Some excellent interactive animations & tutorials on DNA & Protein Synthesis – just click on ‘Tour the Basics’ & ‘DNA to Protein’.
Category Archives: 7. Nucleic Acids
7.1 DNA Structure & Replication
Bioknowledgy 7.1 DNA structure and replication AHL from Chris Paine.
Find a video lesson on this sub-topic at Dan Rott videos.
Click on ‘DNA’ to work through a very detailed Interactive Tutorial from Wiley.
How DNA is packaged (1m 43s):
A DNA replication animation or click on ‘DNA Replication’ to see a more detailed Interactive Animation from Wiley or here are some fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – DNA Replication (in prokaryotes), DNA Replication fork & lagging & leading strands in DNA Replication.
Paul Andersen describes the molecular structure of DNA in What is DNA?. And here, he explains DNA Replication:
Here’s a TED-Ed lesson on what happens when your DNA is damaged.
7.2 Transcription & Gene Expression
BioKnowledgy 7.2 transcription and gene expression (AHL) from Chris Paine.
Find a video lesson on this sub-topic at Dan Rott videos.
Click on ‘The Central Dogma of Biochemistry’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley or click on ‘Protein Synthesis’ to see a different Interactive Animation from Wiley.
Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – stages of Transcription, Exons & Introns & Transcription compared to DNA Replication.
Paul Andersen explains Transcription & Translation in a 12m tutorial.
7.3 Translation
BioKnowledgy Presentation on 7.3 Translation (AHL) from Chris Paine.
Find a video lesson on this sub-topic at Dan Rott videos.
Click on ‘tRNA’ to work through an Interactive Tutorial from Wiley.
Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education – how Translation works, Translation Initiation, Translation Elongation & Translation Termination.
Paul Andersen explains Transcription & Translation in a 12m tutorial.
An animated, narrated tutorial on Polyribosomes (from Sinauer Associates).
On the left, Translation; on the right, Protein Synthesis (Transcription & Translation) – click to enlarge.