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Grandes Vilaclara, Mª Eugenia (Date of defense: 2008-06-18)
The aim of this 4 year long work was to study the Connexin32 (Cx32), a protein that forms hemichannels anchored in the plasma membrane. Two hemichannels of adjacent cells form a gap junction. Mutations in Cx32 have been ...
Pérez Guillén, Isabel (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)
[eng] Bacteria have been to the human civilization a threat as well as an ally, since the beginning of time. The introduction of antibiotics into clinics to treat infections was one of the best medical achievements ever ...
Velasco Domínguez, Cecilia (Date of defense: 2022-04-22)
Synapses are the contact sites where the transfer of information from the presynaptic to the postsynaptic site occurs. Correct processing of information requires that synapses continuously adapt their properties to an ...
Rudilla Mateo, Héctor (Date of defense: 2019-01-18)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are nosocomial opportunistic pathogens causing a wide variety of both acute and chronic infections, such as pneumonia, bacteraemia, and urinary tract infections. Immunocompromised ...
López Begines, Santiago (Date of defense: 2016-11-18)
In photoreceptor cells of the retina, light triggers a protein G-mediated enzymatic cascade that leads to hydrolysis of cGMP. The drop in cGMP levels causes the closure of cGMP-channel at the plasma membrane, decreasing ...
Planell Mas, Elena de (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)
INTRODUCCIÓN: Las verrugas plantares están provocadas por el virus del papilloma humano (VPH). Se han descrito diferentes genotipos asociados a estas lesiones si bien existen pocos estudios centrados exclusivamente en ...
Rodríguez Fernández, Agustí (Date of defense: 2007-10-04)
Las enfermedades priónicas, también conocidas como EETs (Encefalopatías Espongiformes Transmisibles), son un grupo de enfermedades neurodegenerativas fatales que, debido a su transmisibilidad potencial han tenido un gran ...