for the treatment of invasive Candida infections and sensitization to existing antifungal drugs.</p><p dir="ltr">Lastly, I implemented the auxin-inducible degradation system in C. albicans. Using this system, we were able to deplete Cdc14 and other target protein levels to >95% within minutes. Depletion of Cdc14 was robust enough to phenocopy gene deletions, confirming previous results and demonstrating the utility of rapid target protein inactivation. This system will serve as a powerful tool for future functional characterization of Cdc14 in C. albicans and other pathogenic fungal species.</p>
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Engineering Genetically Encoded Biosensors for Quantifying Cellular Dynamics

Emily P Haynes (6984989) 13 August 2019 (has links)
Live-cell imaging with fluorescent protein-based sensors allows us to monitor many dynamic changes in situ. The first genetic manipulation of green fluorescent protein to increase brightness initiated a boom, with a myriad of fluorescent protein sensors now available that span the UV, visible and near-IR range; capable of detecting a great number of metabolites, ions, and other biological signaling components with increased spatial and temporal precision. Used for both steady-state and time-resolved approaches, fluorescent proteins can be used in a wide variety of quantitative approaches. Steady-state sensors are typically characterized as intensiometric or ratiometric; and intensiometric sensors are characterized by an increase or decrease in emission intensity in response to analyte. However, moving in vivo, concentration and intensity dependence of the fluorophore, sample thickness, and photobleaching are limiting factors. Ratiometric probes respond by an inverse change in excitation or emission profiles in response to analyte, normalizing for bleaching or protein expression effects. As an intrinsic property of fluorophores, fluorescence lifetime does not rely on protein concentration, method of measurement or fluorescence intensity. By monitoring changes in lifetime using fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy, no special ratiometric fluorophores are needed, opening up a wider selection of potential fluorescent sensors. Lifetime and other time-resolved approaches are becoming more and more popular due to ease of quantitation and increased signal to background. Here we present the in vitro and live-cell characterization of genetically encoded, ratiometric and lifetime optimized red fluorescent protein pH sensors, a methodology for quantifying receptor trafficking in real time, as well as a lanthanide time resolved imaging approach.
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The effects of structural modifications on sigma receptor binding

Xu, Rong, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 18, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Studies on the biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid in tomato shoots

Cooney, Terrence Patrick January 1989 (has links)
The relative contributions of the three main intermediates of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis from L-tryptophan (L-Trp); indole-3-pyruvate (IPyA), tryptamine (TNH2) and indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOX), were investigated in vivo in tomato shoots. Initially, L-Trp, D-Trp, IPyA, TNH2 and IAA were purified from shoots, identified by full-scan mass spectrometry and their concentrations measured using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector. High specific activity [5-3H]IAOX and [5-3H]IPyA were synthesized from L-[5-3H]Trp and used as internal standards. Purification of endogenous IPyA was enabled by forming a stable pentafluorobenzyl oxime derivative in the crude plant extract. The respective endogenous concentrations of L-Trp, D-Trp, TNH2, IPyA and IAA were found to be 2,520, 103, 146.3, 5.9 and 8.5 ng g-1 f. wt. However, IAOX could not be identified as a natural constituent of tomato shoots by full-scan GC-MS. Secondly, incubation of tomato shoots for 6, 10 and 21 h in 30% 2H2O was used as a means of labelling IAA and its putative precursors in vivo. L-Trp, D-Trp, TNH2, IPyA and IAA were then extracted and purified and the 2H content measured by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. These indole compounds were labelled rapidly with up to four 2H atoms. Direct comparison of the number and the amount of 2H atoms incorporated (pattern) was obtained from the mass spectral data on the common m/z 130 ion and its isotope peaks. IAA and L-Trp demonstrated an increase in 2H label with up to 17% and 21% of their molecules labelled at 10 h respectively. This was followed by a significant decrease in 2H label at 21 h to 12% for both L-Trp and IAA. This decrease in 2H label was attributed to an increase in protein catabolism, following shoot excision, resulting in the dilution of free L-Trp pool(s) with unlabelled L-Trp from which IAA is biosynthesized. This is reflected in the observed 1.6 to 1.8 fold increase of free L-Trp from 10 to 21 h. In contrast, tryptamine demonstrated a continual increase in 2H label with an average of 8, 20 and 28% of the molecules labelled at 6, 10 and 21 h respectively, suggesting that TNH2 and IAA were synthesized from separate Trp pools. In addition, the relatively slow rate at which 2H is incorporated into tryptamine would not be sufficient to account for the rate at which IAA becomes labelled. However, IPyA demonstrated a rapid increase in 2H with 22% and 37% of its molecules labelled at 6 and 10 h respectively. From the rate at which IPyA was labelled with 2H and the concentration of IPyA in tomato shoots a rate of synthesis for IPyA in tomato shoots was estimated which was sufficient to provide most of the shoot IAA requirements. Furthermore, the extent to which IAA and IPyA were labelled relative to that of total L-Trp would imply that a smaller more rapidly metabolised pool(s) of L-Trp was the precursor of these compounds. The rate and extent that D-Trp was labelled was consistently less than that of IAA precluding it as a possible precursor of IAA. These results indicate that in tomato shoots IAA is biosynthesized from a rapidly metabolized sub-pool(s) of L-trptophan predominantly via IPyA.
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Studies on the biosynthesis of indole-3-acetic acid in tomato shoots

