Biology 482 - Molecular Biology Links

General Interest & Fun Stuff

Some excellent molecular biology animations from HHMI, including DNA replication

Groovy video of humans acting out protein synthesis with rock 'n' roll, dancing and poetry, UCSD 1971.

Protein structure, amino acids properties, post-translational modifications

Amino acid properties

Of Historical Interest

Crick and Watson's DNA molecular model, 1953 (a reconstruction) in The London Science Museum

Ten Commandments: Lessons from the Enzymology of DNA Replication by Arthur Kornberg,
Ten Commandments of Enzymology, amended by Arthur Kornberg, 2003

DNA Replication

• Influenza Virus Basics
• Virology - Chapter 13 - Influenza Virus from Univ of South Carolina SoM
• ExPASy ViralZone - Influenza Virus A
• ExPASy ViralZone - Family Orthomyxoviridae A
• Influenza Research Database A
• CDC - Seasonal Influenza
• CDC - Avian Influenza (H7N9)
• Avian Flu Virus Program at the Univ of Virginia, Maryland
• Avian Influenza Research Program at US Dept of Agriculture
• WHO - Influenza at the Human-Animal Interface (HAI)

HIV / AIDS

• 30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDS, a historical perspective on the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. from the New York Times
• HIV and AIDS 30 years ago: 'a strange illness of unknown origin...' from the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
• World Health Organization (WHO) HIV/AIDS website providing a world-wide perspective
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) HIV/AIDS website focusing on information relating to the U.S.

• From The AIDS Knowledge Base: Natural Science of HIV
• Molecular Insights into HIV Biology
• Structure, Expression, and Regulation of the HIV-1 Genome
• Retroviruses - Excellent textbook reproduced at the NCBI