This dissertation concerns the study of two classes of molecular machines from a physical perspective: enzymes and membrane proteins. Though the functions of these classes of proteins are different, they each represent ...

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Sweet cherry is an important horticultural crop in Washington. Sweet cherry trees are grown as composite plants where the scion is grafted onto a rootstock. Rootstock genotype influences tree yield potential (among other ...

Arogenate dehydratases (ADTs) are enzymes found within the aromatic amino acid pathway. They are responsible for catalyzing the final step in phenylalanine (Phe) biosynthesis in vascular plants. While being essential for ...

Although the majority of C4 plants have an anatomy that separates carboxylation and decarboxylation activities between two cell types (Kranz anatomy), some terrestrial plants Bienertia cycloptera, B. sinuspersici and Suaeda ...

Chilling tolerance describes the ability of a plant to grow and reproduce in low, but non-freezing, temperatures between 2°C to 12°C. Many important agricultural crops that evolved in warm climates lack the mechanisms to ...

Detoxification of wheat, barley and rye prolamins constitute a challenge in the treatment of celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder with no known treatment other than abstinence diet. Administration of glutenases as food ...

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ABIOTIC STRESS IN LENTIL (Lens culinaris Medik.) Abstract by Md Nurul Amin, Ph.D. Washington State University December 2018 Chair: Rebecca McGee Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is an important legume ...

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The unifying goal of cancer therapy is to selectively eradicate cancer cells while sparing normal tissue from damage. As many current anticancer therapies lack specificity and cause unwanted side effects there is an unmet ...