Wednesday, September 12, 2007 01:27 PM
Selected links on specific topics covered in this course
(these links do not repeat links found in lectures)

These are links to newspaper articles about subjects discussed in class.

Use of PCR1 -- Catching the guilty

 Use of PCR2 -- Exonerating the Innocent

StarLink Corn -- Developments as of 10/19/00

Links to the textbook websites:

Savada

Becker

Animations in Genetics, Biochemistry etc. include many topics covered in Intro Bio.

Another good site with lots of interesting animations

Glycolysis: An interactive step-by-step explanation and self-test on the GLYCOLYTIC  pathway and more (from J. Maber, U. Leeds, UK)

Metabolic pathways (Kegg)

Metabolic map (Roche)

NY Times Aug 2005:  Building a virtual bacterial cell

Links to ATP Synthase Movies:
(downloading and then playing usually better)

    Top view of alpha and beta subunit conformational changes   

    Animation of Fo Rotation (Girvin Lab)

    Direct Visualization of Rotation by F₁ (Noji, Yoshida, et al.) (Fluorescent actin filament rotation real movie)   

    ATP synthetase complete animation
    or here: Animation of ATP Synthase in Action (W. Junge Lab)

    More ATP synthase and other molecular movies from the Kinoshita lab

Useful Reference Site and on line textbook recommended by student:

    http://www.web-books.com/mobio/free/Ch9B.htm -- this page explains libraries; other pages explain other topics we have discussed.

Other animations or videos recommended by students:

    This is a movie about eukaryotic cell structure:
        Shorter version with music, no narration:
            http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/videoplayer/?src=harvard/harvard.swf&width=640&height=520
        Longer Version with narration (& other animation clips) are at:
            http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/media.html
 

For a glossary of genetic terminology, go to
        http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/Glossary/