Browsing School of Medicine (MU) by Thesis Semester "2013 Fall"
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3D analysis of hip joint mobility and the evolution of locomotor abilities in miocene hominoids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The emergence of extant ape-like locomotor behaviors has become a defining issue in reconstructing ape evolution. Suspensory positional behaviors, such as antipronograde bridging, climbing, clambering and transfer, distinguish ... -
Development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis models to evaluate the effects of impact injury on joint health for clinical disease treatment and prevention
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Osteoarthritis is one of the most common, debilitating, musculoskeletal diseases in the world. Currently, there is no cure. It is well-known that a traumatic, joint injury increases the risk of developing post-traumatic ... -
Elucidating the roles of the ATP7A copper transporter in cultured cells, tumor growth and metastasis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Copper is an essential trace metal in all organisms. In humans, copper plays structural and catalytic roles for numerous enzymes and is required for ... -
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(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The innate immune system must react to a wide variety of foreign stimuli, only a relatively small proportion of which may be classified as harmful. The goal of this thesis was to investigate interactions between macrophages ... -
Gene therapy in mouse models of spinal muscular atrophy :
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder, is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA is caused by the functional, homozygous loss of the Survival Motor Neuron-1 (SMN1) gene ... -
Plant protein lysine acetylation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Amongst the hundreds of known protein posttranslational modifications, lysine acetylation is noteworthy for its widespread distribution, and for having ...