DigitalCommons@TMC

Elucidating mechanisms involved in host microbial-tumor interactions, Vidhi Chandra
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Functions of the tRNA splicing endonuclease and other adventures in RNA processing, Jennifer Hurtig, Ambro van Hoof
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Conformational rearrangements in the sensory RcsF/OMP complex mediate signal transduction across the bacterial cell envelope, Sarah Rosemarie Lach PhD
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Investigation of Genomic Instability Induced by G-Quadruplexes in the Absence of Functional Topoisomerase 1 in Yeast, Alexandra Berroyer
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THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE STATUS AND RESIDENCY ON ORAL HEALTH IN PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA, Nicole Stephens
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ROLES OF SMALL RNAS AND PARALOGOUS PROTEINS IN BACILLUS ANTHRACIS VIRULENCE GENE REGULATION, Ileana Corsi
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DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF HSP110 CHAPERONES IN DISEASES OF PROTEIN MISFOLDING, Unekwu M. Yakubu
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Unraveling Host-Gut Microbiota Dialogue and Its Impact on Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade, Alexandria Cogdill
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A Pharmacological Strategy Against African Sleeping Sickness, Wahaj Zuberi
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Mutations Within and Between Early Cell Division Proteins and Their Effects on Division Regulation in Escherichia coli, Kara Schoenemann
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MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI, Ayesha Khan
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10th Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center PostDoctoral Association
MD Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Association Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium Abstracts

9th Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center PostDoctoral Association
MD Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Association Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium Abstracts

THE INFLUENCE OF THE PEP-PTS AND OTHER METABOLIC SYSTEMS ON THE MASTER VIRULENCE REGULATOR ATXA AND TOXIN GENE EXPRESSION IN BACILLUS ANTHRACIS, Naomi Bier-Reizes
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Hsp70-mediated regulation of Hsf1 transcriptional activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sara Peffer
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Thiol-based Misfolding: Linking Redox Balance to Cytosolic Proteostasis, Ford Amy
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INVESTIGATING THE SINGLE CELL HETEROGENEITY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF MISTRANSLATION, Christopher Evans
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ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY OF SURFACE PROTEINS IN ACTINOMYCES ORIS, Sara Siegel
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Investigation of Novel Virulence Mechanisms in Candida albicans, Elisa Marie Tafoya Vesely
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INSIGHTS INTO THE REACTIVATION, REGULATION AND ESSENTIALITY OF OXIDATIVE PROTEIN FOLDING PATHWAYS IN ACTINOBACTERIA, Belkys Sanchez
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8th Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center PostDoctoral Association
MD Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Association Annual Postdoctoral Science Symposium Abstracts

Mechanism of Incorporation and Repair of Uracil at Highly Transcribed Genes In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Norah Auma Owiti
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An expanded toolkit for gene tagging based on MiMIC and scarless CRISPR tagging in, David Li-Kroeger, Oguz Kanca, Pei-Tseng Lee, Sierra Cowan, Michael T Lee, Manish Jaiswal, Jose Luis Salazar, Yuchun He, Zhongyuan Zuo, Hugo J Bellen
BCM Faculty Publications

CHARACTERIZATION OF METRONIDAZOLE- AND VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, Chioma Odo
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EVOLUTION VIA GENE DUPLICATION AND ALTERNATIVE SPLICING IN THE EUKARYOTIC SKI7 AND HBS1 GENES, Alexandra Marshall
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Functional Similarity of PRD-Containing Virulence Regulators in Bacillus anthracis, Malik Raynor
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MECHANISM OF CANDIDA ALBICANS BIOFILM AND VIRULENCE INHIBITION BY A BACTERIAL SECRETED FACTOR, Carrie Graham
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Functional consequences of RNA exosome complex alteration by conformational changes and cofactor binding, Jaeil Han
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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ROLE OF THE pKM101-ENCODED T4SS OUTER MEMBRANE CORE COMPLEX IN SUBSTRATE TRANSFER, PILUS BIOGENESIS, AND RECIPIENT CELL CONTACT, Jay E. Gordon
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ANALYSIS OF THE BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR ACTIVITIES OF SUBSTRATE BINDING BY THE MOLECULAR CHAPERONE HSP110/SSE1, Veronica M. Garcia
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Evaluating the impact of post-translational modifications by the secreted zinc metalloprotease, GelE, on the major autolysin of E. faecalis, AtlA, and a stress-induced protein, SalB, Emily K. Stinemetz
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PROTEOMIC IDENTIFICATION OF HISTONE POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS INDUCED BY DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS AND NOVEL PROTEINS INVOLVED IN THE DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE, Pingping Wang
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A rare case of erythema elevatum diutinum presenting as diffuse neuropathy., G H. Nguyen, E L. Guo, D Norris
BCM Faculty Publications

