BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Questionnaire on: Wrinch (1936) On the Molecular Structure of Chromosomes
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Fall 2013 


I. Basic Information

A. Your name 
II. Old Business

Annotation of a Gene
A. How far have you gotten in annotating a gene?
    You can answer by referring to the last study question you addressed (e.g. SQ12). 

Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (in the notes Annotation of a Gene):

B. If you have completed the annotation, how do you feel about it? Are you confident that your article and summary of an experiment adequately justifies the main annotation of the gene?

C. If you have not completed the annotation, what stands in your way?

D. In either case, how comfortable do you feel regarding the notion of what constitutes justification as opposed to a mere claim?
     

What is a Gene and Problem Set 1 (Strategies of Life)
Any question still bugs you from either of these two assignments?
     

Research Proposal
How far are you along in finding a mentor for your research proposal? Need any help?
     

III. Wrinch (1936)
A. How far have you gotten in the companion to Wrinch (1936)?
    You can answer by referring to the last study question you addressed (e.g. SQ12). 

Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics pertinent to Wrinch (1936):

B. Finding things in the article

C. Noture of a micelle and its relationship to Wrinch's model of a gene

D. Interpretation of Fig. 3

E. Information content of Wrinch's chromosome

F. Division of Wrinch's chromosome

G. Comparison of her gene to the gene as we now understand it

With this in mind, how could class time best be spent to meet your needs?
Do you have any other questions concerning the material in the notes?

Choose up to four study questions that you would most like discussed in class:

SQ1 SQ2 SQ3 SQ4 SQ5 SQ6 SQ7 SQ8 SQ9
SQ10 SQ11 SQ12 SQ13 SQ14 SQ15 SQ16 SQ17
IV. Protein structure and function
A. How far have you gotten in the notes entitled Protein?
    You can answer by referring to the last section you read or the last study question you addressed (e.g. SQ12). 

Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (as defined by the notes Protein):

B. What amino acids are and how they differ from one another

C. How amino acids are joined to form proteins

D. How the sequence of amino acids of a protein contribute to its ultimate three-dimensional shape

E. The distinction between primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of proteins

F. How the entire three-dimensional structure participates in forming the critical active site of chymotrypsin

G. Two ways in which hydrophobic amino acids can direct a protein to sit in a membrane

H. How a greater ability to predict protein function from its primary structure would change the world we live in

I. What all of this has to do with bioinformatics

With this in mind, how could class time best be spent to meet your needs?

Choose up to three study questions that you would most like discussed in class:

SQ7  SQ8 SQ9 SQ10 SQ11 SQ12 SQ13 SQ14
V. Miscellaneous

Any other comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns you may have?

Thanks!

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