Biology 2960 Computer Laboratory

DNA Structure

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This Jmol based tutorial is linked directly to the Living Figures/Structural Insights pages which are accessible from the companion website for the Biochemisty (6th Edition) text published by W.H. Freeman & Co.. Please wait until the molecule has been downloaded completely before viewing the animation.

For each page:

1. Read the notations below the image.
2. Click on Play to view the animation.
3. Answer any questions in your lab report where applicable.
4. Click on Close to close the window before moving on to the next page.

Having too many windows open may cause the your web browser to crash.
5. Keep this instruction window open to use as reference as you go through this exercise.

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Bases, nucleosides, and nucleotides (Questions 11 - 13) Adenine Guanine Cytosine Thymine Deoxyribose vs. ribose Nucleoside vs. nucleotide Forming a DNA strand

Base pairing and the DNA double helix (Questions 14 - 16) The GC basepair The AT basepair The DNA double helix (part 1) The DNA double helix (part 2) The DNA major and minor groove (part 1) The DNA major and minor groove (part 2)

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USE THE SAFARI INTERNET BROWSER FOR THIS COMPUTER EXCERCISE.(Make sure that "Open using Rosetta" is CHECKED).

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