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Mexican Americans and career development
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Research studies examining Mexican Americans' career development is important due their increasing representation in the labor force. A total of 264 Mexican American college students (107 males, 157 females) participated in this study. This research...
What a long trip it's been: Trying to create a CSN-5 and GLH-1 mutant
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
has not been able to isolate a mutant csn-5, nor have they been able to create a knockout glh-1 mutant strain that is null. This summer we have been attempting to create both a new glh-1and a csn-5 mutant strain. In looking for the csn-5 and glh-1...
Optical imagining technique for viewing apoptotic cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The study of programmed cell death or aptosis in tumors has attracted increased interests. Recent research has shown that whether a cell lives or dies is related to its three dimensional environment such as the organization of cells...
Coupling ammonia-N production with ammonia-N uptake in the rumen
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
with bacterial ammonia uptake in the rumen. The hypothesis of this research was that a diet could be formulated such that ammonia-N release would match the ammonia uptake by rumen microflora. To test this hypothesis, a continuous culture system of twenty...
Overexpression of caveolin-1 results in increased plasma membrane trageting of phosphofructokinase: The structural basis for a membrane associated metabolic compartment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
in VSM. Support provided by NIH 60668 (to Christopher D. Hardin) and Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (LS UROP)....
Differences in pollen to ovule ratios and reproductive organ size between autogamous and crossing species of Nicotiana
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Nicotiana is commonly studied due to the presence of both highly autogamous species, such as plumbaginifolia, and crossing species, such as alata. There are also species that expend energy to a mix of selfing and crossing, ...
The search for a new gene: RPS6
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Plants are exposed to a wide variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa. In response, plants have developed a plethora of strategies aimed at blocking infection by potential pathogens. ...
Predator-prey relationships among isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
another. The Cancer Research Center has access to thousands of strains of Salmonella that have been sealed and stored under harsh environmental conditions for almost forty years. Our goal is to explore mutations that have arisen among these archived...
Identifying substrate proteins for GAN1 and Keap1
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
GAN1 and Keap1 are proteins characterized by a N-terminal BTB domain and a C-terminal Kelch repeat domain. Both of these domains are protein-protein interaction domains, suggesting that these BTB-Kelch proteins form signaling ...
Development of a fluorescence based viscosity sensor for medical applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The purpose of this project is to determine the binding properties of molecular rotors with macromolecules, specifically plasma proteins. This is to aid in the development of a viscometer based on molecular rotors that ...
The effects of sensitization on habituation using the olfactory jump reflex in Drosophila
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Memories can arise from simpler habituation and sensitization training as well as associative classical conditioning. However, in a complex environment, animals receive sensory cues in a fashion that can be more accurately ...
Isolation of TFIIIC102 in Arabidopsis thaliana to better understand transcription
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
at TFIIIC protein interactions shall provide some insight to the methods and regulation of transcription over the course of much long-term research. TFIIIC consists of six subunits that all work together to carry out the proper transcription of genetic...
Radiopharmaceutical research: Coordination of rhenium to tetradentate schiff base ligands
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Radiopharmaceuticals, drugs consisting of a radionuclide, are very useful in both the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of cancer. The radiopharmaceuticals that were researched are composed of Re radioisotopes (Re-186; Re-188), which are very...
Comparative analyses of NA genome in Zea maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Mitochondrial genomes are perhaps the most unusual sequences to annotate, due to the common characteristic of expedient change within the genome. Only six (mtDNA) genomes have been sequenced. It has been observed that ...
A comparative study of commercially synthesize immobilized pH gradient (IPG) strips for two-dimensional electrophoresis
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) is a widely used technique for resolving complex protein mixtures. The resurgence in this technique can be attributed to the contemporary approach for isoelectric focusing, which ...
Putting the content in context: Environment, African American women, and physical activity
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Stressors directly or indirectly have greatly influenced women's life and how they are able to function in society. Thus, for us as researchers, it is important to understand how much they influence women's lives in order to develop appropriate ways...
A proposal for the development of historic Maplewood gardens-- An interpretive design of the Victorian era
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
in Columbia, Missouri. The home and grounds were purchased by the City of Columbia in 1970. The area was named Nifong Park once the home was preserved in 1976, but the grounds were never accurately restored. The emphasis of this project is to research...
How caloric restriction extends life
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
People have always wanted to know how to live longer lives. Researchers have found that caloric restriction allows this in most animals. Caloric restriction (CR) is defined as the restriction of food but still enough to maintain life...
Surface treatment of diamond powder with sodium chloride, to enhance hydrogen strorage for use in fuel cells
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
. The success of hydrogen use depends largely on the development of an efficient storage method. In effort to develop a better hydrogen storage system for fuel cells technology this research investigates the use of diamond powder for storing hydrogen...
Gamma/gamma coincidence suppression system for detecting mercury
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
The Missouri University Research Reactor has the ability to measure Mercury (Hg), an environmental contaminant, using neutron activation analysis. This process turns Hg into radioactive Hg-203 which emits a 279 keV gamma-ray that can be easily...