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Generating temperature sensitive inteins for studying gene functions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Reversible and easy to use, temperature-sensitive (TS) mutations, are powerful tools to study the functions of all genes, including essential and pleiotropic ones. However, the rarity of TS alleles and the difficulty of ...
A custom oligonucleotide microarray analysis as a tool for dissecting soybean-bradyrhizobium japonicum nodule senescence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Soybean root nodules are symbiotic organs housing Bradyrhizobium japonicum, a soil bacterium that reduces atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium. The bacterium receives carbon...
Behavioral choice and demographic consequences of wood frog habitat selection in response to land use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Land use is a pervasive form of disturbance affecting natural systems on Earth. My dissertation research is set within the context of a large scale project referred to as Land-use Effects on Amphibian Populations (LEAP), ...
A profile analysis of diagnostic data from college students experiencing math difficulty
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Level, shape and scatter are three characteristics of profiles that determine the specific focus of profile analysis procedures. In this study, three methods of profile analysis that emphasize each of these characteristics ...
FAPRI 1999 U.S and World Agricultural Outlook
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Iowa State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia., 1999-01)
The FAPRI U.S. and World Agricultural
Outlook presents projections of world agricultural production, consumption, and trade under average weather patterns, existing farm policy, and policy
commitments under current trade ...
Involvement of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) in porcine gametogenesis and preimplantation embryo development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A (TFAM) is responsible for maintenance and transcriptional control of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). TFAM knockout is embryolethal. We have studied the expression and distribution of TFAM ...
Mechanisms of polar growth in the alphaproteobacterial order rhizobiales
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
All bacteria elongate and divide to faithfully reproduce their cell shape. Understanding the mechanisms that drive bacterial morphology requires an intimate knowledge of how the cell wall is synthesized. During cell division, most bacteria...
Sustainable management of invasive species
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] Integrated pest management combines an array of management strategies to combat pest species in an environmentally minded manner. However, these tactics are increasingly disrupted by climate ...
Aza-analogues of distyrylbenzene (DSB) synthesis, structures, and properties of 1,4-phenylenediamine bisimines (PDABI)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The drive for electo-optically active materials was officially initiated in 1966 with the publishing, by NASA, of a 137 page report. The "Electro-optic Projection Study" outlined...
A comparative study of the effects of instructional design-based scaffolding and management-based scaffolding on learning in online collaborative groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of scaffolding conditions in fully online collaborative groups on a performance outcome, social experiences, and interaction processes. To achieve this, a performance ...
Speak truth to empower: A quantitative approach to high school teacher perceptions of instructional leadership feedback in Midwest state secondary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Educational reform research has remained focused on the guarantee students are given highly qualified and effective teachers and administrators. In the case of educational...
Tales of an 'invisible' life stage : survival and physiology among terrestrial juvenile ambystomatid salamanders
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
The vital rates (e.g., survival, growth, and reproduction) of distinct life stages within a species are known to influence the growth and persistence of populations. As such, studies describing stage-specific vital rates, ...
From unique killers to a jumbo genome - isolation and characterization of phages that infect the plant pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
cell growth and blocks cell division in a broad range of bacteria including Agrobacterium, Sinorhizobium, and Escherichia strains. Another member of the Podoviridae family, Atu_ph08, carries remnants of a lysogen and shares 60.2% identity...
Anisotropic organic materials : ferroelectric crystals and spin-polarized radicals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Anisotropic organic materials are attracting increasing interesting for their highly electro-optic characteristics. We are especially interested in dipole parallel...
Novel Prodrugs and Self-Assembling Nanocarriers to Improve Drug Delivery
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
PART I: DIPEPTIDE PRODRUG APPROACH TO IMPROVE INTESTINAL
ABSORPTION OF LOPINAVIR
Lopinavir (LPV), a highly potent second-generation HIV-1 protease inhibitor, is
currently indicated in HIV-1 infection. However, poor ...
An economic analysis of the agricultural development potential for Southern Honduras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
The study was conducted in the Valle and Choluteca Districts of Southern Honduras in 1974. The objectives of the study were (1) to identify input-output relationships for selected crops; (2) determine current and potential ...
MITIGATING ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT PATHOGENS: A MULTIFACETED STRATEGY FOR NOVEL ANTIBACTERIAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE LCMS/MS APPLICATIONS FOR DIVERSE THERAPEUTIC ADVANCEMENTS
(2023)
In response to the escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance, our study adopted a multifaceted strategy to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens. The initial phase involved the screening of the GSK TB box set against ...
Applications of elemental analysis for archaeometric studies : analytical and statistical methods for understanding geochemical trends in ceramics, ochre and obsidian
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Three areas are covered in this dissertation: elemental analysis of Caborn-Welborn ceramics, elemental analysis and geochemical characterization of ochres, and construction and implementation of a portable XRF instrument ...
Nanomicelles And Liposomes For Improving Drug Delivery of Small Molecules And siRNA Therapeutic Agents
(2021)
PART I: SELF-ASSEMBLING TACROLIMUS NANOMICELLES FOR BACK OF THE EYE DISEASES
Vrinda Gote, Candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2021
ABSTRACT
Neovascular age-related ...