MCB/BMB 642 Fall 2010
Craig Martin
403D LGRT X5-3299
CMartin@Chem.UMass.edu
Materials for download:
Suggested references for those who want to learn more:
- "Understanding DNA: The Molecule and How it Works," Calladine, Drew, Luisi, & Travers UMass Lib | Amazon
- "Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology", Second Edition, Edited by G. Michael Blackburn and Michael J. Gait Oxford University Press, New York, 1996
Five College | Amazon
- "Principles of Nucleic Acid Structure", Saenger, W., Springer-Verlag, 1984 - the Bible (and almost that old!)
Other links: JenaLib Nucleic Acid Nomenclature and more
Explore some of the nucleic acid structures below:
Exploring DNA - a Jmol tutorial
*** These sites use Jmol and simply require a modern browser (on the Macintosh, use Safari; on Windows, use Mozilla or Mozilla FireFox)
The WEB sites below include interactive analyses of various forms of DNA and of various protein-DNA interactions. These you the older technology CHIME and are more difficult to use with modern browsers (Netscape 4.7 is best, and you must install CHIME into your browser. See below.
Site of Interest
Sites of Interest
*** These sites requires the CHIME plug-in installed in your Netscape Navigator 4.x browser. Click here to find out how to install this free software onto your computer.
- Nucleic Acid Basics
- Nucleic acids with tertiary structure
- Protein-nucleic acid complexes
- General Sites