DNA to Protein Overview Learning Module
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Abstract
This learning module provides information needed to understand how the digitally encoded information in DNA is translated into a functional protein that can be used for biomedical applications. Activities delve deeper into protein structure and function as well as gene transcription.
This learning module contains of the following:
- Pre-test: Knowledge Probe (KP)
- Reading: DNA to Protein Overview
- Presentation: DNA to Protein Overview (pdf)
- Activity: Protein Structure and Function
- Activity: Gene Transcription
- Assessment
Instructor materials for this learning module are available here.
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This work made possible by Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Center through DUE grants #0830384, 0902411, and 1205138. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and creators, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
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Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM