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Week 5Physics

Biosynthesis in Nature & Synthetic Biology

This week covers: ribosome: translation mechanism, codon table & wobble base pairing, cell-free protein synthesis systems

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Core Concepts
  • Ribosome: translation mechanism
  • Codon table & wobble base pairing
  • Cell-free protein synthesis systems

Week Content

Section
30-45 min

Translation Mechanism

How ribosomes convert mRNA into proteins

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Required Readings

Translation: DNA to mRNA to Protein

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Cell-free protein synthesis review

Required
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Exercises

Coding Exercise

Translate DNA sequence to protein in Python

Python
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Visualization

Watch HHMI BioInteractive ribosome video

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