Browsing College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Honors and Undergraduate Research Program by Issue Date
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Effects of white yolk concentration on maturation, fertilization, and blastocyst development of bovine embryos produced in vitro
(2004)Most in vitro embryo production (IVP) systems use some form of bovine sera in media. The most commonly used sera in maturation of bovine oocytes is fetal calf serum. A potential problem arising from this practice is ... -
Activation and suppression of macrophages: implications for cancer immunotherapy
(2006)It is widely known that macrophages can be activated to kill tumor cells. It is also known that tumor-infiltrating macrophages can be immunosuppressed. The mechanisms of both tumor killing by activated macrophages and ... -
The effect of neuropeptides on growth and function of bovine articular chondrocytes
(2007)Cartilage injury is a central issue in orthopedics to which there is no known physiological treatment. Neuropeptides playa role in the proliferative and reparative processes of many tissue types, but little is known about ... -
Stable expression and purification of Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein from Drosophila melanogaster Schneider line-2 cells
(2007)Studies on the hemolymph Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein (hJHBP) and Juvenile Hormone (JH) interaction have been considerably limited by the availability of pure hJHBP. An expression vector was created by cloning the ... -
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 ... -
Submerged macrophytes in Big Spring Creek, WI: Distribution and influence on phosphorus dynamics
(2007)Submerged macrophytes affect many aspects of lotic ecosystems, including nutrient dynamics. We performed longitudinal vegetation surveys to describe the distribution of macrophytes in Big Spring Creek, Wisconsin. We also ... -
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 ... -
Isolation and characterization of Drosophila melanogaster central processing mutants
(2007)The aim of this study is to isolate and characterize mutant fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) which are defective in central processing, with the ultimate goals of! finding the genes necessary for this process to ... -
Determining the impacts of residential lakeshore development and various physical factors on largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) growth rates
(2007)Development of residential lakeshore properties can have several effects on aquatic ecosystems including the thinning of littoral coarse woody habitat. Previous studies have shown that reduction of littoral coarse woody ... -
The effects of 1,25 D3 on the mouse osteopontin promoter
(2007)Vitamin D (1,25 D3) is an important transcriptional regulator of many genes including our gene of interest, osteopontin. Osteopontin is a known regulator of bone calcification and mineralization and is involved in signaling ... -
Reduction of androgen induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production as a method of preventing prostate cancer
(2007)Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths among men and development of a preventative agent is urgently needed. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are carcinogens and are linked to prostate tumor development. ROS ... -
To determine the functional relevance of circadian Fabp7 expression in memory consolidation
(2007)Fatty-acid binding protein 7 (Fabp7) is closely related to sleep/wake cycle and regulated in a circadian pattern. To investigate whether the expression affects learning and memory behavior, we used the Drosophila model. ... -
Transgenic zebrafish that carry inducible zic2a fusion proteins
(2007)Zic genes encode proteins that contain zinc fingers used to bind DNA and modify transcription of target genes. Several zic genes have been identified that are critical in regulating nervous system development in a wide ... -
Delta-opioid receptor (DOR) activation prolongs respiratory motor output during oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro
(2007)Severe reduction of blood flow to the brain results in oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) and neuronal damage. DOR activation is neuroprotective during OGD in the cerebellum and cortex, but it is not known whether DOR ... -
Engineering of maltose-binding protein to employ a poly-arginine tag and improve protein purification
(2007)Maltose binding protein (MBP), a solubility-enhancing fusion protein, has demonstrated great success in the application of protein purification when fused to a protein of interest. It has already been engineered to include ... -
An investigation on the effects of mutations in the ATG12 autophagy pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana
(2007)Under nutrient-deficient conditions, plants are forced to recycle secondary cellular constituents to conserve energy for the more essential processes (Klionsky, et al. 2000). Plants accomplish this through a process called ... -
Characterization of my18, a mutant exhibiting abnormal expression of the C. elegans polycystic kidney disease gene
(2007)Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is a common genetic disorder affecting 1/400 to 1/800 individuals in the population. Mutations in the human genes PKD1 and PKD2, which encode Polycystin-l (PC-I) and ... -
Efficiency of dietary calcium use for skeletal growth and mineralization in young pigs fed diets with various phosphorus concentrations
(2007)Nutrient efficiencies are generally greater for animals fed diets with marginal deficiencies. In a preliminary study, however, Ca efficiency was lower in pigs fed diets with a marginal Ca deficiency (J Bone Miner Re 20:S193). ...