Browsing Division of Biological Sciences by thesis submitted date"2010"
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Nonstructural Protein, NSs Encoded By Groundnut Bud Necrosis Virus (Tomato) Is A Multifunctional Enzyme
(2011-08-08)1 Viruses are submicroscopic obligate parasites that depend on the host cell for their growth and reproduction. Plants are infected by diverse group of viruses that mostly possess RNA as their genome. In the recent times, ... -
Physiological Importance Of DNA Repair In Mycobacteria
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Role of an RNA Polymerase Interacting Protein, MsRbpA, from Mycobacterium smegmatis in Phenotypic Tolerance to Rifampicin
Rifampicin is a non-competitive inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP). The knowledge about the mechanism of action of this drug has emanated from the genetic and the biochemical studies carried out on Escherichia ... -
Seed Dispersal In The Tropical Dry Forests Of Mudumalai, Southern India
(2011-06-30)Plants depend on a wide variety of vectors, both biotic and abiotic, to move their seeds to locations away from parent plants. The stages between seed production and seedling establishment in the plant life cycle are under ... -
Structural And Functional Studies On Staphylococcus Aureus Enzymes Involved In L-Lysine Biosynthesis
(2011-05-24)Proteins associated with metabolic pathways have received considerable attention in an effort to understand the molecular details of the complex reactions catalyzed in vivo. Enzymes belonging to these pathways have also ... -
Structural Studies Of Mycobacterial Uracil-DNA Glycosylase (Ung) And Single-Stranded DNA Binding Protein (SSB)
(2011-09-21)For survival and successful propagation, every organism has to maintain the genomic integrity of the cell. The information content, in the form of nucleotide bases, is constantly threatened by endogenous agents and ... -
Structural Studies On Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pantothenate Kinase (PanK)
(2011-07-18)Pantothenate kinase (PanK) is an ubiquitous and essential enzyme that catalyzes the first step in the universal Coenzyme (CoA) biosynthesis pathway. In this step, pantothenate (Vitamin B5) is converted to 4′-phosphopantothenate, ... -
Structural Studies On The Rotaviral Enterotoxin NSP4
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Structural Studies On Three-Fold Symmetric Plant Lectins
(2013-05-21)Lectins, multivalent carbohydrate-binding proteins of non-immune origin, have the unique ability to decode the information contained in complex carbohydrate structures of glycoproteins and glycolipids by stereo-specifically ... -
Structural, Biophysical And Biochemical Studies On Mannose-Specific Lectins
(2013-01-17)For a long time, the scientific community underestimated the value of carbohydrates and the approach of most scientists to the complex world of glycans was apprehensive. The scenario, however, has changed today. With the ... -
Structure Analysis Of FabI And FabZ Enzymes Of The Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Pathway Of Plasmodium Falciparum
(2013-08-30)The emergence of drug resistant strains of Plasmodium has given a new face to the old disease, malaria. One of the approaches is to block metabolic pathways of the pathogen. The current thesis describes the X-ray ... -
Studies On Endocrine And Behavioral Assessment Of Reproductive Status In Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus)
(2013-01-16)The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), a charismatic ‘flagship species’, is threatened by extinction in the wild, and the development of self-sustainable captive populations is a key conservation challenge. A third of the ... -
A Study On The Mechanism Of Initiator tRNA Selection On The Ribosomes During Translation Initiation And Rescue Of The Stalled Ribosomes By SsrA In Escherichia Coli
(2013-02-07)The studies reported in this thesis describe the work done in the area of translation initiation where a previously unknown role of multiple copies of initiator tRNA in E. coli has been reported. Also the role of SsrA ... -
Topology-based Sequence Design For Proteins Structures And Statistical Potentials Sensitive To Local Environments
(2013-01-17)Proteins, which regulate most of the biological activities, perform their functions through their unique three-dimensional structures. The folding process of this three dimensional structure from one dimensional sequence ...