MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ASSIGNMENTS
SPRING 2005

1/18 Summary & paper on Early Molecules

1/20  Summary & paper on Evidence for Early Cells
Look at http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/isb200/oolife.htm

1/25  Summary & paper on Ribozymes

1/27  Summary & paper on Endosymbiotic Theory

2/1    Summary & paper on Bacteria like Mitochondria

2/3    Summary & paper on Origin of the Mitochondrial Genetic   
         Code

2/8    Discussion of Precision and Accuracy for the Volume/Weight
         Lab with percent error and standard deviation.

2/10  Summary & JOURNAL ARTICLE on membrane composition and possible freeze fracture.
          Also write a method for the growth curve and graph your data.

Look at http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/Hughes/tutorial/cellmembranes/

2/15  NO CLASS

look at http://core.ecu.edu/biol/evansc/PutnamEvans/Farwell5810/FoldProcDegrad.ppt

2/17  Check out the following website for SDSPAGE.
           www.davidson.edu/academic/biology/courses/Molbio/SDSPAGE/SDSPAGE.html

First Midterm 2/22

2/24  Draw erythrocytes observed in various salt solutions.

2/31  Graph protein migration vs molecular weight from lab.  Find size of unknowns.

3/3  Summary & article (website)  on proteins' mechanisms and shapes for transporting across a membrane.    

Good web sites:  http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/rer2.html

http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/chem/midden/MITBCT/mem/transport.html

Look at
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20101/Bio%20101%20Lectures/Membranes/membrane.htm

3/8  Read chapters 3 and 5 in the text about glycolysis, citric acid cycle and electron transport system.

3/22  Read Chapter 6 on photosynthesis..

4/7    Find and summarize an article on a leader peptide.

4/7   Read Chapter 9 on microtubules,  microfilaments, and intermediate fibers.

4/14  Find 3 functions of microtubules and write a paragraph about each function.  Do the same for microfilaments.

Look at  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/studies/invertebrates/  and select microtubules.html

4/19  Read Chapter 7 on cell's interactions with its environment

4/28  Midterm 3 over cytoskeleton, cells and their environment, and cell to cell communication

5/3  Tuesday  11:00-1:00  Comprehensive Final