Projects 1 – 3 of 3
- Basic research on virus spread identifies a family of proteins that regulate vesicle trafficking and virus infection in plants.
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2007 project
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Plant viruses invade a susceptible host to cause disease by transporting their genomes across the barrier of the plant cell wall. Doing this requires a unique class of proteins made by the virus, termed movement proteins. This process serves as a...
- Control of mitochondrial genes in assembly of the respiratory chain
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2008 project
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The respiratory chain in the mitochondrial inner membrane is the "machine" that captures energy for the cell when food is oxidized. It is built from proteins encoded in both the nucleus and a small chromosome inside mitochondria. We are trying to...
- Functions of reproductive proteins (primarily in insects)
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2007 project
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We study two topics: a. How seminal proteins transferred to female insects regulate the reproductive behavior and physiology of the females b. How proteins placed in the egg by the mother regulate a fertilized egg`s capacity to begin to divide into...