Browsing Division of Biological Sciences by thesis submitted date"2006"
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Aromatic Interactions In Peptides : Designed Helices And β-Hairpins
(2009-04-15)Design of complex protein folds requires complete understanding of the stereochemical principles that govern polypeptide chain folding. Extensive studies on design and synthesis of specific secondary structures like ... -
Biochemical And Molecular Insights Into β-Hydroxyacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Dehydratase (FabZ) From Plasmodium Falciparum
(2008-10-14)Malaria, caused by Plasmodium, is one of the most devastating infectious diseases of the world in terms of mortality as well as morbidity (WHO, 2002). The development of resistance in the Plasmodium falciparum against the ... -
Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene 1 (BRCA1) And Breast Cancer
(2009-04-15)Breast Cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) & Breast Cancer Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies affecting women worldwide. About 5-10% of all cases are estimated to be familial. Mutations in the BRCA1 ... -
Components Of Fatty Acid Synthesis In Plasmodium Falciparum
(2008-10-17)The disease malaria afflicts more than a billion people and kills almost one to three million of them every year. Of the four species of Plasmodium affecting man viz., P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae, ... -
Design And Isolation Of Temperature Sensitive Mutants Of Gal4 In Yeast And Drosophila
(2009-04-16)Genomic and proteomic investigations have yielded, and continue to produce, a large amount of information about genes and their protein products. In contrast, the evidence bearing on physiological roles of specific proteins ... -
Determinants Of Globular Protein Stability And Temperature Sensitivity Inferred From Saturation Mutagenesis Of CcdB
(2011-02-25)The unique native structure is a basic requirement for normal functioning of most proteins. Many diseases stem from mutations in proteins that destabilize the protein structure thereby resulting in impairment or loss of ... -
Diaminopropionate Ammonia Lyase : Characterization, Unfolding And Mechanism Of Inhibition By Aminooxy Compounds
(2009-03-13)Diaminopropionate ammonia lyase (DAPAL) which belongs to the class of PLP enzymes is reported only from prokaryotes. It is involved in the removal of two amino groups from its substrate, diaminopropionate, to form ammonia ... -
Diversity In Indian Equine Rotaviruses And Structure And Function Of Rotavirus Non Structural Protein 4 (NSP4)
(2009-03-11)Rotaviruses, members of the family Reoviridae, are the major etiologic agents of severe, acute dehydrating diarrhea in the young of many mammalian species, including humans, calves and foals. Recent estimates indicate an ... -
Folding Studies On Peanut Agglutinin : A Lectin With An Unusual Quaternary Structure
(2009-03-04)The thesis entitled “Folding studies on Peanut Agglutinin: A lectin with an unusual quaternary structure” deals with the several aspects of the folding of the tetrameric legume lectin Peanut Agglutinin ... -
Functional Role Of Heat Shock Protein 90 From Plasmodium Falciparum
(2009-03-18)Molecular chaperones have emerged in recent years as major players in many aspects of cell biology. Molecular chaperones are also known as heat shock proteins (HSPs) since many were originally discovered due to their increased ... -
Identification Of Chloroquine Resistant Haplotypes Of Plasmodium Falciparum In India And Development Of New Antimalarial Combinations
(2008-10-03)Malaria afflicts 300-500 million people in the world and the mortality ranges from 1-2 million, children in Africa being the most susceptible. With a vaccine not being available against malaria and the front line drugs ... -
Intracellular Calcium Dynamics In Dendrites Of Hippocampal Neurons Rendered Epileptic And In Processes Of Astrocytes Following Glutamate Pretreatment
(2009-04-03)The fundamental attribute of neurons is their cellular electrical excitability, which is based on the expression of a plethora of ligand- and voltage-gated membrane channels that give rise to prominent membrane currents ... -
Manganese-Dependent Serine/Threonine/Tyrosine Kinase From Arabidopsis Thaliana : Role Of Serine And Threonine Residues In The Regulation Of Kinase Activity
(2008-10-01)Protein phosphorylation is an important post-translational modification of proteins, which can either activate or inhibit the function of a given protein. The enzymes, protein kinases and protein phosphatases catalyze the ... -
Mechanism Of Anticancer And Antimalarial Action Of A Modulator Of Heat Shock Proteins
(2007-11-16)This thesis entitled “Mechanism of Anticancer and Antimalarial Action of a Modulator of Heat Shock Proteins” describes the successful elucidation of the mechanism of anticancer and antimalarial action of 15-Deoxyspergualin ... -
Mechanism Of mom Gene Transactivation By Transcription Factor C Of Phage MU
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-04-26)Regulation of transcription initiation is the major determining event employed by the cell to control gene expression and subsequent cellular processes. The weak promoters, with low basal transcription activities, are ... -
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 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 ... -
Notch1-Induced Survival Signaling And Its Implications In Cancer Therapeutics
(2009-04-15)Notch receptors and ligands are type I transmembrane proteins that regulate development and differentiation during cell-cell contact. There are four Notch receptor homologues and five notch ligands, identified in humans ... -
Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase C Cross-talk With Tyrosine Kinases And The Adaptor Protein, Crk
(2009-03-06)Signal transduction is a crucial event that enables cells to sense and respond to cues from their immediate environment. Guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) is a member of the family of receptor guanylyl cyclases. GC-C is a single ... -
Role of Glycosylation and Oligomerization on the Stability of Soybean Agglutinin
Carbohydrates are vital to life. In their naive form, they serve as a primary energy source for supporting life. However, in most cases carbohydrates do not exist as simple sugars in nature. Instead they occur as more ...