Strings 2008 1 1: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:26, 17 January 2008

DNA, RNA, protein
- universal molecules of life (from tiny micro-organisms to large mammals)
- state the chemical structure of DNA, RNA and protein
  - DNA: 4 nucleotides, double helix, base pairing
  - RNA: 4 nucleotides, single stranded
  - protein: 20 amino acids, complex 3D structure
central dogma of molecular biology
- = transfer of sequence information from DNA (mastercopy) to RNA (blueprint) to protein (construct)
- introduce terminology: transcription and translation
- universal code of life (from tiny micro-organisms to large mammals)
- introduce the concepts of reading frames and reverse compliment
evolution and tree of life
- discuss how organisms are related (evolution) and how this relations can be represented (tree of life)

Reading material:

--ThomasHuber 15:26, 17 January 2008 (EST)

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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_dogma central dogma of molecular biology]
 ** = transfer of sequence information from DNA (mastercopy) to RNA (blueprint) to protein (construct)
+** introduce terminology: transcription and translation
 ** universal code of life (from tiny micro-organisms to large mammals)
-** introduce terminology: transcription and translation
+** introduce the concepts of reading frames and reverse compliment
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution evolution] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_%28science%29 tree of life]
 ** discuss how organisms are related (evolution) and how this relations can be represented (tree of life)
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 [[strings_2008_2_1| goto Comparing sequences]]
+--[[User:ThomasHuber|ThomasHuber]] 15:26, 17 January 2008 (EST)