Latil de Ros, Derek (Date of defense: 2017-03-07)
Chitosans are a family of linear polysaccharides generally obtained from the chemical deacetylation of chitin derived from crustacean shells that have been reported to have a wide range of bioactivities. ...
Herrera Morandé, Alejandra Margarita (Date of defense: 2015-10-09)
En algunos organismos Archaeas, la vía glicolítica presenta modificaciones entre las que destaca las enzimas quinasas que fosforilan glucosa y fructosa 6-fosfato utilizando ADP en vez de ATP como dador ...
Riba Moliner, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
The focus of this thesis is the use of supramolecular chemistry to functionalize polymers to obtain organic-based materials with a control of their structure and properties. The non-covalent ...
Eftekharzadeh, Bahareh (Date of defense: 2015-04-16)
Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a rare hereditary neuromuscular disease caused by the elongation of a polymorphic polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in the N-terminal region of the transactivation ...
Álamo Vargas, Patricia (Date of defense: 2012-12-13)
Los modelos de cáncer colorrectal (CCR) generados mediante inyección ortotópica de líneas celulares de CCR humano, cultivadas extensamente in vitro, tienen escasa eficiencia metastásica. Únicamente un ...
Pantazi, Eirini (Date of defense: 2015-07-06)
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inevitable situation in clinical settings such as liver transplantation and hepatic resection. It develops when blood flow is interrupted for a long period of ...
Garcia Ferrer, Irene (Date of defense: 2015-12-01)
The balance between proteolytic and antiproteolytic activity is crucial in many biological processes such as nutrition, immune defence, virulence and tissue remodelling. Therefore, it is controlled by ...
Fresán Salvo, Ujué (Date of defense: 2016-05-11)
Los insulators son complejos de DNA y proteínas, cuya función no solo consiste en impedir la comunicación enhancer-promotor y/o bloquear la expansión del silenciamiento de la heterocromatina como ...
Izquierdo Serra, Mercè (Date of defense: 2014-05-06)
Optical tools to control neuronal activity include synthetic photoswitchable ligands of receptors and ion channels. Photoswitches can act either as soluble molecules (photochromic ligands, PCLs) or ...
Jiménez García, Brian (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)
Computing has pushed a paradigm shift in many disciplines, including structural biology and chemistry. This change has been mainly driven by the increase in performance of computers, the capacity of ...