Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Gates, Kent S."
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Biomimetic reactions relevant to the study of abasic sites in DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Abasic (Ap) sites represent the most common form of DNA damage in mammalian cells. With steady state levels of 10,000 sites existing in each cell, there is a dire need to study these noxious biological electrophiles. While ... -
Chemical and biochemical properties of abasic site adducts and 6-thioguanine DNA cross-links in DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] DNA is a macromolecular complex, composed of the nucleotides adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine interconnected by a phosphate backbone, that contains ... -
Diverse applications of covalent cross-links in duplex DNA: From anti-cancer drugs to the detection of disease-relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms to the synthesis of well-defined substrates for the study of novel DNA repair processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Abasic (Ap) sites are a common form of DNA lesion that occur endogenously 50,000-200,000 per cell per day in mammals. The alkylation of the guanine and ... -
DNA interstrand crosslinks arising from DAN strand breaks at true abasic sites in duplex DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Abasic sites (apurinic/apyrimidinic sites, Ap sites) are one of the most common forms of lesions found in genomic DNA. For the past decade, Gates group ... -
Formation and properties of endogenous adducts and crosslinks generated by amine-catalyzed strand cleavage at an AP site in duplex DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Abasic sites in DNA are a very common lesion. They are formed spontaneously and in the presence of biological amines, enzymes, and proteins. If unrepaired, abasic sites lead to DNA strand breaks and crosslinks. This thesis ... -
Lipid vesicle fusion as a vehicle to study transmembrane protein interactions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Alzheimer's disease, among other neurologically degenerative diseases, has been linked to protein-enzyme interactions that originate within the transmembrane domain of a cell. The lipid environment that houses these ... -
Novel insights into strand cleavage at an abasic site in DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Loss of a nucleobases from the deoxyribose backbone of DNA generates Abasic sites in DNA. Abasic sites are the most common unavoidable DNA damage lesion. It is important to understand the properties of Abasic site. The ... -
Reactivity of lesions derived from abasic (AP) sites in DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)DNA is vital to cellular function. Therefore, maintaining the integrity of the structure of DNA is of the utmost importance. Damage to the DNA is unavoidable and can be detrimental to organisms. Abasic (Ap) sites are the ... -
Structural and kinetic studies of human aldh7a1 and aldh9a1
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The regulation and detoxification of endogenously and exogenously derived aldehydes is paramount to cellular survival due to the highly reactive nature of aldehydes as electrophiles. Human aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) ...