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Salmonella Pathogenesis in Dendritic Cells : Stealthy Approach Against Adaptive Immune Response
Synopsis of work done by Mayuri Gogoi (SR No. 10-09-00-10-31-11-1-08534) for the award of Ph.D. degree in the Faculty of Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Thesis title: Salmonella pathogenesis in ... -
Stress Response In Salmonella And Its Role In Pathogenesis
(2011-02-08)Chapter: 1 Introduction Genus Salmonella is a Gram-negative rod shaped facultative anaerobic bacteria that can survive inside the host macrophages and cause persistent infection. Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Typhi ... -
Structural, Functional And Transcriptional Analysis Of Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase From Mycobacterium Smegmatis mc2 155
(2011-08-05)Maintenance of the levels of nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) as well as their corresponding deoxy derivatives (dNTPs) is crucial to all growth and developmental processes. The enzyme nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDK) ... -
Structure-Function Correlative Studies On The Biochemical Properties (Polymerisation, GTP binding, GTPase) Of Mycobacterial Cytokinetic Protein FtsZ In Vitro
(2010-03-26)FtsZ, the principal cell-division protein, polymerizes in GTP-dependent manner in vitro (Bramhill and Thompson, 1994; Mukherjee and Lutkenhaus, 1994; Rivas et al., 2000). FtsZ polymerization at the mid-cell site of bacterium ... -
Studies On DNA Gyrase From Mycobacteria : Insights Into Its Mechanism Of Action And Elucidation Of Its Interaction With The Transcription Machinery
(2010-09-30)Packaging of genomic DNA by proteins and super coiling into chromatin and chromatin-like structures (in bacteria) influences nearly all nuclear process such as replication, transcription, repair, and recombination. A ... -
Studies on exosomal microRNAs and proteins associated with Hepatitis C and Dengue virus induced pathogenesis
Studies on the exosomal microRNAs and proteins associated with Hepatitis C and Dengue virus-induced pathogenesis. Hepatitis C virus and Dengue virus are the group of positive-strand RNA viruses belonging to the family ... -
Studies On Human Sex Chromosomes And Sex Determination
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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 ... -
Studies on Interactions between ARE Binding Proteins and Splicing Factors and their Role in Altered Splicing of PDGF-B ORF
(2018-03-03)Pre-mRNA splicing is an important level in posttranscriptional gene regulation that is essential for accurate protein synthesis and generating protein diversity. The abundance of cryptic splice sites and long intronic DNA ... -
Studies on Molecular Targets and Pathways Regulated by Rice RFL for Flowering Transition and Panicle Development
(2017-11-28)LFY of Arabidopsis is a member of a unique plant specific transcription factor family. It is involved in giving meristem a determinate floral fate by the activation of floral organ identity genes and preventing inflorescence ... -
Studies on Nudix hydrolase proteins and crosstalk between DNA repair pathways
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, has become a global health concern. This calls for a dire need to understand various aspects of mycobacterial physiology in order to design better strategies ... -
Studies On Phosphorylation And Oligomerization Of Rotavirus Nonstructural Protein 5 (NSP5) And Cellular Pathways That Regulate Virus Replication
(2016-04-28)Rotavirus is one of the leading etiological agents of gastroenteritis in young of many species including humans worldwide and is responsible for about 600,000 infant deaths per annum. Rotavirus belongs to the Reoviridae ... -
Studies on Rotavirus Nonstructural Protein 5 (NSP5)
Rotavirus is the most important agent of viral gastroenteritis in humans and animals and is responsible for about 600,000 deaths per annum. Most of these deaths occur in the developing countries and India is estimated to ... -
Studies On Saccharomyces Cerevisiae RNA Polymerase II Subunit Rpb7 And Its Eukaryotic Orthologs
(2010-06-03)Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent experimental model organism to study various biological processes owing to its versatile genetics, biochemistry, and standard laboratory conditions. S. cerevisiae shows distinct ... -
Studies On The Mechanism Of Uracil Excision Repair In Escherichia Coli And Structure-Function Relationship Of Single Stranded DNA Binding Proteins From Escherichia Coli And Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
(2014-12-11)To maintain the genomic integrity, cell has evolved various DNA repair pathways. Base Excision Repair pathway (BER) is one such DNA repair pathway which is dedicated to protect DNA from small lesions such as oxidation, ... -
Studies on the regulatory roles for Retinoic Acid (RA) during host-microbial interaction : implications for S. aureus and C. albicans infections
Chronic inflammatory disorder is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Association between pathogenic infection and inflammation governs tissue homeostasis, which relies on extensive crosstalk among signaling ... -
Studies On The Structural And Biological Properties Of Rotavirus Enterotoxigenic Non-structural Protein 4 (NSP4)
(2013-04-01)Rotavirus is the major cause of infantile gastroenteritis. Each year more than 600,000 young children are estimated to die in developing countries throughout the world. Rotavirus infection can be either symptomatic or ... -
Studies on Δ40p53 mediated regulation of specific coding and non-coding RNAs: Consequences on cellular processes
p53 is a crucial transcriptional regulator which influences almost every possible pathway that impinges on the life of a cell. As expected of such an instrumental protein, the molecular network of p53 is as diverse as it ... -
Study Of Rpb4, A Component Of RNA Polymerase II As A Coordinator Of Transcription Initiation And Elongation In S. Cerevisiae
(2017-05-24)RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of all mRNAs in eukaryotic cells. As the central component of the eukaryotic transcription machinery, Pol II is the final target of transcription ... -
A Study On The Mechanism Of Initiator tRNA Selection On The Ribosomes During Translation Initiation And Rescue Of The Stalled Ribosomes By SsrA In Escherichia Coli
(2013-02-07)The studies reported in this thesis describe the work done in the area of translation initiation where a previously unknown role of multiple copies of initiator tRNA in E. coli has been reported. Also the role of SsrA ...