BASIC TERMINOLOGY

Useful terms:
http://seqcore.brcf.med.umich.edu/doc/educ/dnapr/mbglossary/mbgloss.html

A Primer in DNA Structure and Function:
http://seqcore.brcf.med.umich.edu/doc/educ/dnapr/

Department of Energy web site
http://www.bis.med.jhmi.edu/Dan/DOE/intro.html

DNA STRUCTURE

1. http://www.blc.arizona.edu/Molecular_Graphics/DNA_Structure/DNA_Tutorial.HTML
Copyright 1995, Richard B. Hallick. All rights reserved

This web site contains several 3-D DNA structures and its Purine bases. It is well organized and very well presented.

For more information from this Arizona site, see:  http://www.blc.arizona.edu/INTERACTIVE/DNA3/dnastruct.html

2. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/activities/DNA/01q.html
The Biology Project University of Arizona: http://www.biology.arizona.edu. All contents copyright © 1997. All rights reserved.

This tutorial web site has an excellent review of DNA structures as well as many question-answer exercises that facilitate the understanding of DNA’s role in maintaining life.

3.  http://seqcore.brcf.med.umich.edu/doc/educ/dnapr/sequencing.html

This site has information about DNA sequencing techniques.

AMINATED DNA WEB SITES

1- http://www.bham.ac.uk/biochemistry/animations/lgdna.avi

This website, shows a rotating animation of the DNA molecule. If you wish to find more information on DNA, please advance to the following websites.

2- http://rna.micro.umass.edu/~molgent/b02c.html

This web site contains a series of DNA replication animations and other related topics. University of Massachusetts. (all animations have to be viewed with quicktime 3.0 and Windows 3.1.)  Web site for down load:
http://www.quicktime.com

3. http://www.dbs.ucdavis.edu/courses/f98/bis101-3/animations.shtml

This web site has very interesting animated representations of the DNA replication process as well as transcription, translation, PCR, and DNA sequencing.  Sequential commands are easy to follow for each different step.  The viewer can do backwards or forwards at their discretion.  University of California, Davis. These animations can be viewed only with “Shockwave” which is downloaded automatically as you follow the instructions.  Web site for down load is: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave.

DNA FUNCTIONS AND REPLICATION

2. http://www.uh.edu/sibs/tutorial/genbiol2.htm

Excellent tutorials and animations for DNA structure, function, replication etc. GO TO "Role of DNA Heredity":

2. http://chem-mgriep2.unl.edu
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln NE 68588-0304. http://www.chem.unl.edu/

This web site contains a detailed description of DNA replication fork as well as a short description of some of the enzymes that catalyzed replication.  It also has links to other web sites dealing with the DNA replication fork.

3. http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/bio/dogma/dogmadirnew.html
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This web site contains about twelve pages of information on DNA and chromosomal replication.

OTHER WED SITES OF INTEREST

3. http://bsmcha1.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/xtal/teach/repl/rt.html
4. http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/users/ypetty/repanim.htm
5. http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/users/ypetty/repanim.htm
6. http://ntri.tamuk.edu/cell/dna.html
7. http://chem-mgriep2.unl.edu/replic/helicase.html

Related Articles

a- Bonne-Andrea, C., Wong, M. L., Alberts, B. (1990). In vitro replication through
 nucleosomes without histone displacement. Nature. 343: 719-725

b- Jian-Min Sun, Ryszard, W., Ruiz, A..(1989). Histone H5 in the control of DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. Science. 245: 684-689

c- Hong, S., Tonks, K.., Bar-Sagi, D. (1994). Inhibition of ras-induced DNA synthesis by expression of the phosphatase MKP-1. Science. 266: 285-289