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The Dynamics of Iron in Miniferritins : A Structure-Function Connection
(2017-11-23)
The DNA binding proteins under starvation (Dps) from M. smegmatis are cage-like structures which internalize iron and bind DNA. They provide resistance to the cells from free radical damage, and physically protect the DNA ...
Structural Studies on Thiolases and Thiolase-like Proteins
(2017-11-21)
The genus Mycobacterium comprises some of the most devastating pathogens that infect humans. Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis in humans leading to high morbidity and mortality. The disease is especially ...
Understanding Functions for Fission Yeast Pre-mRNA Splicing Factors SpPrp18 and SpSlu7 in Constitutive and Alternative Splicing
(2017-11-29)
Exonic sequences of eukaryotic genes are interspersed with introns which when accurately removed from the primary transcript (pre-mRNA) results in a functional transcript. These splicing reactions are carried out by the ...
How Much Initiator tRNA Does Escherichia Coli Need?
(2017-11-27)
The work discussed in this thesis deals with the significance of initiator tRNA gene copy number in Escherichia coli. A summary of the relevant literature discussing the process of protein synthesis, ...
DNA Gyrase And Topo NM From Mycobacteria : Insights into Mechanism And Drug Action
(2017-10-26)
Maintenance of a topological homeostasis by introduction and removal of the supercoils to
relieve excessive strain on the DNA is a hallmark of topoisomerase function in the cell. The requirement of the topoisomerases during ...
Structural and Functional Studies on Pyridoxal 5′-Phosphate Dependent Lyases and Aminotransferases
(2017-11-30)
The thesis describes structural and functional studies of two PLP-dependent enzymes, diaminopropionate (DAP) ammonia lyase (DAPAL) and N-acetylornithine aminotransferase (AcOAT). The main objective of this work was to ...
The Elucidation of the Mechanism of Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae : Insights into the Function of Synaptonemal Complex, Hop1 and Red1, Proteins and the Significance of DNA Quadruplex Structures
(2017-12-03)
Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division where two rounds of chromosome segregation follow a single round of DNA duplication resulting in the formation of four haploid daughter cells. Once the DNA replication is ...
Isolation And Identification of Tropane Alkaloid Producing Endophytic Fungi from Datura Metel L., And Studies on Colletotrichum Boninense Recombinant Putrescine N-mehtyltransferase
(2017-10-11)
Datura metel is a herbaceous plant found in almost all tropical parts of the world. It belongs to the family Solanaceae whose members, viz. Duboisia, Atropa, Hyoscyamus and Datura plants are known to produce tropane ...
Host Gene Expression Profiling of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infected cells : Identification of Novel Pro- and Anti-viral Genes
(2017-11-27)
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus is the causative agent of Japanese encephalitis (JE). The disease affects mostly children and around 30000– 50000 cases of JE and up to 15000 deaths are reported ...
Characterisation of Monoclonal Antibodies and Small Molecule Inhibitors as Hepatitis C Virus Entry Inhibitors
(2017-12-15)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a global health threat. HCV is a blood-borne positive-strand RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family that infects ~160 million people worldwide. About 70% of infected individuals ...