Insights into the biological significance of alternative splicing in Arabidopsis: functional characterization of a dual-targeted E3 ligase and the SCL30a SR protein

Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D degree in Molecular Biology

Characterization of the glycosylation of human tumor cells

Ovarian cancer is within the most lethal gynecological malignancies in woman. Therefore, many investigators study its biological aspects with the purpose of discovering more rapid diagnostic methods and efficient treatment. Resembling many other tumors, in ovarian cancer, aberrant glycosylation occurs with the appearance of novel or altered carbohydrate structures. These can be terminal motifs, such as the Lewis determinants, or entire carbohydrate sequences, which have been related to tumorigenesis and its outcome.(...)

Metal ions and protein folding: conformational and functional interplay

Dissertation presented to obtain a PhD degree in Biochemistry at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Post-transcriptional regulation of HFE gene expression

Thesis presented to obtain the Ph.D. degree in Biology (Molecular Genetics), by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia.

Functional and molecular characterization of SR45, a plant-specific factor involved in sugar and stress signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

Dissertation presented to obtain the Ph.D degree in Molecular Biology

Analysis of the intranuclear life of nonsense transcripts

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Biologia, Especialidade de Biologia Molecular

Analysis of PAX2 gene alterations in renal cell tumors

Dissertation for applying to a Master’s Degree in Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine submitted to the Sciences and Technology Faculty of New University of Lisbon

Regulation and function of the cell wall polymer lipoteichoic acid in staphylococcus aureus

A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master in Medical microbiology