UT GSBS Dissertations (via ProQuest)
Digital dissertations from 1966-2009. Free access is limited to The TMC Library's academic-level users; other users may be able to obtain them through their own libraries or purchase them from ProQuest. For remote access click here.
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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 1995
Inhibitor of cytochrome c messenger RNA -protein interaction in stimulated rat skeletal muscle, Zhen Yan
Molecular mechanisms of protein kinase-mediated desensitization and internalization of the $\beta$-adrenergic receptor, Mike Nanyong Yuan
Characterization and subchromosomal location of a novel tumor suppressor gene on human chromosome 7, Jean Claude Zenklusen
The biology and mechanism of chemoresistance of brain metastases, Ruo Dan Zhang
Phosphorylation in the regulation of muscle-specific transcription, Jumin Zhou
Submissions from 1994
Cytochrome P450 in mammalian brain: Purification, anatomical distribution and regulation of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase system in rat brain, Arthur Francis Bergh
The effect of v-{\it mos\/} expression on the regulation of the {\it fos\/} promoter in 490N3T cells, Lydia Ann Bishop
Early stages of experimental colon carcinogenesis inhibit mast cell-dependent mucosal immune function of the distal colon, Russell Ray Broaddus
Functional studies of {\it twist\/} during mouse embryogenesis, Zhoufeng Chen
Modulation of high voltage -activated calcium channels by phosphorylation, James Liberal Costantin
Experimental dissection and characterization of the functional domains in cardiac troponin C, Darrell Glyn Dotson
Long-term injury induced plasticity in {\it Aplysia\/} neurons: Behavioral, electrophysiological, and morphological studies, Michael Flint Dulin
The cloning and expression of myogenin, a gene regulating myogenesis, Diane Gray Edmondson
Molecular analysis of $\beta$1,4-galactosyl-transferase localization to the cell surface and participation in cell adhesion, Susan Carroll Evans
Quantitative MRI of spinal cord injury in a rat model: Correlative studies, James Christopher Falconer
Molecular analysis of TNF sensitivity in normal and Ha-{\it ras\/} transformed murine fibroblasts, Antonio Fernandez Medarde
The cyclotron production and nuclear imaging of bromine-77, Eduardo Galiano
Deviation of the alloimmune response toward tolerance by chimeric class I MHC molecules, Rafik R Ghobrial
Development of a SPECT -based three-dimensional treatment planner for radionuclide therapy with iodine -131, Huan Bosco Giap
Isolation, characterization and functional analysis of the {\it xnf7\/} gene from {\it Xenopus laevis\/}, Siew-Ging Gong
{\it In vivo\/} induction of DNA changes in cervicovaginal epithelium by perinatal estrogen exposure, Richard Allen Hajek
A cladistic analysis of apolipoprotein B gene variation and plasma lipid and apolipoprotein B levels, using familial data, David Michael Hallman
Functional and motor neuronal analysis of defensive siphon responses in {\it Aplysia californica}, Christopher Paul Hickie
Cytochrome P-450 reductase FAD binding domain: Cloning, enzymatic activity and flavin binding characterization, Anne Veronica Hodgson
Population genetics of VNTR loci and their applications in evolutionary studies, Li Jin
Glutamate receptors expressed in {\it Xenopus\/} oocytes: Studies in function and regulation, William Bruce McVaugh
A cellular cleavage pathway for the Moloney murine leukemia virus precursor protein, Pr65$\rm\sp{gag}$: Identification of a new viral protein containing CAp30 and NCp10 sequences, Mecedes Kunigunde Meyer
Mechanisms of HER2/{\it neu\/} proto-oncogene overexpression in breast cancer cells, Susan Jean Miller
Studies to localize and characterize the isoform specific functional differences between cardiac and skeletal troponin C, James Joseph Mullen
Analysis of galectin expression and identification of endogenous ligands in a human colon carcinoma cell line, David William Ohannesian
