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Using Fluorescent Probes to Study the Location and Interaction of Disaccharides within Lipid Bilayers
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-26)
It is well known that certain organisms, such as the tardigrade, are capable of surviving extreme conditions including dehydration, freezing and / or oxygen deficiency. The tardigrades ability to withstand such extreme ...
Quinone Formation via Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Oxidations of 2-Alkyl-1,4-dialkoxybenzenes
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Quinones are cyclohexadiendiones that have a variety of uses ranging from medical applications to synthetic building blocks. Medicinal applications stem from the potent biological activity (e.g. antitumor and antibiotic) ...
Synthesis Of Non-Natural Fmoc-Protected Amino Acids To Provide Novel Fluorescent Anion Probes And Their Incorporation Into Synthetic Peptides
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder caused by mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein. CFTR serves to control the gradient of chloride and bicarbonate ions across the cellular ...
Transthyretin Amyloidosis: Proteolytic cleavage accelerates G53A TTR misfolding and aggregation
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
The proteolytic cleavage of the peptide bond Lys48-Thr49 of the CD loop in TTR pathological mutants S52P and E51_S52dup was previously demonstrated to promote aggregation as a result of tetrameric structure destabilization. ...
Oxidation of Isoprene to Methyl vinyl ketone and Methacrolein via Hydroxyl Radical : A Regenerative Mechanism for the Hydroxyl Radical
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Isoprene is an important molecule in atmospheric chemistry. Belonging to a class of molecules known as volatile organic compounds, it undergoes reactions with several different oxidizers in the atmosphere, including ...
A Molecular Dynamics Study into Annexin A1 Induced Membrane Binding and Aggregation
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Annexins constitute a family of proteins that bind to anionic membranes in a reversible and calcium dependent manner through the unique architecture of their calcium binding sites. In addition, annexins with relatively ...
Thermodynamic Investigation into the Binding Properties of Cardiac Troponin (Human and Bovine)
(East Carolina University, 2010)
Troponin is an integral protein in the mechanism of muscle contraction. In order to induce cardiac muscle contraction, Ca[superscript]2[superscript]+ must bind to the TnC subunit (calcium binding subunit) of troponin to ...
ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY OF POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) AND POLYSTYRENE USING SURFACE ACTIVE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Electrospray ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (ESI-ToF-MS) is a powerful characterization technique for large nonvolatile compounds, but has found limited applicability in the synthetic polymer field. Two factors ...