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Female California mouse scent marking behavior and its implications for the pair bond
(2013)Scent marking has been shown to be an active form of communication for male mice in claiming territory, advertising for females, and mate guarding. Yet little is known about how females use scent marking behaviorally. ... -
Fine mapping for domestication traits using recombinant chromosome nearly isogenic lines
(2017-06-13)In past work the Doebley Lab used maize-teosinte hybrid recombinant inbred lines (RILs) to find various quantitative trait loci (QTL) for ear size in order to study the process of domestication. Of particular interest was ... -
Function of a Nematode Intestine Localization Protein in Nematode Colonizing Xenorhabdus nematophila
(2012)The bacterium Xenorhabdlus nematophila forms a mutualistic relationship with a nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. This association is species specific; S. carpocapsae can only be colonized by X. nematophila, and not by ... -
Functional changes in gut microbiota across the hibernation cycle of Ictidomys tridecemlineatus examined by stable isotope-assisted labeling
(2018-06-12)The hibernation cycle of the 13-lined ground squirrel, which includes fasting during winter months, drives changes in taxonomic composition of the gut microbiota. This study employs stable isotope-assisted labeling (SlAL) ... -
Functional differences between the yeast Hsp70 molecular chaperones Ssbl and Ssb2
(2011)Protein folding is a complex process that is mediated in the cell by molecular chaperones. Errors in protein folding can lead to aggregation of rnisfolded proteins, causing diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and ... -
Gaze-evoked blinks in rhesus monkeys
(2007)Gaze-evoked blinks, blinks that occur during rapid movements of the head and eyes, are believed to be the result of a shared mechanism that is responsible for a blink occurring with a saccade. In humans, it has been found ... -
GBT440 increases hematocrit and improves biventricular function in Berkeley sickle cell disease mice
(2020-05)Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder affecting millions of people in which red blood cells become sickled and lyse easily driven by polymerization of hemoglobin. Chronically, SCD causes anemia and ... -
Genes, Neonatal Nursery and Biobehavioral Development
(2022)Evidence suggests that early life stress (ELS) has significant impacts on development and health. Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) placement may be a form of ELS. Better understanding of the consequences and risk factors ... -
A genetic approach to understanding co-regulated MAPK genes in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2007)Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades connect cellular signal and gene transcription in cells. The pathway can regulate cell division, cell growth, and other pathways in eukaryotes. We used the ... -
Genetic studies of the velC gene required for proper sexual development in Aspergillus nidulans
(2010)VelC is required for the proper fungal development in Aspergillus nidulans. Velvet proteins, VeA, VosA, VelB, and VelC, are a new protein family in many filamentous fungi. They regulate fungal development and secondary ... -
Going from embryo to adult: How zebrafish zic genes are regulated during development
(2009)This project aims to further our understanding of developmental genetics by identifying unknown transcription factor binding sites that play an important role in regulating zic2a, a gene required for proper neural development ... -
Haplotype frequencies at the miR156 and miR172 transcript regions show a significant response to divergent recurrent selection for vegetative phase change in maize
(2009)Sweet corn (Zea mays L). plants that transition from juvenility to the adult phase earlier during development are generally more resistant to common rust (Puccinia sorghi), a disease that causes substantial yield loss in ... -
Herbivory defense in Mimulus quttatus (yellow monkeyflower): consequences for generalist and specialist herbivores
(2012)Plants have undergone strong selection from herbivory, resulting in diverse physical and chemical defenses. Chemical defenses deter generalist herbivores, but are often tolerated by specialists. Mimulus guttatus (yellow ... -
The Identification and Characterization of Cytoplasmic Acetylated Lysines
(2011)Lysine acetylation by histone acetyl transferascs (HATs) is a reversible posttranscriptional modification that plays a key role in regulating several biological processes, such as the cell cycle, nuclear transport, and ... -
Identification Of Acetylated Lysine Residues On The ER Chaperone BiP
(2011)Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis involves the abnormal production of a small peptide called Abeta. The rate-limiting enzyme for the generation of Abeta is BACEl and, as such, its downregulation decreases Abeta levels. ... -
Identification of QTLs for voluntary running activity in mice for the CBA/J and DBA/2J mouse strains
(2009)Our goal is to understand the genetic factors related to voluntary running activity. Voluntary running activity in humans and mice is known to be a heritable behavioral trait. The genetic factors influencing voluntary ... -
Identification of Salmonella enterica genes that influence plant host association
(2017-06-19)Human enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella enterica, spend a significant portion of their life cycle associated with plant hosts. However, the specific genes required for S. enterica plant colonization have only begun to ... -
Identification of the Functional Domains of Arabidopsis FLS2
(2007)Arabidopsis FLS2 is a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) transmernbrane receptor-kinase that recognizes bacterial flagellin and induces plant innate immune responses. Flg22 is a 22 amino acid peptide based on a sequence of flagellin ... -
Identification of two binding partners for the bacterial actin homolog MreB
(2007)A distinguishing characteristic of prokaryotes was long thought to be the lack of a cytoskeleton similar to eukaryotes consisting of actin filaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments. However, recent work has shown ... -
Identifying and locating length and position of introgression on chromosome 6 influencing resistance to bacterial wilt and identifying markers for bacterial wilt resistance on chromosome 12
(2010)Bacterial wilt is a devastating disease affecting hundreds of species of plants and millions of people by destroying crops like the tomato. Conventional techniques to destroy the pathogen have been futile to this point and ...