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Corinne Alinea - A Potential Role for Programmed Cell Death in the Formation of an In Vitro Neural Stem Cell Niche
Reconstruction of Free Energy Profiles from Fast Nonequilibrium Processes
Stress and the American Toad
Effect of Parental Intervention and Toddler Distress in Fear eliciting Situations
Valuation, Information, and Bidding in Real Estate Auctions
Synthesis of an Analog of the Novel Anti-neoplastic Agent Leinamycin
Classifying Cicero’s Catilinarians
Seismic Station Installation in Isparta, Turkey and Surrounding Regions
Embryonic stem cells cross-correct for defects found in a mutant mouse model for the neurodegenerative disorder known as Batten Disease
Autonomy, Uncertainty, and Brute Luck Egalitarianism
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Effects of Endocrine Disrupters on the Zebrafish Embryo
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Altered Nuclear Gene Expression in Response to Mitochondrial Mutations in Maize
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Scott Nichols, Chemistry
Kathleen Newton, Mentor
Maize non-chromosomal stripe (NCS) plants are defective plants with mutations within mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). NCS mutants are known to synthesize several stress proteins in response to defective mitochondria. The purpose of my study was to discover which other proteins have altered expression in the mutants. Changes in RNA levels can indicate which proteins differ in expression. Using microarrays, this study compares the RNAs of the NCS2 mutant to those of a normal relative. Many differences in RNA levels were observed. Results are still being analyzed to determine how many of the apparent differences are statistically significant.