UT GSBS Dissertations (via ProQuest)
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Older UT GSBS dissertations (dating approximately 1979-1999) are available at The TMC Library in print format. Check the Library Catalog. For best results, search using the subject heading: "Dissertations, Academic--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences."
Submissions from 1991
Molecular events associated with trisomy of chromosome 7 in mouse skin chemical carcinogenesis, Albert Bernard Bianchi
Neural analogs of associative learning in {\it Aplysia\/}: Experimental and theoretical approaches, Dean Vincent Buonomano
Differential gene expression in multistep tumorigenesis using an {\it in vitro\/} human cell model, Paul J Chiao
The effect of ultraviolet radiation on the pathogenesis of {\it Candida albicans} in mice, Yvonne Marie Denkins
The development and characterization of two types of chronic responses in irradiated mouse colon, David Scott Followill
Multiple GABA receptors in rabbit retina, David Lee Friedman
Fatty acylated proteins and the protein kinase C signaling pathway, Guy Lamar James
The type-A horizontal cell: GABAergic characteristics and role in development of the outer plexiform layer, Mary Elizabeth Keith-Messersmith
cAMP-dependent protein kinase and heterologous desensitization of the adenylyl cyclase, Mark William Kunkel
Regulation of myogenesis by growth signals -growth factors, oncogenes and protein kinases, Li Li
Characterization of neurotransmitter inputs to cholinergic amacrine cells of the rabbit retina: Analysis of ACh release, David Martin Linn
Mapping and cloning of genes from portions of the human genome using somatic cell hybrids, Pu Liu
Tumor cell-associated epitopes recognized by lymphokine-activated killers (LAK), William Gunter Loudon
Insulin effects and receptor function in bovine aorta endothelial cells, Shirlette Glover Milton
A convolution model for energy transport in a therapeutic fast neutron beam, Michael Farley Moyers
Estrogen induced desensitization of c -{\it fos\/} messenger RNA expression {\it in vivo\/}, Claudia Antonia Orengo
Maintenance of phosphatidylserine asymmetry in erythroid cells during differentiation, aging, and its significance for macrophage recognition, Charles Chung Hyon Pak
Altered cholesterol metabolism in a hypercholesterolemia -resistant rabbit colony, Julie Ann Poorman
Citric acid cycle flux and pressure-volume work in the isolated working rat heart, Raymond Richard Russell
A study of factors regulating the autonomous proliferation of the steroid hormone-induced LJ6195 murine reproductive tract tumor, Louise Ann Scrocchi
B cell memory and idiotype network regulation, Peter George Seferian
Expression and regulation of a hematopoietic proteoglycan core protein gene during hematopoiesis, Christine Marie Mulcahey Stellrecht
Positional cloning and characterization of the human aniridia and murine small eye genes, Carl Chun-Tsang Ton
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: Probing the molecular basis of catalysis and discrimination, James Scott Williams
Aboral ectoderm-specific expression and regulation of the LpS1 genes of {\it Lytechinus pictus\/}, Mengqing Xiang
The transcriptional regulation of the {\it neu\/} gene: Examples of activation, repression, and cell-specific expression, Duen-Hwa Yan
Repression of {\it neu} oncogene by E1A: Mechanisms and biological functions, Dihua Yu
Role of germ line p53 mutations in aneuploidy and immortalization of dermal fibroblasts from Li-Fraumeni cancer patients, Farideh Zamaniyan-Bischoff
Characterization of the beta-lactamase gene from {\it Enterococcus faecalis\/} strain HH22, Karen Kay Zscheck
Submissions from 1990
Studies on the {\it in vivo} function of a phosphatidylinositol transfer protein from {\it Saccharomyces cerevisiae}, Jacqueline Fiona Aitken
Modulation of carbohydrates and carbohydrate binding proteins (lectins) during retinoic acid -induced differentiation of murine embryonal carcinoma cells, David Bradley Amos
Transcriptional regulation of the invariant chain associated with MHC class II molecules, Cathy Lynne Barr
Molecular basis of retinoid action: The role of retinoic acid receptors in retinoic acid-induced tissue transglutaminase expression, James Peter Basilion
Analysis of mutations in $\beta$-tubulin genes affecting tubulin stability and assembly, Barbara Ann Boggs
Studies on the muscle-specific regulatory protein myogenin, Thomas Joseph Brennan
Molecular characterization of a gene required for entry into S phase of the mitotic cell cycle in the yeast {\it Saccharomyces cerevisiae\/}, Alfred Abraham Brenner
Detection and sequence analysis of a nickel-induced mutation in a retroviral model system, Susanna M Chiocca
Investigation of the mechanism of increased melanoma incidence in UV -irradiated mouse skin, Cherrie Kay Shelby Donawho
Cell surface galactosyltransferase structure and function during mesenchymal cell migration, David Jay Eckstein
Calmodulin -regulated processes and intracellular calcium in the heat stress response of mammalian cells, Douglas Parker Evans
Characterization and mechanism of action of suppressor factors derived from human T cell hybridomas, Floyd Eliot Fox
Factors affecting the regulation of phosphatidylglycerol metabolism in {\it Escherichia coli\/}, Cindee Rae Funk
Metabolism and action of 9-$\beta$-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine, Peng Huang
A dual resonance, image -guided, volume localization technique for magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Edward Franklin Jackson
Molecular basis of maturation promoting factor, Jian Kuang
Dissection of antitumor activity by lymphokine -activated killer cells: Role of FcR+ precursors and obligatory role of tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$ in antibody -dependent cellular cytotoxicity, Sandhya Anand Lagoo-Deenadayalan
