Visualizing Proteins & Their Evolution

Susan Offner; Robert F. Pohlman

doi:10.1525/abt.2010.72.6.12

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Susan Offner,^* Robert F. Pohlman^*

^*Susan Offner (soffner@ix.netcom.com) and Robert F. Pohlman (rpohlman@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us) are biology teachers at Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421.

Abstract

We present a tutorial for Cn3D, a molecular visualization program that allows students to see the tertiary structure of a protein and compare it with the primary structure of the same protein (Sayers et al., 2009). Students can also use the program to visualize two major evolutionary mechanisms: duplication and divergence, and exon shuffling.

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Susan Offner and Robert F. Pohlman "Visualizing Proteins & Their Evolution," The American Biology Teacher 72(6), 373-376, (1 August 2010). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.6.12

Published: 1 August 2010