Molecular Biology

a rap about the Polymerase Chain Reaction that highlights a few things: *the beautiful way in which DNA is copied (using enzymes called Polymerases), *the great insight of Kary Mullis to create a useful tool that could copy DNA in monumental, exponential manner (using primers and heating/cooling cycles). * the human interest side of discovery: the first guy to invent a new technology may just end up with a Nobel Prize, and, should he/she choose, end up riding down Rodeo Drive with movie...

In the second part, the contributions of genetics and molecular biology on investigations into erythromycin biosynthesis are summarized. The impact of these fields on biosynthetic engineering is also explained.

Prof. Wei Li lectures on studies of transcription factor binding sites and histone modifications using ChIP-chip and Chip-seq assays. Part of the Computer Aided Discovery Methods 2009 course offered at Baylor College of Medicine.

This seminar describes the cell and molecular biology of plant virus infection. The first lecture will discuss how virus replication centers are set up in plants and how viruses use host cell mechanisms to facilitate cell to cell movement and eventual pathogenesis. For further information see: http://www.ascb.org/ibioseminars/Beachy/Beachy1.cfm

"Application of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) for the HIV/AIDS gene therapy vector" 6th International Conference on HHV-6 & 7 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA Day 1 - June 20, 2008 - Molecular Biology Session

"Polymorphism of HHV-6 DNA polymerase processivity factor" 6th International Conference on HHV-6 & 7 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA June 20, 2008 - Molecular Biology Session