07- Nucleic Acids & Proteins (AHL)

7.1  DNA Structure

Lesson: DNA Structure

Activity: DNA Modelling, Karyotyping

Accompanying Reading:

• Allott: p. 16, 24(top)-25
• BioZone 1:  p. 55, 151-152, 205-207
• Toole: p.  105-112

Hot Links:

 

 

7.2  DNA Replication

Lesson: DNA Replication

Activity:  Modelling DNA Replication

Accompanying Reading:

• Allott: p. 16, 60-61
• BioZone 1:  p. 209-211
• Toole: p.  105-116

Hot Links:

• DNA Replication Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyI2mYfbbxk
• Replication Animation & Meselson Stahl Experiment:http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter14/animations.html#
• TED Talk on Modelling and DNA Replication: http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_berry_animations_of_unseeable_biology.html

 

7.3  & 7.4 Transcription & Translation

Lesson: DNA Transcription and Translation

Activity: Modeling Transcription, Modeling Translation

Accompanying Reading:

• Allott: p. 17(top), 61, 62 (top)
• BioZone 1: p. 212, 213-214, 216
• Toole: p. 116-117 (section 7.6.1 & 7.6.2)

Hot Links:

• GREAT Video Discussion on Transcription & Translation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsb2SqR-R0
• Transcription & Translation Animations: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamations.html
• Computer Gamers Solve Problem in AIDS Research: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/09/18/computer-gamers-solve-problem-in-aids-research-that-puzzled-scientists-for-years/
• HIV and Reverse Transcriptase
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS1GODinO8w