Cooney, Terrence Patrick January 1989 (has links)
The relative contributions of the three main intermediates of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis from L-tryptophan (L-Trp); indole-3-pyruvate (IPyA), tryptamine (TNH2) and indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOX), were investigated in vivo in tomato shoots. Initially, L-Trp, D-Trp, IPyA, TNH2 and IAA were purified from shoots, identified by full-scan mass spectrometry and their concentrations measured using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector. High specific activity [5-3H]IAOX and [5-3H]IPyA were synthesized from L-[5-3H]Trp and used as internal standards. Purification of endogenous IPyA was enabled by forming a stable pentafluorobenzyl oxime derivative in the crude plant extract. The respective endogenous concentrations of L-Trp, D-Trp, TNH2, IPyA and IAA were found to be 2,520, 103, 146.3, 5.9 and 8.5 ng g-1 f. wt. However, IAOX could not be identified as a natural constituent of tomato shoots by full-scan GC-MS. Secondly, incubation of tomato shoots for 6, 10 and 21 h in 30% 2H2O was used as a means of labelling IAA and its putative precursors in vivo. L-Trp, D-Trp, TNH2, IPyA and IAA were then extracted and purified and the 2H content measured by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. These indole compounds were labelled rapidly with up to four 2H atoms. Direct comparison of the number and the amount of 2H atoms incorporated (pattern) was obtained from the mass spectral data on the common m/z 130 ion and its isotope peaks. IAA and L-Trp demonstrated an increase in 2H label with up to 17% and 21% of their molecules labelled at 10 h respectively. This was followed by a significant decrease in 2H label at 21 h to 12% for both L-Trp and IAA. This decrease in 2H label was attributed to an increase in protein catabolism, following shoot excision, resulting in the dilution of free L-Trp pool(s) with unlabelled L-Trp from which IAA is biosynthesized. This is reflected in the observed 1.6 to 1.8 fold increase of free L-Trp from 10 to 21 h. In contrast, tryptamine demonstrated a continual increase in 2H label with an average of 8, 20 and 28% of the molecules labelled at 6, 10 and 21 h respectively, suggesting that TNH2 and IAA were synthesized from separate Trp pools. In addition, the relatively slow rate at which 2H is incorporated into tryptamine would not be sufficient to account for the rate at which IAA becomes labelled. However, IPyA demonstrated a rapid increase in 2H with 22% and 37% of its molecules labelled at 6 and 10 h respectively. From the rate at which IPyA was labelled with 2H and the concentration of IPyA in tomato shoots a rate of synthesis for IPyA in tomato shoots was estimated which was sufficient to provide most of the shoot IAA requirements. Furthermore, the extent to which IAA and IPyA were labelled relative to that of total L-Trp would imply that a smaller more rapidly metabolised pool(s) of L-Trp was the precursor of these compounds. The rate and extent that D-Trp was labelled was consistently less than that of IAA precluding it as a possible precursor of IAA. These results indicate that in tomato shoots IAA is biosynthesized from a rapidly metabolized sub-pool(s) of L-trptophan predominantly via IPyA.

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