Experimental and computational study of the mechanics of chikungunya by Matseke, Thabang Ofentse

“…It has been proposed that the mechanical properties of enveloped viruses may play a role in viral entry into host cells. This dissertation aimed to study experimentally and computationally the mechanical properties of chikungunya virus to enable mechanobiological investigations of interactions between the chikungunya virus, and other enveloped viruses, and host cells involved in the infection process. …”
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From proteomics to biotechnology. using the resurrection plant eragrostis nindensis to genetically engineer drought tolerant crops by Van Der Pas, Llewelyn

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Genetic manipulation of unique transcription factors in Plasmodium falciparum

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Antibacterial activity of synthetic peptide W5(Os-C) against Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 35984

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The identification of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) escape in a large, longitudinal subtype C HIV-1 sequence dataset by Mphahlele, Ruth

“…Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rapidly escapes cytotoxic T-cell lymphocyte (CTL) immune responses exerted by the host. …”
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The effect of non thermal 900 MHZ mobile phone radiation on human spermatozoa

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Development of a generic, structural bioinformatics information management system and its application to variation in foot-and-mouth disease virus proteins

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Reduction of uranium-(VI) under microaerobic conditions using an indigenous mine consortium

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Test-retest reliability and validity of distortion product oto-acoustic emissions and transient evoked oto-acoustic emissions in normal hearing adults

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Evaluation of the suitability of responses on various organisational levels in terrestrial Oligochaeta to determine species sensitivity relationships by Fourie, Frana

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Antioxidant (Oxiprovin TM) supplementation and muscle recovery from contusion injury - an in vivo study by Kruger, Maria Jacoba

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Elucidation of the mode of action of a furanone based antituberculosis compound by Ngwane, Andile Happyboy

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Development of inhalable microparticles for drug delivery to deep lung tissues by Abbas, Yasmine Houssam ElDin

“…CS NPs provided a sustained release of drug, whereas MNPs encapsulated in CS NPs were able to increase the NP drug release in response to an external magnetic field by 1.7 fold. Cell uptake studies conducted using lung cancer cells (A549) indicated that the CS NPs are rapidly uptaken, and show preferential toxicity to tumor cells in comparison to cultured fibroblasts. …”
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Cloning and expression of a functionally active truncated N-glycosylated KSHV complement regulatory protein and immunohistochemical studies with the anti-KCP peptide antibody by Gomes Pereira, Neuza Alexandra

“…Based on primary sequence analysis and comparison to other functionally and structurally similar proteins, oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify by PCR, three regions of the predicted ORF 4 from human herpes virus-8 (llliV-8) DNA isolated from a primary effusion lymphoma cell line. The PCR products were inserted by ligation into the expression vector pPIC9 to generate three recombinant plasmids for heterologous expression in the yeast, Pichia pastoris and to produce separately, the 4 N-terminal Sushi domains (KCP-S, small), KCP protein lacking the putative transmembrane binding domain (KCP-M, medium) and the full-length protein (KCPF, full). …”
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An investigation towards a conjugate vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A by Trimmel, Astrid Joan

“…Use of 1H, 13C and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments confirmed the structure of the 19F and 19A CPS repeating units and permitted determination of the extent of the cell wall polysaccharide contamination. CPS was size-reduced by microfluidization prior to conjugation experiments using cyanylating chemistry and a model carrier protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) and tetanus toxoid (TT). …”
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Metagenomic guided isolation of sporoactinomycetes from soil and screening for antimycobacterial activity by Hewat, Samuel

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An in-shoe gait analysis device to measure the maximum shear stresses at the first metatarsal head by Clarke, Michael Paul

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Description of Bradyrhizobium species associated with southern African legumes

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