Chem 791B Fall 2003 - Nucleic Acids

Craig Martin
403D LGRT X5-3299
CMartin@Chem.UMass.edu

Resources:

Basics: Freida Reichsman's tutorial on DNA and her presentation on DNA Binding Motifs

Craig Martin's DNA Tutor

Explore some of the nucleic acid structures below

Download a page of bases and amino acids.

The WEB sites below include interactive analyses of various forms of DNA and of various protein-DNA interactions. Explore!!

Sites of Interest

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Nucleic Acid Basics
- DNA Tutor
- A, B, Z DNA Comparison
- B Form
- A Form -> compared with B
- Z Form -> compared with B
- PNA -> compared with B
- Compare sugar pucker
- DNA dinucleotide steps
Nucleic acids with tertiary structure
Protein-nucleic acid complexes
- Engrailed Homeodomain protein (see also a static picture, another, and another)
- IHF protein
- Ribosome!
General Sites
- General Science
- Macromolecular Modeling
- Rasmol/CHIME > Commands
- Swiss-PDB Viewer
- Namot - nucleic acid modeling software for Unix boxes only
- Atlas of Nucleic Acid Structures
- Water!