The Structure of Nucleic Acids
When Watson & Crick published their 1953 seminal work, Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids, they proposed a structure for DNA that would emerge victorious in the scientific race to explain the building blocks of life. Their explanation of a double helix, evident from the work of Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, would beat out competing theories from Noble Prize winner Linus Pauling.
To read this paper, first we will look at Proteins, RNA and DNA. We will learn the basic components that make up their structure,as well as how DNA is transcribed into RNA and translated into proteins. We will be reading from Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts, and we will be introduced to several subjects with a video series by Hank Green called Crash Course.
- Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids by James Watson and Francis Crick. Please read this paper by July 26th. Download it here!
To read this paper, first we will look at Proteins, RNA and DNA. We will learn the basic components that make up their structure,as well as how DNA is transcribed into RNA and translated into proteins. We will be reading from Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts, and we will be introduced to several subjects with a video series by Hank Green called Crash Course.
- Crash Course The Crash Course Biology Playlist
- DNA Structure and Replication DNA Structure Video
- Transcription/Translation Transcription Video
- Molecular Biology of the Cell This book is available in the OSU library and is searchable online at PubMed: Search the book here!
- In the 4th and 5th edition, we will be covering Chapter 3: Proteins, Chapter 4: DNA & Chromosones and Chapter 6: How Cells Read the Genome
Due dates: Please have read Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids by 26July. Please have watched DNA Structure & Replication and Transcription/Translation by 31July.
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