Useful Websites
- Nucleic Acids Problem Sets
- For chapter 17 of your text, start with exercise 9 (RNA) and work your way through the transcription and translation exercises.
- Eukaryotic Gene Expression Problem Set
- Use this on-line quiz to test your knowledge of gene expression.
- DNA Structure, Replication, Transcription, and Protein Synthesis
- Start with the Structure and Function of RNA and then work your way through the rest of the tutorials (complete with animations) covering Transcription, the Genetic Code, and Translation.
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958
- Learn more about George Beadle and Edward Tatum, who demonstrated the relationship between genes and enzymes.
- Gene Expression: Transcription
- A nice explanation of transcription and mRNA modification.
- Transcription Animation
- A short animation and explanation of transcription.
- Gene Translation: RNA -> Protein
- A nice explanation of translation.
- Translation Animation
- A short animation and explanation of translation.
- Protein Kinesis: Getting Proteins to Their Destination
- An explanation of how proteins end up where a cell wants them to be.
- 3D Structures From Darst Lab
- Images of bacterial transcription factors and RNA polymerases.
- Ribosomes Revealed
- Excellent three-dimensional images of ribosome structure.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- After learning about the hantavirus and HIV, you should explore other parts of the CDC website. From the home page you can link to a variety of CDC resources, including information concerning HIV and hantavirus.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
- These pages are part of the Cells Alive website. This tutorial shows and explains the steps from the initial attachment of a viral particle to a lymphocyte through the budding of new viruses from that cell.
