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Structural Investigations Of Sugar-Binding And Multivalency In Peanut Lectin
(2009-03-04)
Starting with the structure analysis of ConA in the 70s, the crystal structures of hundreds of different lectins and their carbohydrate complexes have been determined. Lectins, multivalent carbohydrate-binding proteins ...
Studies On Initiator tRNA Selection On The Ribosomes In Escherichia Coli
(2009-05-06)
The studies reported in this thesis address the aspects of initiator tRNA selection in Escherichia Coli. A summary of the relevant literature discussing the process of ptotein biosynthesis in general and initiator tRNA ...
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 ...
The Biology Of Two Sexes : A Study Of The Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia Marginata
(2009-05-21)
A striking feature of hymenopterans societies is the absence of male workers. Foraging, nest building, brood care and all other activities required for the functioning of the colony are carried out by the females. These ...
Tree Diameter Growth : Variations And Demographic Niches In A Tropical Dry Forest Of Southern India
(2009-08-03)
Tree growth influences forest community dynamics and responses to environmental variations, but currently is not well understood. Tree growth in highly diverse wet tropical forests have been well studied and characterised ...
Sensory Ecology Of Acoustic Communication In The Tropical Bushcricket Genus Mecopoda : Mechanisms And Evolution Of Synchrony
(2009-07-10)
In this thesis, I characterise five species of the bushcricket genus Mecopoda with respect to their acoustic signals and morphology and investigate the phenomenon of acoustic synchrony in one of these five species: Mecopoda ...
Queens And Their Succerssors : The Story Of Power In The Primitively Eusocial Wasp Ropalidia Marginata
(2009-04-30)
Ropalidia marginata is characterized as a primitively eusocial wasp due to the absence of morphological differentiation between the queen and worker castes. Unlike other primitively eusocial wasps, however, the queen in ...
Identification of Tropomyosin as the Major Cross-Reacting Crustacean Allergen
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-04-25)
Seafood including crustaceans, on ingestion, are known to provoke gastrointestinal as well as systemic allergic reactions. Crustaceans are aquatic arthropods with a chitinous exoskeleton and include shrimp, lobster, prawn ...
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 ...
Type-II Ribosome Inactivating Proteins From Abrus Precatorius : Cytotoxicity And Mechanism Of Cell Death
(2009-05-21)
Type-II Ribosome Inactivating Proteins from Abrus precatorius: Cytotoxicity and Mechanism of Cell Death
A/B toxins produced by bacteria and plants are among the deadliest molecules known. The plant type-II ribosome ...