Identification and characterisation of a novel integral membrane protein, shrew-1 that complexes with adherens junctions in polarised cells [Elektronische Ressource] / Sanita Bharti

Identification and characterisation of a novel integral membrane protein, shrew-1 that complexes with adherens junctions in polarised cells Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften Sanita Bharti vorgelegt beim Fachbereich Biologie und Informatik der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Oktober, 2003 Acknowledgements I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Prof. Dr. Anna Starzinski-Powitz, not only for providing me the opportunity to work in her lab but also for being a constant source of encouragement and motivation throughout this work. Her expert supervision and timely criticism were immensely invaluable for the completion of this work. My special thanks to Ela for helping me at the most crucial time of this project and for giving me a new approach to analyse my results. For most of the friendly technical help during this work, I thank Beata Krebs. I would like to thank Andreas not only for the critical reading of my thesis but also for giving me excellent supervision for my experiments in cell culture as well as the initial molecular biology experiments, and of course the “charming” criticisms :) For providing a warm and lively atmosphere combined with the unbeatable enthusiasm about cooking which resulted in quite delicious products, I thank Christine.