THE ROLE OF STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS SUBSPECIES GALLOLYTICUS IN COLON CANCER DEVELOPMENT, Jennifer L. Herold
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Consensus Paper: Cerebellar Development., K Leto, M Arancillo, EBE Becker, A Chiang, et al.
BCM Faculty Publications

Influence of Maternal Breast Milk Ingestion on Acquisition of the Intestinal Microbiome in Preterm Infants., Katherine E Gregory, Buck S Samuel, Pearl Houghteling, Guru Shan, Frederick M Ausubel, Ruslan I Sadreyev, W Allan Walker
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ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION OF PROTEINS REQUIRED FOR INITIATION OF CELL DIVISION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI, Veronica W. Rowlett
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Characterization of the ATO Gene Family in Alternative Carbon Metabolism, Heather A. Danhof
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THE THIOREDOXIN TRX-1 REGULATES THE MAJOR OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, SKN-1, IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS, Katie C. McCallum
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INSIGHTS INTO DETERMINANTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO COLONIZATION, VIRULENCE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN ENTEROCOCCI, Maria Camila Montealegre
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Comparison of interactive voice response (IVR) with paper administration of instruments to assess functional status, sexual function, and quality of life in elderly men., RC Rosen, AJ Stephens-Shields, GR Cunningham, D Cifelli, D Cella, JT Farrar, E Barrett-Connor, CE Lewis, M Pahor, X Hou, PJ Snyder
BCM Faculty Publications

Explicit Time Deficit in Schizophrenia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Indicate It Is Primary and Not Domain Specific., V Ciullo, G Spalletta, C Caltagirone, RE Jorge, F Piras
BCM Faculty Publications

Is Whole-Exome Sequencing an Ethically Disruptive Technology? Perspectives of Pediatric Oncologists and Parents of Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors., Laurence B McCullough, Melody J Slashinski, Amy L McGuire, Richard L Street, Christine M Eng, Richard A Gibbs, D William Parsons, Sharon E Plon
BCM Faculty Publications

CT-based Structural Rigidity Analysis Is More Accurate Than Mirels Scoring for Fracture Prediction in Metastatic Femoral Lesions., TA Damron, A Nazarian, V Entezari, C Brown, W Grant, N Calderon, et al.
BCM Faculty Publications

Glial Contributions to Neural Function and Disease., MN Rasband
BCM Faculty Publications

Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Its Relationship with Parental Allergies: Texas Children's Hospital Experience., G Hiremath, D Byramji, A Pacheco, G Constantine, C Davis, R Shulman, A Olive
BCM Faculty Publications

Efficacy of Psychosocial Interventions in Inducing and Maintaining Alcohol Abstinence in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review., A Khan, A Tansel, DL White, WT Kayani, WT Bano, J Lindsay, HB El-Serag, F Kanwal
BCM Faculty Publications

Early rescue of interneuron disease trajectory in developmental epilepsies., MS Siehr, JL Noebels
BCM Faculty Publications

Effect of Two-Year Caloric Restriction on Bone Metabolism and Bone Mineral Density in Non-Obese Younger Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial., DT Villareal, L Fontana, SK Das, et al.
BCM Faculty Publications

Local Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) Signals To Its Receptor CRHR1 During Postnatal Development of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb., Isabella Garcia, Paramjit K Bhullar, Burak Tepe, Joshua Ortiz-Guzman, Longwen Huang, Alexander M Herman, Lesley Chaboub, Benjamin Deneen, Nicholas J Justice, Benjamin R Arenkiel
BCM Faculty Publications

THE EFFECT OF ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE PHOSPHORYLATION AND HERPES VIRUS URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLASE ON ANTIBODY DIVERSIFICATION, Marc Macaluso
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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND IMAGING-BASED INSIGHTS INTO THE CHARACTERISTICS AND MECHANISMS OF YEAST PATTERN FORMATION, LIN CHEN
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Large-scale Identification of Chemically Induced Mutations in Drosophila melanogaster., Nele A Haelterman, Lichun Jiang, Yumei Li, Vafa Bayat, Hector Sandoval, Berrak Ugur, Kai Li Tan, Ke Zhang, Danqing Bei, Bo Xiong, Wu-Lin Charng, Theodore Busby, Adeel Jawaid, Gabriela David, Manish Jaiswal, Koen J T Venken, Shinya Yamamoto, Rui Chen, Hugo J Bellen
BCM Faculty Publications

