Amara, Imen (Date of defense: 2012-07-12)
In order to improve our understanding on LEA proteins and their molecular functions in drought tolerance, the present work analyzes in the first place, the composition of LEA subproteomes from Arabidopsis ...
Szekrényi, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-07-25)
Biocatalysis is the chemical transformation of organic substrates by enzymes. This is the driving force of some of the oldest transformations known to humans. Nowadays, methods involving biocatalysts ...
De Sousa Coelho, Ana Luisa (Date of defense: 2012-06-25)
1- ROLE OF SIRT1 IN THE REGULATION OF FATTY ACID OXIDATION AND KETOGENESIS UNDER DIFFERENT NUTRIONAL CHANGES. The homolog of the yeast silencing information regulator2 (SIRT1) has been implicated in ...
Bertran Domingo, M. Teresa (Date of defense: 2012-11-29)
Nek9 is a NIMA-related kinase that is phosphorylated in mitosis and a small pool of it (5%) is activated at the centrosomes by a complex mechanism which has remained elusive until now. Nek6 and Nek7 ...
Recarte Pelz, Pedro (Date of defense: 2014-12-01)
La presente tesis estuvo orientada a analizar el posible papel que pudiera tener el sistema TAM en 3 enfermedades diferentes, y partiendo de la información obtenida, plantear el uso de estas proteínas ...
Robert Moreno, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2007-09-28)
The process that gives rise to all the mature blood cells from the HSCs (Hematopoietic Stem Cells) is known as hematopoiesis. In the adult, hematopoiesis takes place in the bone marrow although the HSCs ...
Rodríguez García, Alba (Date of defense: 2015-02-27)
Oncolytic adenoviruses represent an appealing therapeutic approach to treat cancer regarding its capability to infect and kill selectively tumor cells without damaging normal tissues. Tumor targeting ...
Miquel Jaureguibeitia, Mercè (Date of defense: 2015-11-23)
En aquesta Tesi s'han estudiat tres gens a partir d'una llibreria de cDNA d'embrions de blat de moro de 10 DAP. Els tres cDNAs escollits van ser: MKA5, que codifica un pèptid antimicrobià de la família ...
Sebastián Muñoz, David (Date of defense: 2006-03-31)
La resistencia a la insulina es un estado patológico que se define como la incapacidad del organismo de responder normalmente a las acciones de la insulina. Este estado está ligado a la obesidad, al ...
Orellana Gavaldà, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2011-02-15)
L'obesitat és una malaltia crònica que es caracteritza per una acumulació ectòpica excessiva de greix associada a la inflamació del fetge i del teixit adipós. A més és el principal factor de risc pel ...