Understanding the difference(s) between prokaryotic and eukaroytic messenger RNA.
What are the major difference(s) between prokaryotic and eukaryotic messenger RNAs?
Comaparing the structure and synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids.
What are four similarities in the polymeric structure and synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids?
A mathematical approach to understanding how DNA encodes proteins is shown.
Double stranded DNA isolated from a bacteriophage has a molecular weight of 2.1x10E8 Da. (1) Using this information, how many amino acids would this DNA encode? (2) How many different proteins could be encoded by this DNA, if the protein molecular weight is 69 kDa? These ideas are depicted.
Definitions of the types of carbohydrates.
Give the definition of a carbohydrate including the types of carbohydrates.
The transport of macromolecules is traced.
By what processes are macromolecules transported in and out of a cell? Ideas are examined to illustrate.
A short perspective on the Central Dogma
From new perspectives on old ideas comes new knowledge, this perspective presents an interesting way to view and understand the Central Dogma.
