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    Functional analysis of position effects of inversion 2j in Drosophila buzzatii: gene CG13617 silencing and its adpative significance 

    Puig Font, Marta (Date of defense: 2010-12-23)

    És sabut de fa molt temps que les inversions cromosòmiques son mantenides per selecció natural a les poblacions de Drosophila. No obstant, els mecanismes moleculars que generen aquest valor adaptatiu encara no es coneixen. ...

    Functional analysis of the extraproteasomal ubiquitin receptor Dsk2/UBQLN in Drosophila and human cells 

    Di Mauro, Gianmarco (Date of defense: 2019-02-28)

    Dsk2/UBQLN is a conserved extraproteasomal ubiquitin receptor that has been widely described as a protein involved in the ubiquitin proteasome pathway. In Drosophila, this protein has been recently reported in a non-proteolitic ...

    Functional Analysis of the Lithic Assemblages from the Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites of Khorramabad Valley (Western Iran), with special reference to Kaldar Cave 

    Tumung, Laxmi (Date of defense: 2019-04-12)

    Aquesta tesi se centra en l'estudi funcional de conjunts de Paleolític mitjà i superior de la Vall de Khorramabad (Iran occidental), amb especial atenció a la cova de Kaldar. S'emmarca en un projecte de recerca multidisciplinària ...

    Functional analysis of variant proteins in Plasmodium vivax: Implications in pathology 

    Bernabeu Aznar, Maria (Date of defense: 2013-06-14)

    P. vivax is the most widespread malaria, it accounts for 25-40% of the global disease burden and it is estimated that causes from 132 to 391 million clinical cases each year. It is amply accepted that P. vivax do not ...

    Functional and evolutionary implications of single nucleotide substitutions in human microRNAs across primates 

    López Valenzuela, María (Date of defense: 2015-01-15)

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are major contributors to phenotypic diversity and have a demonstrated role in evolution. We performed an analysis on how miRNA nucleotide substitutions may have contributed to human divergence from their ...

    Functional and molecular characterization of maize open stomata 1 protein kinase 

    Vilela, Belmiro (Date of defense: 2012-12-18)

    Plant growth and productivity are compromised by environmental stresses such as pathogens, extreme temperatures, drought and high salinity. Being sessile organisms, plants had to develop different physiologic and biochemical ...

    Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity of Amphibians in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Implications for a Systematic Conservation Planning 

    Siqueira Campos, Felipe (Date of defense: 2018-06-18)

    Biodiversity patterns are results of ecological and evolutionary processes. Understanding the forces shaping biodiversity patterns help to predict the responses of ecosystems to environmental change. Considering the role ...

    Functional and structural analyses of the terminal organelle of Mycoplasma genitalium 

    González González, Luis (Date of defense: 2015-12-04)

    Mycoplamsa genitalium es un patógeno humano causante de uretritis no gonocócica y no causada por clamidias en hombres y de enfermedad pélvica inflamatoria y cervicitis. Los micoplasmas, además de ser muy interesantes para ...

    Functional and structural studies of AKR1B15 and AKR1B16: Two novel additions to human and mouse aldo-keto reductase superfamily 

    Giménez Dejoz, Joan (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)

    La superfamília de les aldo-ceto reductases (AKR) comprèn un gran nombre de proteïnes monomèriques de localització citosòlica d’un un pes molecular d'aproximadament 36 kDa. Les AKRs tenen un plegament proteic comú evolutivament ...

    Functional characterization in vivo of essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae's hydrophilin for desiccation tolerance 

    López Martínez, Gema Isabel (Date of defense: 2015-07-22)

    La sobre expressió de les hidrofilines STF2 i SIP18 en soques de laboratori, tenen un efecte positiu en la tolerància a la deshidratació i rehidratació. A més, la sobre expressió de SIP18 en quatre soques comercials de ...

    Functional characterization of AWR affector proteins from the phytopathogen "R. solanacearum" (Caracterització funcional de les proteïnes efectores AWR del fitopatogen "R. solanacearum") 

    Solé Castellví, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2011-11-25)

    "R. solanacearum" is a devastating bacterial pathogen that infects "Solanaceae" spp. such as tomato, eggplant or banana. A functional T3SS is required for virulence and more than 70 putative effectors have been described, ...

    Functional characterization of REVEILLE 8 and NIGHT LIGHT-INDUCIBLE AND CLOCK-REGULATED interaction in the diurnal regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis 

    Pérez García, Pablo (Date of defense: 2015-07-27)

    El reloj circadiano es un mecanismo celular endógeno presente en prácticamente todos los organismos. Una función clave del reloj es la sincronización del metabolismo, fisiología y desarrollo con los cambios medioambientales ...

    Functional characterization of single amino acid variants 

    López Ferrando, Víctor (Date of defense: 2019-12-11)

    Single amino acid variants (SAVs) are one of the main causes of Mendelian disorders, and play an important role in the development of many complex diseases. At the same time, they are the most common kind of variation ...

    Functional characterization of the CD300e leukocyte receptor 

    Brckalo, Tamara (Date of defense: 2011-01-24)

    The focus of this work was to functionally characterize the CD300e receptor expressed in human monocytes and myeloid dendritic cells and investigate the implications that receptor engagement has on their biology. We provide ...

    Functional characterization of the connection between the circadian clock and the DNA damage and repair response in Arabidopsis thaliana 

    Gil Rodríguez, Sergio (Date of defense: 2019-11-14)

    En la mayoría de los organismos estudiados, el reloj circadiano mantiene ritmos en fisiología, metabolismo y desarrollo en sintonía con los cambios medioambientales que suceden durante los ciclos diurnos y nocturnos. En ...

    Functional connectivity anomalies in the neural networks mediating motivated behavior : assessong obsessive-compulsive disorder , chronic cannabis use, Prader-Willi syndrome and Down syndrome 

    Blanco Hinojo, Laura (Date of defense: 2015-12-09)

    Compulsive, impulsive, and addictive disorders display some behavioral commonalities associated with a dysfunction in the regulation of motivated, goal-directed behavior. Relevant to motivated behavior, there is a set of ...

    Functional copolyesters from castor and sunflower oils, Poly(l-lactide) and poly(ε-caprolactone) using thiol-click chemistry. 

    Beyazkılıc, Zeynep (Date of defense: 2015-03-25)

    El desenvolupament de nous biopolímers ha esdevingut un tema de gran interes, degut tant a la disminució de les reserves de petroli i el seu preu com als problemes derivats de la sostenibilitat mediambiental. A banda dels ...

    Functional design of nanocomposites and their applications in energy conversion and storage 

    Du, Ruifeng (Date of defense: 2022-06-30)

    [eng] This thesis focuses on the functional design and preparation of different kind of nanocomposites and their applications in energy conversion and storage technologies, particular in OER, HER, H2O2ER and LSBs. For the ...

    Functional diversity in higher education: curriculum accommodation for people with vision disability or hearing impairment in the English as a Foreign Language classroom 

    Martínez Hernández, Ana Isabel (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

    This doctoral dissertation sets out to find useful and applicable inclusive practices that aim at UDL that could be implemented in the EFL context to make it accessible to learners with visual or aural diversity, with three ...

    Functional gels as microreactors 

    Singh, Nishant (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)

    Functionalized Hydrogels upon self-assembly demonslrate enzyme like catalysis owing to the formatin of hydrophobic pockets, increased local concentration of the catalytic sites, pKa change, pH shift etc. Here we present ...