Cerebellar cortex involvement in classical eyelid conditioning, Stephen Paro Perrett
Isolation and characterization of revertant cell lines expressing oncogenic rat {\it neu\/}, Dean Bradley Reardon
Multisite phosphorylation of ornithine decarboxylase in transformed macrophages, Sundeep Gajjala Reddy
Structure and function study of prostaglandin H synthase, Yong Ren
Receptor-mediated adenylylcyclase activation following ``homologous'' and ``heterologous'' desensitization, Mark David Richardson
A molecular study of the rhodopsin locus in patients with retinitis pigmentosa, Joseph Anthony Rodriguez
Molecular and evolutionary genetics of the X -linked visual pigment genes in humans and New World monkeys, Song-Kun Shyue
Role of protein kinase C in short-term sensitization of {\it Aplysia}, Shuzo Sugita
Structural and functional studies of the human integrin $\alpha 4\beta 1$ (CD49d/CD29), Margit Christina Szabo
Intron involvement in the regulation of MuSVts110 RNA splicing, Jeffrey William Touchman
Characterization of an upstream negative regulatory region of the mouse {\it neu\/} promoter, Margaret Ruth-Anne White-Jones
Analysis of p53 function and regulation, Hongyun Wu
Functional analysis of anionic phospholipids in cell metabolism in {\it Escherichia coli\/}, Weiming Xia
Regulation of the {\it neu\/} oncogene by the GTG element binding proteins, Rong-Lang Yen
Submissions from 1993
Molecular analysis of cell surface $\beta$1,4-galactosyltransferase function during lamellipodal formation, cell polarization, and cell migration, Paul Andrew Appeddu
A dosimetric study of radionuclide therapy for bone marrow ablation, John Ellis Bayouth
Insight into the strand exchange reaction promoted by the RecA protein of {\it Escherichia coli\/}, Piero Rinaldo Bianco
Regulation of {\it myogenin\/} transcription during mouse embryogenesis, Tse-Chang Cheng
Transcriptional analysis of liver-specific expression and differential interleukin-6 response of rat kininogen genes, Huei-Mei Chen
Immune responses against major histocompatibility complex and interleukin-2 gene transfected K1735 murine melanoma: Potential vaccines for the immunotherapy of cancer, Peter Woon-Hsi Chen
Expression of p53, {\it * ras\/} and PCNA in human colonic neoplasms: Possible biomarkers of malignant potential, Elisabeth Darmon Kern
Molecular mechanisms of prostatic carcinoma growth and progression, Chuan Gao
Suppression by {\it Trypanosoma brucei\/} of anaphylaxis-mediated ion transport in the small intestine of rats, Simon Stewart Gould
ATP- and carbachol -stimulated 1,2-diacylglycerol production during sensitization of adenylyl cyclase, Rekha Dinker Halligan
Molecular studies of human high grade B cell non -Hodgkin's lymphomas, Dai Jun Li
Mechanism of dendritic epidermal T cell-mediated tolerance induction and inhibition of proliferation, Cheryl Diane Love-Schimenti
Mapping T-cell epitopes of the rubella virus structural proteins, Amy Elizabeth Lovett
Regulation of {\it neu\/} gene expression by the simian virus 40 large T antigen and tumor suppressors Rb and p53, Angabin Matin
The role of the intracellular second messenger cAMP in the induction of long-term morphological changes in sensory neurons of {\it Aplysia\/}, Fidelma Anne Nazif
Nuclear proteins interacting with an AP-1/CRE-like promoter sequence in the human TNF$\alpha$ gene, Christine Lee Newell
Minimal DNA sequences that control the cell lineage-specific expression of the pro$\alpha$2(I) collagen promoter in transgenic mice, Karen Ann Niederreither
The physical map of {\it Escherichia coli\/} K-12 strain MG1655: Construction, comparison with other strains and implications for mechanisms controlling oligonucleotide frequency, Jeffrey Dean Perkins
Biologic and molecular analysis of tumor suppressor loci in human glioblastoma multiforme, Mark Allen Pershouse
The characterization of an epithelial chloride channel and purification of a channel component, Carolyn Louise Cannon Preston
Convergent and divergent modulatory pathways in {\it Aplysia\/}: Cellular and network studies, Jennifer Lynn Raymond
