Browsing Honors College by Author "Erickson, Timothy"
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DETERMINING THE MEMBRANE TOPOLOGY OF TRANSMEMBRANE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE IN ZEBRAFISH HAIR CELLS USING A SPLIT GFP SYSTEM
Kittle, Brock R. (East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)Mechanosensory hair cells are used by the auditory and vestibular systems to convert mechanical vibrations into electrical signals. Given their specialized function and morphology, hair cells express a unique set of genes ... -
Investigating the roles of E-T coupling and social environment in the stimulus-dependent expression of parathyroid hormone 2.
Smith, Cameron Paul (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)In larval zebrafish, parathyroid hormone 2 (pth2) codes for a peptide hormone that is expressed exclusively in cells near the ventral part of the posterior tuberculum, an area of the forebrain involved in sensori-motor ...