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Material:
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Protein Explorer
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| Submitted by: |
Scott Cooper on Jun 24, 2003 |
| Date Last Modified: |
Jun 24, 2003 |
| Title: |
Superimpose aligned protein sequences onto a structure |
| Description: |
Students use Biology Workbench and Protein Explorer to align either orthologous or paralogous sequences and then superimpose these onto a 3D structure of one member of the protein family. |
| Type of Task: |
Student-centered,
Unsupervised
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| Time Required |
2-3 hours |
| Topics: |
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Evolution |
| Course: |
Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry |
| Audience: |
College Upper Division
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
Understanding of biochemistry and molecular biology |
| Learning Objectives: |
For students to explore the sequence similarities in orthologs and paralogs |
| Technical Notes: |
Requires Chimes plug-in to run protein explorer |
| Text of Learning Exercise: |
See link for text.
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