Synthesis and properties of heterobifunctional photoaffinity reagents for the identification and isolation of receptors, John William Madsen
External assessment of myocardial glucose metabolism with $\sp{18}$F-2 -deoxy-2 -fluoro-D-glucose, Van Thi Bich Nguyen
Mechanism of surgical stress impairment of murine natural killer cell cytotoxicity, Raphael Etomar Pollock
Studies of the mechanism of daunorubicin carcinogenesis: Modulation by vitamin E, Madhu Purewal
Exon involvement in the regulation of MuSVts110 RNA splicing, Deborah Ann Sterner
Selective elevation of c-{\it myc} RNA transcripts during clonal evolution of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea induced thymic lymphomas in AKR/J mice, Sandra Lorraine Stettner
Transcriptional regulation of the {\it neu\/} oncogene and its negative regulation by the c-{\it myc\/} oncogene, Ting-Chung Suen
Molecular analysis of a neurovirulent murine leukemia virus, {\it ts\/}1, Paul Francis Szurek
Transcriptional regulation of the chicken MLC3f gene, Filemon K Tan
Human placental lactogen enhancer: Tissue specificity and binding with specific proteins, William Henry Walker
Characterization and function of murine Thy-1$\sp+$ dendritic epidermal cells, Elizabeth Ann Welsh
Mechanisms of protein regulation in rat skeletal muscle during resistance exercise and training, Theodore Sing Wong
Intracellular phosphorylation of ornithine decarboxylase: Regulation of enzyme activity, Laura Lynn Worth
Submissions from 1989
Proton flux across artificial vesicle bilayers, Jose C Barreto
Ca++/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II: Messenger RNA in developing rat brain, Karl Edmund Burgin
An examination of the characteristics, concentration and distribution of androgen receptor in rat testis during sexual maturation, Susan Watts Buzek
Regulation of mRNA splicing in Moloney murine sarcoma virus mutants, Maryellen de Mars
Analysis of a human placental lactogen gene promoter, Susan LeNoir Fitzpatrick
Relation between acid back -diffusion and luminal surface hydrophobicity in canine gastric mucosa: Effects of salicylate and prostaglandin, Philip James Goddard
Characterization of the cytochrome P-450 drug metabolism system of LS174T human colon tumor cell line, Dianne K. Ervin Hammond
{\it In vivo\/} magnetic resonance studies of experimental liver disease: Carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity and alcohol-induced fatty liver in rat, John Darwin Hazle
Studies on regulation of skeletal muscle differentiation by growth factors, Jingshan Hu
Mutagenicity of herpes simplex virus type 1 in a shuttle vector, Bih-Chen Charles Hwang
Multiple site phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase: A potential role for protein kinase C in the regulation of catecholamine synthesis, Jeffrey Patterson Johnston
Immune response to regressor and progressor tumor variants, David Scott Kaba
Suppression of peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferation by a periodontopathic bacteria {\it Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans\/}, Niramon Kittayanond
Molecular structure of antibodies against small ligands, Paul Harrison Kussie
Molecular signals in B lymphocyte activation: The role of intracellular calcium ion concentration, protein kinase C activation, and autocrine interleukin-2, Anand Shreeram Lagoo
Quantitation of C4a and C4b in systemic lupus erythematosus patients, JoAnn Mary Moulds
Analysis of the Soehner-Dmochowski strain of Moloney murine sarcoma virus, Elizabeth Anne Putnam
Differential expression of urate oxidase in rat liver, Linda Symons Raab
The effects of DNA cytosine methylation on H -ras promoter structure and function, Mack James Rachal
Expression and function of $\beta$-tubulin isotypes in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, Tadao Sawada
Characterization of sea urchin yolk glycoproteins, Leanne Brooks Scott
A pharmacological investigation of noradrenergic receptor mechanisms in neophobia, Jeffery Dennis Steketee
Regulation of myogenesis and suppression of {\it mck\/} 5$\sp\prime$ enhancer elements by TGF$\beta$ and RAS, Edward Allen Sternberg
Evidence for the role of agonist binding frequency in receptor -mediated activation of adenylate cyclase, Douglas Franklin Stickle
Inherited and noninherited sources of variation in metastasis and the growth rate of tumors: Implications for tumor evolution and therapy, John P. G Volpe
Mechanisms of multidrug resistance: Differences between natural and acquired adriamycin -resistant human colon carcinoma cells, Li-Ying Kuan Yang
The role of suppressor factors in the regulation of immune responses by ultraviolet radiation -induced suppressor T lymphocytes, Gene Koon Yee
Submissions from 1988
The molecular mechanism of retinoic acid action: Regulation of tissue transglutaminase gene expression, Ennio Antonio Chiocca
Long range physical map of the Wilms' tumor - aniridia region on human chromosome 11, Duane Arthur Compton
Mechanisms for the release of dopamine from turtle retina, Stuart Damian Critz
Immune modulation alters brain opioid activities: Evidence for a role of muramyl dipeptide in the process of neuroimmunemodulation, Patrick Michael Dougherty
Differentiative requirements for human CD8$\sp+$ suppressor lymphocytes, Medhat Nagi ElMasry
Motile response patterns and ultrastructural observations of the isolated outer hair cell, Burt Niles Evans
Stability of specific immunoglobulin secretion by EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cells and human-murine heterohybridomas, Michelle Sue Glasky
Generation and characterization of antigenic variants induced by exposure of tumor cells to UV radiation in vitro, Lisa Lynette Wiebe Hostetler