Concept Inventory Development Reveals Common Student Misconceptions about Microbiology (open access)

Concept Inventory Development Reveals Common Student Misconceptions about Microbiology

This article identifies misconceptions in microbiology held by undergraduate students upon entry into an introductory, general microbiology course.
Date: October 30, 2017
Creator: Briggs, Amy G.; Hughes, Lee E.; Brennan, R. E.; Buchner, John; Horak, Rachel E. A.; Katz-Amburn, D. Sue et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development, Validation, and Application of the Microbiology Concept Inventory (open access)

Development, Validation, and Application of the Microbiology Concept Inventory

This article describes the creation and validation of a new microbiology concept inventory using the American Society for Microbiology Curriculum Guidelines.
Date: October 5, 2017
Creator: Paustian, Timothy D.; Briggs, Amy G.; Brennan, R. E.; Boury, Nancy; Buchner, John; Harris, Shannon et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Direct Pcr Amplification of Dna From Human Bloodstains, Saliva, and Touch Samples Collected With Microfloq® Swabs (open access)

Direct Pcr Amplification of Dna From Human Bloodstains, Saliva, and Touch Samples Collected With Microfloq® Swabs

This article investigates the efficacy of direct amplification of DNA from bloodstains, saliva stains, and touch samples using microFLOQ® Direct swabs and the GlobalFiler™ Express system (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA).
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Ambers, Angie D.; Wiley, Rachel; Novroski, Nicole & Budowle, Bruce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the [2Fe–2S] Cluster-Binding Domain of NEET Proteins Reveal Key Molecular Determinants That Induce Their Cluster Transfer/Release (open access)

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the [2Fe–2S] Cluster-Binding Domain of NEET Proteins Reveal Key Molecular Determinants That Induce Their Cluster Transfer/Release

Article examines NEET proteins and aberrant cluster release, which is implicated in a variety of human diseases, including cancer.
Date: October 31, 2017
Creator: Pesce, Luca; Calandrini, Vania; Marjault, Henri-Baptiste; Lipper, Colin H.; Rossetti, Gulia; Mittler, Ron et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Short-chain fatty acid receptors inhibit invasive phenotypes in breast cancer cells (open access)

Short-chain fatty acid receptors inhibit invasive phenotypes in breast cancer cells

This article evaluates the effects of enforced overexpression of two known G protein-coupled receptors in two phenotypically distinct breast cancer cell lines.
Date: June 1, 2017
Creator: Thirunavukkarasan, Madhumathi; Wang, Chao; Rao, Angad; Hind, Tatsuma; Teo, Yuan Ru; Siddiquee, Abrar Al-Mahmood et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library