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Metabolic and Pharmacological Modulations During IFN-γ signaling
Interferons, initially discovered for their antiviral properties, play pivotal roles in various biological processes, including host defense against pathogens, tumor surveillance, and disease pathogenesis. Interferon-gamma ... -
Metabolic Regulation of Gametocytogenesis in Malaria
Plasmodium sp. is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite causing malaria and is responsible for more than 500,000 human deaths annually. P. falciparum and P. vivax are the two major species causing malaria in humans. ... -
Metabolism Of Queuosine, A Modified Nucleoside, In Escherichia Coli And Caenorhabditis Elegans And Dual Function Of Bovine Mitochondrial Initiation Factor 2 As Initiation Factors 1 And 2 In Escherichia Coli
(2009-06-29)The studies reported in this thesis address firstly, the biology of a modified nucleoside, Queuosine (Q) and secondly, the properties of mitochondrial translation initiation factor 2. A summary of the relevant literature ... -
Metallophosphoesterases In Mycobacteria Enigmatic Roles In Regulating Mycobacterial Physiology
(2014-04-29)Pathogenic bacteria such as M.tuberculosis have evolved several mechanisms to aid their intracellular survival and subvert host defenses. One of the contributing factors is thought to be the production and secretion of ... -
miRNA-based regulation of Coxsackievirus B3 replication and pathogenesis
Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus known to cause acute myocarditis, pancreatitis, and aseptic meningitis. In many cases, the long-term impact of CVB3 infection-induced cell death ... -
Modelling Spatial Patterns of Landsacape Dynamics
(2017-11-23)Landscape is a heterogeneous collection of visibly distinct features of various elements of land and its various forms on the earth surface. Its pattern is subjected to disturbances and undergo rapid alterations in its ... -
Modulation Of Bacterial Pathogenesis By Curcumin
(2014-07-03)Foodborne diseases are one among the diseases with high morbidity and mortality rate. The concern is raised with the emergence of pathogenic strains that are resistant to the available set of antibiotics. Conventional ... -
Modulation of Protein Stability and Function by Cysteine Mutations and Signal Peptides
(2018-06-23)Chapter 1gives a general introduction to the CXXC motif found in natural proteins. It then reviews the studies where disulphides were engineered in various proteins. The various strategies developed to engineer metal binding ... -
Molecular Actions Of Arecoline, An Alkaloid Implicated In The Manifestation Of Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF)
(2010-07-21)The pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is due to a complex interplay between the production and degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein components. In tissue fibrosis, there is a net accumulation of ... -
Molecular Analysis Of Hamster Sperm Capacitation: Significance Of Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation
(2007-12-17)Fertilization is a process that generates the first cell of a new organism. In mammals, fertilization occurs in the female reproductive tract. The male gametes (spermatozoa) are rendered fertilization-competent only after ... -
Molecular and biochemical studies on components of transcription regulation, tropane alkaloid biosynthesis and signal transduction in the medicinal plant Datura metel L.
Tropane alkaloids (TA) are among the oldest medicines known to humankind as they possess hallucinogenic and poisonous properties. Datura metel, an herbaceous plant, belongs to the family Solanaceae whose members are well ... -
Molecular Approaches To understand Cellular Differentiation - A Study Using BeWo Choriocarcinoma Cells
(2010-05-24)Cellular differentiation is a complex but fascinating process in all multicellular organisms. Differentiation can involve changes in numerous aspects of cell physiology; size, shape, polarity, metabolic activity, responsiveness ... -
The Molecular Basis for the Differential Antibiotic Susceptibility of Mycobacterial Subpopulations
Mycobacterial populations have evolved various strategies to withstand diverse stress conditions in the environment. One among these strategies is maintenance of phenotypic heterogeneity, in terms of cell morphology, ... -
Molecular basis of attenuation of the live attenuated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine SA14-14-2
Japanese encephalitis virus is a member of Flaviviridae family. Flaviviridae family has four genera which comprises of Flavivirus, Pestivirus, Hepacivirus and Pegivirus. The global burden of disease caused by these viruses ... -
Molecular Characterisation Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Fic Protein And Its Gene And Identification And Characterisation Of A Novel Functional Interaction Between FtsZ And NDK in Mycobacteria
(2016-04-29)Living organisms employ different kinds of mechanisms, to regulate the functions of genes or their products, which may help in maintaining homeostasis inside the cell or may help in fighting hostile environment in the case ... -
Molecular Characterisation Of The ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter Type FtsE And FtsX Proteins Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
(2008-09-30)Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the principal causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) in humans, is considered to be a successful pathogen owing to the elicitation of multidrug resistance, ability to survive inside macrophage ... -
Molecular Characterization c-di-GMP Signalling In Mycobacterium Smegmatis
(2014-07-17)Bacterial stationary phase is an interesting biological system to study, as the organism undergoes several metabolic changes during this period and new molecules are generated to support its survival. The stationary phase ... -
Molecular Characterization of Bacillus Subtilis Oxidoreductases involved in the Bacilysin Synthesis
(2018-05-11)The biosynthetic pathway for the production of the dipeptide antibiotic bacilysin has been the subject of intense research over the past three decades. These studies revealed the role of multiple enzymes in the biosynthesis ...