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        The analysis and reduction of starch in sugarcane by silencing ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and over-expressing β-amylase 

        Ferreira, Stephanus Johannes (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)
        Sugarcane is cultivated because of the high levels of sucrose it stores in its internodes. Starch metabolism has been a neglected aspect of sugarcane research despite the problems caused by it during sugarcane processing. ...
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        Analysis of aspects of the starch metabolic pathway in lower plants 

        Jacobs, Ingrid (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Starch is an important plant storage polysaccharide that has been demonstrated to have a major influence on plant growth. Transitory starch is synthesized in the leaves of plants during the day as a ...
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        Analysis of dextrin dextranase from Gluconobacter oxydans 

        Van Wyk, Nathan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
        Dextran is a high value glucose polymer used in medicine and an array of laboratory techniques. It is synthesised by lactic-acid bacteria from sucrose but has also reportedly been produced by Gluconobacter oxydans (G. ...
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        Analysis of enzymes involved in starch phosphate metabolism 

        Samodien, Mugammad Ebrahim (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This project examined the role of proteins in starch phosphate metabolism. The first part was aimed at the functional characterization of the SEX4, LSF1 and LSF2 genes in both plants and bacteria. ...
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        Analysis of genes implicated in iron regulation in individuals presenting with primary iron overload in the South African population 

        Booley, Fadwah (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)
        Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH), a common autosomal recessive disease, is characterized by increased iron absorption leading to progressive iron accumulation in organs such as the liver, heart and pancreas. In the South ...
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        Analysis of genetic variants in the 5’ regulatory region of the ALAS1 gene in South African patients with Variegate Porphyria (VP) 

        Du Plessis, Nelita (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)
        The porphyrias are a group of genetic disorders arising from mutations in either one of the final seven genes encoding the haeme synthesis enzymes. These disease-causing mutations lead to an enzyme deficiency that disrupts ...
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        The analysis of glycogen phosphate and glucose-1,6-bisphosphate metabolism in escherichia coli 

        Jewell, Jonathan Frederick (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examined two aspects of E. coli carbon metabolism, the incorporation of covalently bound phosphate into glycogen as well as the manufacture of glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (GBP). In vitro analysis ...
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        Analysis of intermediate carbon metabolism in strawberry plants 

        Basson, Carin Elizabeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)
        Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) fruit quality is largely determined by the relative amounts of sugars and organic acids present, as well as soluble solid content. This study had three components: 1) Characterisation of ...
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        Analysis of schizophrenia susceptibility variants identified by GWAS : a bioinformatics and molecular genetics approach 

        Coffee, Michelle (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Described as one of the costliest and most debilitating disorders, schizophrenia has proven to be among the greatest challenges for medical researchers. The disorder poses difficulties on all levels: from ...
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        Analysis of sugar accumulation under cold stress in Physcomitrium patens 

        Jacobs, Desren Brando (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plants adapt to cold temperatures through the process of cold acclimation. Key experimental observations indicate that one of the common elements in cold acclimation are the accumulation of various ...
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        Analysis of the effects of the plant growth promoting substances GR24 and smoke water on abiotically stressed Nicotiana benthamiana seedlings 

        Steenkamp, Letitia Elizabeth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Almost all processes during the life of a plant are affected by the environment. Changes in phytohormone, metabolite and protein levels follow in response to changes in the environment. Plant growth ...
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        Analysis of the relationship between glycogen turnover and cell size in Escherichia coli 

        Van der Walt, Felix (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Glycogen represents an important carbon energy store in organisms across all domains of life. Under permissible conditions, excess environmental glucose is incorporated into glycogen by the Gram-negative ...
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        Analysis of the role of transcription factors in enhancing drought tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) 

        Mbambalala, Nelisa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sugarcane is a large perennial grass of the genus Saccharum. Economically, this grass species is an important source of sugar for food purposes and biomass for biofuel production. However, the sustainability ...
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        Application of plant growth promoting substances and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for phytostabilisation of mine tailings 

        Rossouw, Marthinus Jacob (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focused on investigating methods of phytostabilisation of mine tailings operated by Palabora Copper in South Africa. Capping material and mine tailing at various sites of the mine were collected ...
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        Approaches for the study of leaf carbohydrate metabolic compartmentation in arabidopsis thaliana 

        Fly, Richard Derek (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study of plants on a sub-cellular level is an important, yet challenging area and its application allows for novel insight into the understanding of metabolism and its regulation. In this study I ...
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        The Arabidopsis GolS1 promotor as a potential biosensor for heat stress and fungal infection? 

        Janse van Rensburg, Henry Christopher (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Galactinol (Gol) has classically been considered to serve as a galactose donor during the biosynthesis of raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs). These sucrosyl oligosaccharides have been well characterised ...
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        Assessing the cyto-genotoxic impacts of un-neutralised and pH-neutralised acid mine drainage on the human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7 

        Botha, Shirmone (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The use of toxicity tests to evaluate the quality of streams affected by mixtures such as acid mine drainage (AMD), adds value to assessments whereby site-specific toxicological data may identify toxicants ...
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        Assessment of yield traits between family groups of the cultured abalone (Haliotis midae) in South Africa 

        Van Schalkwyk, Hester Josina (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The abalone Haliotis midae is the most important aquaculture species in South Africa. The industry is dependent on export to Far Eastern markets in a variety of forms, including live, frozen, canned or ...
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        Association analysis of coat colour in blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) 

        Van Deventer, Riana (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) is an economically important African antelope species that is regularly sold on game auctions and is widely utilised in commercial hunting in South ...
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        Association of genetic variants and the susceptibility to abnormal involuntary movements and tardive dyskinesia (TD) in Xhosa schizophrenia patients 

        Hitzeroth, Angelika (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)
        No obvious explanations exist for the development of abnormal involuntary movements (AIM), but several hypotheses have been proposed for tardive dyskinesia (TD) development. Since TD seems to have a genetic basis, several ...

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