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Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Targeted by Annexin V to Breast Cancer Vasculature for Enzyme Prodrug Therapy
(PLos One, 2013-10-03)
Background and PurposeThe targeting of therapeutics is a promising approach for the development of new cancer treatments that seek to reduce the devastating side effects caused by the systemic administration of current ...
Searching for new physics through gravitational waves
(2021-12-01)
I would first like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to my dissertation advisor, Professor Kuver Sinha, whose advice and expertise has led me on a successful path to completing my studies. Thank you for being ...
Disentangling the Formation Pathways of Protostars
(2023-05)
Star formation occurs within dense cores within molecular clouds, often associated with filamentary structures. However, there exist isolated instances of star formation, far from nearby forming stars. As a core collapses, ...
Improving Risk Models for Avian Influenza: The Role of Intensive Poultry Farming and Flooded Land during the 2004 Thailand Epidemic
(PLos One, 2012-11-19)
Since 1996 when Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza type H5N1 first emerged in southern China, numerous studies sought risk factors and produced risk maps based on environmental and anthropogenic predictors. However little ...
Transcriptional Regulator PerA Influences Biofilm-Associated, Platelet Binding, and Metabolic Gene Expression in Enterococcus faecalis
(PLos One, 2012-04-04)
Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and a leading cause of nosocomial infections, traits facilitated by the ability to quickly acquire and transfer virulence determinants. A 150 kb pathogenicity island (PAI) ...
Tracing the Rise of Ants - Out of the Ground
(PLos One, 2013-12-26)
The evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is increasingly well-understood due to recent phylogenetic analyses, along with estimates of divergence times and diversification rates. Yet, leading hypotheses regarding the ...
Physiological Roles of ArcA, Crp, and EtrA and Their Interactive Control on Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration in Shewanella oneidensis
(PLos One, 2010-12-28)
In the genome of Shewanella oneidensis, genes encoding the global regulators ArcA, Crp, and EtrA have been identified. All these proteins deviate from their counterparts in E. coli significantly in terms of functionality ...
Probing Flavor Changing Higgs Interactions at LHC and Future Hadron Colliders
(2020-08)
In this dissertation, we discuss the prospect of discovering flavor changing neutral Higgs (FCNH) interactions with quarks and leptons at current and future hadron colliders. Particularly, we have looked for $t \to c h^0$ ...
Hexavalent Chromium Reduction under Fermentative Conditions with Lactate Stimulated Native Microbial Communities
(PLos One, 2013-12-23)
Microbial reduction of toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in-situ is a plausible bioremediation strategy in electron-acceptor limited environments. However, higher Cr(VI) may impose stress on syntrophic communities and ...
Generation and Validation of a Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Clone Set for Protein Expression and Phage Display
(PLos One, 2008-08-20)
A comprehensive gene collection for S. oneidensis was constructed using the lambda recombinase (Gateway) cloning system. A total of 3584 individual ORFs (85%) have been successfully cloned into the entry plasmids. To ...