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Photosynthesis
This animated slide show illustrates the basic steps of photosynthesis, both as an overview and as a closer look at what happens in the chloroplast.
(Run time = ~ 7 minutes, 47.0kB)    
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Cellular Respiration
This animated slide show illustrates the basic steps of cellular respiration, both as an overview and as a closer look at what happens in the mitochondria.
(Run time = ~ 7 minutes, 47.5kB)    
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Virtual Lab
This narrated interactive program takes you through the process of setting up a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and running PCR products on an agarose gel; illustrates the mechanism of polymerase chain reaction and agarose gel electrophoresis.
(Run time = ~ 6 minutes, 4.68MB)    
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Electrophoresis – Separating by Length
This movie illustrates how individual strands of DNA move through a gel during the process of electrophoresis, and how this can result in the separation of DNA fragments on the basis of length. The gel polymers are shown in green, and the DNA fragments are shown in blue.
(Run time = 15 sec, 25kb)    
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Electrophoresis – What's in a Band?
After seeing how individual strands of DNA move through a gel, this movie illustrates how many of those fragments can appear as a band of DNA on a gel. The well of a gel is shown in light blue. DNA fragments start in the well. When an electrical current (illustrated by the positive and negative poles at the top and bottom of the well) is applied, the DNA moves towards the positive pole. Groups of similarly sized fragments travel together through the gel, and are observed as a “band,” which represents many similarly sized fragments.
(Run time = 15 sec, 27kb)    
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Protein Electrophoresis
This narrated, interactive program illustrates how proteins can be separated on the basis of length. Since proteins exist as folded structures, this program also illustrates how the structure of the protein is unfolded by SDS prior to performing electrophoresis.
(Run time = ~ 3 minutes, 1.01MB)   
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DNA and Genetic Disorders
This interactive program takes students on a tour of cells and DNA. It illustrates how DNA is transcribed into RNA and the RNA is translated to into protein, and how proteins fold in order to have a function. It then illustrates how a mutation in the DNA can lead to a non-functional protein.
(Run time = ~ 4 minutes, 4.8MB)     
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DNA to RNA to Protein - What does it all mean?
This narrated movie illustrates the process of gene expression, the transcription of DNA into RNA and the translation of RNA into proteins, as well as protein folding. It also illustrates how expressing different genes in different cells can lead to cells with different characteristics and functions.
(Run time = 2 minutes, 273kb)     
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