Mechanisms of UV induced systemic immunosuppression: An essential role for interleukin-10, Jorge Mauricio Rivas
Identification of a novel tumor suppressor gene on human chromosome 3p14-p12 involved in renal cell carcinoma, Yolanda Sanchez
Cloning and characterization of the full length cDNA and promoter of mouse tissue transglutaminase, Margaret Marie Saydak
Isolation, characterization and transcriptional regulation of {\it Xenopus myod\/}, Jon Burt Scales
Origins and evolution of VNTR loci: The apolipoprotein B 3$\sp\prime$ VNTR, Mark David Shriver
Transformation studies of a nontumorigenic rat prostatic epithelial cell line with activated {\it myc\/} and {\it neu\/} oncogenes, Robert Allen Sikes
Ethanol-induced gastric damage in the rat: Lack of a correlation with oxygen-derived free radicals, Gregory Scott Smith
c-{\it mos\/} RNA expression in somatic cells and its physiological significance in cell cycle progression, Lisa Virginia Tsui
The inhibition of lipid transfer protein by negatively charged liposomes modifies the therapeutic index of amphotericin B, Kishor Madanlal Wasan
Isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding novel homeoproteins from chondrocytes, Guang-Quan Zhao
Submissions from 1992
The functional and structural interactions between v-{\it mos\/} proteins and cell cycle control elements, Wenlong Bai
The interaction of P160 BCR with BCR-ABL gene products unique to Philadelphia chromosome leukemias, Martin Lee Campbell
The role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in stress: A behavioral, neurophysiological and neuropharmacological study, John Houston Casada
Analysis of endogenous retinoic acid receptor expression and function in murine melanoma cells, John Leo Clifford
A study of xlcaax-1: Patterns of localization, possible function and usefulness as a developmental marker, Judith Ann Cornish
A genetic characterization of {\it runt\/} activity during {\it Drosophila\/} embryogenesis, Joseph Bailey Duffy
Regulation of Spec genes in aboral ectoderm cells of sea urchin {\it Strongylocentrotus purpuratus}, Lin Gan
Modulatory effects of bag cell peptides in {\it Aplysia}: Behavioral and electrophysiological studies, Jason Ross Goldsmith
Control of chromosomal rearrangements in {\it Escherichia coli\/}, Joe Don Heath
H2B histone gene expression during {\it Xenopus laevis\/} development, Craig Steven Hinkley
Control of {\it recA\/} expression in {\it Escherichia coli}, Xiaomei Jin
Regulation of adenylyl cyclase by protein kinase C and P$\sb2$ purinergic agonists, John Allan Johnson
Molecular and biochemical analysis of the {\it Drosophila\/} segmentation gene {\it runt\/}, Mary A Kania
Immunochemical interactions of peptides with site-directed polyclonal immunoglobulin G, William Joseph Kokolus
Function and formation of $\beta$1,4-galactosyltransferase-specific adhesions during growth and differentiation of F9 embryonal carcinoma cells, Carol Murrell Maillet
Analyses of pp60$\sp{{\rm c}-src}$ and epidermal growth factor receptor protein tyrosine kinases in a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line following induction of goblet cell-like characteristics by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, Catherine Lynn Novotny-Smith
Characterization of the MLC box: A conserved {\it cis\/}-acting DNA element present in the chicken MLC1s/1c gene, Nickolas Papadopoulos
Expression and function of $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase during wild-type and T/{\it t\/} -mutant spermatogenesis, Sana Abuhamad Pratt
Antisense-mediated inhibition of papillomavirus type-18 in human squamous cell carcinoma, Cherrilee Steele
Study of tumor suppressor genes p53 and Rb in acute myelogenous leukemia, Wei Zhang
Autoregulation of the {\it neu\/} oncogene, Xiao-Yan Zhao
Submissions from 1991
Chromosomal organization and evolutionary conservation of the human chromosome 19q linkage group containing three DNA repair genes, Linda Lee Bachinski