ENERGY STRESS CAUSES CHAPERONES TO ASSEMBLE INTO CYTOPLASMIC COMPLEXES, Kimberly J. Cope
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Regulators of Bacterial Cell Division: Investigations of Min Oscillation and FtsA Activity, Jennifer R. Herricks
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DEVELOPMENT OF CHIMERIC TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFER OF HETEROLOGOUS SUBSTRATES ACROSS THE GRAM-NEGATIVE CELL ENVELOPE, Trista M. Berry
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Potential Roles of Peroxidases in Caenorhabditis Elegans Innate Immunity, George R. Tiller, george r. tiller
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DEVELOPMENT OF A MOLECULAR GRAM-STAIN ASSAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SEPSIS, Douglas Bryan Litwin
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Chemical mutagens, transposons, and transgenes to interrogate gene function in Drosophila melanogaster., Koen J T Venken, Hugo J Bellen
BCM Faculty Publications

CHARACTERIZATION OF FTSA-FTSN INTERACTION DURING ESCHERICHIA COLI CELL DIVISION, kimberly.busiek@gmail.com K. Busiek
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Functional Analysis of Cytosolic Hsp70 Nucleotide Exchange Factor Networks in Yeast, Jennifer Lynn Abrams
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Regulation of the Candida albicans arginine biosynthetic pathway, Claudia Jimenez Lopez
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C-JUN N-TERMINAL KINASES REGULATE ADENOVIRUS-MEDIATED AUTOPHAGY AND ANTIGEN PRESENTATION, Sarah R. Klein
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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ROLE(S) OF ENV PROTEIN OF HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS-K IN MULTIPLE HUMAN CANCERS, Ming Li
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Development and Characterization of an in vitro Four-species Anaerobic Dental Biofilm Model, Fernando Andrade
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INTERACTION OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS EXOSPORIUM PROTEIN BCLA WITH COMPLEMENT FACTOR H AND SPORE PERSISTENCE IN THE LUNG, Sarah A. Jenkins
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MOLECULAR AND GENOMIC BASED INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM FROM COMMENSAL TO HOSPITAL-ADAPTED PATHOGEN, Jessica R. Galloway-Pena
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REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE CARBON METABOLISM IN CANDIDA ALBICANS, Arely Y. Gonzalez
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BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BINDING PARTNERS OF TWO HSP70 CO-CHAPERONES IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE, Jacob Verghese
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The Role of the Arched Helicases in Exosome-Mediated Function, A. Alejandra Klauer
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Regulation of the heat shock response by thiol-reactive compounds in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yanyu Wang
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Systems Biology Approaches to Probe Gene Regulation in Bacteria, Diogo F. Troggian Veiga
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REGULATION OF TOXIN SYNTHESIS BY CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, Charles Darkoh
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Functional Characterization of AtxA, the Bacillus anthracis Virulence Regulator, Troy G. Hammerstrom
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Control of the master virulence regulatory gene atxA in Bacillus anthracis, Jennifer L. Dale
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Eluding antibiotic resistance: capitalizing on antimicrobial peptides interaction with the lipid bilayer, danielle m. McGrath
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NOVEL MECHANISMS OF ANTIGEN PROCESSING THAT ENHANCE BCG VACCINE EFFICACY, Christopher R. Singh
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Mechanisms of Adenovirus-Mediated Autophagy, Erin White
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Upregulation of Reactive Oxygen Species During the Retrovirus Life Cycle and Their Roles in a Mutant of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus, ts1-Mediated Neurodegeneration, SOO JIN KIM
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Mechanisms of Adenovirus-Mediated Autophagy, Erin White
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MULTIPLE POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY FEATURES CONTROL EXPRESSION OF ETHANOLAMINE UTILIZATION GENES IN ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS, Kristina A. Fox
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ROLE OF VITAMIN-D3 AND RETINOIC ACID IN A HUMAN THP-1 MACROPHAGE MODEL OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION, Jaymie L. Estrella
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AGROBACTERIUM VIRB10 CONTRIBUTIONS TO TYPE IV SUBSTRATE SECRETION, T-PILUS BIOGENESIS, AND OUTER MEMBRANE PORE FORMATION, Isaac Garza
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Characterization of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB2 pilin of the VirB/D4 Type IV Secretion System, Jennifer Kerr
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The Immune Inhibitor A1 Protease of Bacillus anthracis, Kathryn Pflughoeft
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Stress-induced targeting of molecular chaperones in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Hugo Tapia
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THE DOMAINS OF THE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT OF THE EUKARYOTIC RNA DEGRADING EXOSOME, RRP44P, HAVE DISTINCT FUNCTIONS, Daneen Schaeffer
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A METAGENOMIC STUDY OF THE TICK MIDGUT, Daniel T. Yuan
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Molecular basis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae virulence and infection in the Caenorhabditis elegans model host, Melissa M. Broadway
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Host-pathogen interactions of secreted and surface Staphylococcus aureus factors, Vanessa Vazquez
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