Acetylcholine release is vital in tuning the hippocampal theta oscillations. Subiculum, the output region of the hippocampus endowed with different neuronal subtypes, also generates theta oscillations during arousal and ...

The primary amino acid sequence typically dictates the ultimate conformation of the protein. Mutations in the sequence demonstrate neutral, positive or negative effects on the structure-function relationship of the protein. ...

The SWI/SNF complexes are multisubunit-containing protein complexes that are involved in chromatin-remodeling processes in the eukaryotic cells. In higher eukaryotes, SWI/SNF complexes contain one or more mutually exclusive ...

Collective movement is a fundamental process affecting the survival and reproductive success of group-living animals. Many of the hypothesized benefits of grouping such as predation evasion and foraging efficiency may ...

In summary, we show that RAG1 expression is regulated through a novel miRNA (miR- 29c) mediated mechanism and establish that as an additional mode of RAG1 regulation. Studies described in the thesis reveal that among the ...

Genome integrity is essential for normal cellular functions. Erroneous repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) could lead to chromosomal rearrangements, including chromosomal translocations that may result in altered ...

Small Heat Shock Proteins (sHSPs) are molecular chaperones that bind to unfolding proteins during cellular stress to prevent them from aggregation. Once the normal conditions are restored, sHSPs release the bound substrate ...

Helicobacter pylori is the leading cause of gastric cancer in human beings. It is a helix-shaped, Gram-negative, motile bacteria that colonizes the gastric mucosa and eventually the gastric epithelium. It has an overabundance ...

Tuberculosis continues to prevail as the major cause of mortality from any single pathogen around the world, despite implementation of control programs and the availability of effective drugs and the vaccine BCG. Mycobacterium ...

I used a finer scale data of 156 published plots across the entire latitudinal range of WG, covering most of the protected forests. The pruned phylogeny for this study consisted of 367 species, of which ~ 50% are taxa endemic ...