Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-2007 The Effect of Chloramphenicol on BB88 Murine Erythroleukemia Cells Peter K. W. Harris Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Harris, Peter K. W., "The Effect of Chloramphenicol on BB88 Murine Erythroleukemia Cells" (2007). Dissertations. 872. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/872 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE EFFECT OF CHLORAMPHENICOL ON BB88 MURINE ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELLS by Peter K. W. Harris A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty o f The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Biological Sciences Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan August 2007 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE EFFECT OF CHLORAMPHENICOL ON BB88 MURINE ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELLS Peter K. W. Harris, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2007 DNA microarrays can be used to measure genome-wide transcript levels. These measurements may be useful in understanding cellular changes induced by a chemical agent. In this study, Affymetrix microarray technology has been used to study the effects of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic that inhibits bacterial and mitochondrial protein synthesis, on the transcription profile in mammalian cells. Transcript levels in BB88 murine erythroleukemia cells treated with 50 micromolar (pM) chloramphenicol, a concentration shown to inhibit BB 88 proliferation, are measured.