Rockefeller University Digital Commons @ RU Student Theses and Dissertations 2012 PHDS, Stress, And Starvation: The deI ntification Of A New RPD3 Deacetylase Complex Involved In The eY ast Oxidative Stress And Metabolism Pathways Lindsey A. Baker Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/ student_theses_and_dissertations Part of the Life Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Baker, Lindsey A., "PHDS, Stress, And Starvation: The deI ntification Of A New RPD3 Deacetylase Complex Involved In The eY ast Oxidative Stress And Metabolism Pathways" (2012). Student Theses and Dissertations. Paper 144. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ RU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PHDS, STRESS, AND STARVATION: THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW RPD3 DEACETYLASE COMPLEX INVOLVED IN THE YEAST OXIDATIVE STRESS AND METABOLISM PATHWAYS A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of The Rockefeller University in Partial Fulfi llment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Lindsey A. Baker June 2012 © Copyright by Lindsey A. Baker 2012 PHDS, STRESS, AND STARVATION: THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW RPD3 DEACETYLASE COMPLEX INVOLVED IN THE YEAST OXIDATIVE STRESS AND METABOLISM PATHWAYS Lindsey A. Baker, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University 2012 The cellular pathways that govern survival in the face of diverse stresses rely on gene expression changes as one mechanism to respond to or protect against internal and external threats. Because eukaryotic DNA is packaged into chromatin, these gene expression changes depend on the targeting of regulatory proteins to specifi c regions of the genome to alter chromatin structure, promoting or repressing transcription.