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DC-SIGN Carbohydrate Recognition Domain (CRD) Determinants Responsible for HIV-1 Binding
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2009)HIV belongs to genus Lentivirus. HIV spread through sexual contact, blood, and mother to child. Virus interior is composed of two single-stranded RNA. Reverse transcriptase is key enzyme used to incorporate virus ... -
Climate Change and Poverty Alleviation in the Twenty-First Century: A Case study with the Mi Bosque Project and CARE Guatemala
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)This paper will examine how this particular development project has carried out its goals of climate change mitigation activities and poverty alleviation through innovative measures, and if their approaches have proven ... -
Effects of Landscape Structure, Habitat Type and Flower Density on Bee Abundance within the Chicago Wilderness Region
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)Urbanization and habitat fragmentation are major threats to the conservation of the tall grass prairie ecosystem once widespread across the American Midwest. Less than 0.01% of the original ecosystem now remains·in North ... -
Climate Change and Poverty Alleviation in the Twenty-First Century: A Case study with the Mi Bosque Project and CARE Guatemala
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)In the twenty first century, climate change and its effects have been brought to our attention not only by scientists and researchers, but by international development agencies working with those living in poverty. Large ... -
Native Bee Diversity of Pierce Cedar Creek Institute
(2009)The role of native bees as pollinators is essential to ecosystem and economic integrity. Without native bees, two-thirds of all angiosperms would cease to exist and over one-third of the world food supply would be gone. ... -
Evaluating Chemoradiation Treatment Response of Glioblastoma Multiforme Brain Tumor Using a Transgenic Mouse Model
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a highly malignant brain tumor that arises in neuroglial cells. GBMs have no known treatment and an extremely high mortality rate. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness ... -
Epigenetic Silencing of miR-203 by the Polycomb Group Protein EZH2 Promotes an Aggressive Cancer Phenotype
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) is a transcriptional repressor known to silence target genes during development by histone methyl transferase (HMTase) activity and DNA methyl transferase (DNMT) recruitment. EZH2 is ... -
Genetic Modifiers of Venous Thrombosis: Rescue of a Lethal Genotype
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)Venous Thrombosis affects 1 in 1000 individuals every year. Research indicates that there are many factors, both genetic and environmental, that contribute to the pathologic symptoms attributed to the disease. Several ... -
The Effects of Dominant Plant Species' Densities on the Invasibility and Diversity of a Prairie Grassland
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)Clonal plants, a functional grouping of species defined by their lateral spread through vegetative reproduction, have been found to be dominating in plant communities. This study aimed to establish a correlation between ... -
Localization of HA epitope tagged variants of bovine papillomavirus-1 E5 protein
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)The bovine papillomavirus type 1 E5 protein is the smallest identified transforming protein. This protein alters expressed cellular phenotypes by causing activation of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGF- ...