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Establishment of a knock-in mouse model expressing a hypomorphic variant of receptor guanylyl cyclase C
Receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C, gene GUCY2C) is expressed on the apical surface of the intestinal epithelial cells and gets activated by the endogenous ligands guanylin and uroguanylin. Heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) ...
Understanding the adaptive responses of Salmonella Typhimurium during bile stress
Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is an enteric pathogen that causes
gastroenteritis. Although gastroenteritis is usually non-life threatening in healthy
adults, it can cause fatality in children and immunocompromised ...
Functional characterisation of splicing factor Slu7 in Cryptococcus neoformans – roles in cell cycle, constitutive and alternate splicing
Fungal genomes, including in pathogenic yeasts like Cryptococcus neoformans (Cnn) and Candida albicans are rich with short introns. 99% of Cryptococcus neoformans genes have introns with an average of 5 introns per gene ...
Qualitative similarities and differences between monkey and human visual perception
Animal models play a crucial role in helping neuroscientists unravel the computations supporting behaviour at the resolution of a single neuron in the brain. In vision science, the macaque monkey is the pre-eminent model ...
Algorithms for Investigating, Decoding and Designing ligand recognition sites in proteins - A Structural Bioinformatics Approach to Studying Protein Function
All physical processes in living organisms are driven by specific biomolecular interactions.
Elucidating the characteristics of biomolecular interactions between proteins and their respective
small molecule ligands can ...
Risks of finding mates in the wild: Ecological and Behavioural Determinants of Sex-biased Predation
Sex-biased predation occurs when one sex of a prey species is consumed more than the other,
irrespective of their relative availability (sex-ratio). Some of the potential factors leading to sex-
biased predation are sex ...
Decoding of Attention and Behavioral State Using Local Field Potentials
Visual attention has been shown to modulate perceptual behavior and neuronal activity. Early psychophysical studies on attention showed that the subjects detected a target presented at the attended location better (i.e., ...
Investigating mechanisms underlying astrocytic involvement in depressive-like behavior and antidepressant action
Major Depressive disorder (MDD) is a complex, multifactorial psychiatric illness which affects over 20% of the population worldwide. Despite its prevalence, our understanding of its pathophysiology is severely limited, ...
Solution NMR studies of a potent subtilisin inhibitor from Budgett’s frog and the catalytic subunit of AHAS
This thesis involves a detailed structural study of two molecular systems, a small disulfide-rich peptide LL-TIL and a large catalytic subunit of AHAS.
Subtilisin inhibitors play an important role in fighting against ...
The Nse1p RING domain is required for maintaining transcriptional silencing and genomic organization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Chromatin is a dynamic structure that reorganizes to support proper transcription, replication, repair, and segregation. Principal chromosomal constituents that shape chromosomes are the SMC (Structural Maintenance of ...