Browsing by Department "genetics"
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) is an enzyme capable of degrading toxic organophosphorus chemicals including the chemical warfare agents, sarin and VX, as well as many insecticides. This project seeks to understand how ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Gene knockouts in an organism give valuable information about that gene's function. The current method for producing Brucella knockout mutants - sacB insertion followed by sucrose counterselection - is inefficient. A novel ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Although Brucella abortus, the causative agent of brucellosis, is mainly under control in the United States, outbreaks do occur, particularly in wild animal herds. This study coupled amplified fragment length polymorphism ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)Cotton is an economically important crop in the U.S., but is relatively poorly characterized genetically. Unlike other, more researched crops, it is lacking highly effective methods for consistent cell cycle manipulation ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2013-02-22)In March 1998, the United States government granted a patent for a new technology that allowed for the production of seeds that would grow for only one generation. The intent of the patent was to protect intellectual ...