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Description:: Reactivation of latent human cytomegalovirus is of significant concern in immunocompromised transplant patients. However, the mechanisms controlling reactivation of latent CMV have not been understood. It is likely that reactivation is initiated by induction of IE gene expression. In this thesis, I studied molecular mechanisms leading to transcriptional activation of...
Keyword:: Microbiology and Biology
Subject:: Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Creator:: Soo Jung Kim
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 05/10/2018
Date Modified:: 05/10/2018
Date Created:: 2006-12-22
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: PilD is an enzyme that processes prepilins that are part of the type II protein secretion apparatus and the type IV piliation machinery. Using a <em>Legionella pneumophila pilDlacZ</em> fusion strain to measure transcription, we observed a 20% increase in beta-galactosidase levels at 30°C vs. 37°C. At 25°C and 17°C vs....
Keyword:: Microbiology and Biology
Subject:: Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Creator:: Maria Soderberg
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/06/2018
Date Modified:: 09/06/2018
Date Created:: 2008-03-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This work is composed of two separate projects that contribute to the field’s understanding of Neisseria gonorrhoeae genetics and physiology. First, I showed that N. gonorrhoeae mounts a substantial transcriptional program in response to hydrogen peroxide (HP), a prominent reactive oxygen species (ROS) encountered during infection. We measured which strain...
Keyword:: Bacterial genetics, Microbiology, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Bacteriology
Subject:: Microbiology
Creator:: Quillin, Sarah Jane
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2020
Date Created:: 2018-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14977 and etdadmin_upload_716337

Description:: Efficient and sustainable utilization of global resources represents a grand but achievablechallenge. By leveraging biology, we can transform abundant, but recalcitrant resources like lignin to products ranging from fuel to medicine to polymers. Efforts to do so are expansive, but challenges remain, due in no small part to the difficulty...
Keyword:: Microbiology, Metabolic Engineering, Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1, Scale-Up, Industrial Microbiology, and Lignin
Subject:: Chemical engineering
Creator:: Arvay, Erika
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_970840 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16448

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