Group 4 - Experimental Sciences - SENIOR SCHOOL LIBRARY AND LRC

Recommended e-Resources - Group 4 - Experimental Sciences

The information below relates to documents that are available from the ISD e-Resources. They have been carefully selected by your teachers and the LRC staff. Scroll through the list to find documents that are relevant to your current studies.

BIOLOGY

Nomenclature of Multiple Forms of Enzymes

Recommendations on the nomenclature of multiple forms of enzymes were prepared by a subcommittee appointed by the International Union of Biochemistry and published in 1964 in a number of journals. These were later revised by a sub-committee of the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (CBN) and the revised recommendations were published in 1971.

In view of the rapid development in the field, particularly of conjugated or derived forms of enzymes as related to enzyme regulation, a new subcommittee was appointed to unify the nomenclature of covalently modified enzymes. The report of the subcommittee was received by CBN in 1972 and circulated widely among experts in the field.

The recommendations of the subcommittee, including suggestions received by CBN, were incorporated by CBN into the present set of recommendations covering all multiple forms of enzymes. These recommendations were adopted in 1976.

AVAILABLE AT: http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/misc/isoen.html

Nature

AVAILABLE AT: http://www.nature.com/scitable/topic/genetics-5

Biology

Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.nature.com/scitable/topic/genetics-5

Learn.Genetics delivers educational materials on genetics, bioscience and health topics. They are designed to be used by students, teachers and members of the public.
AVAILABLE AT: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

An explanation of GM technology, written by the Society of Biology. Includes links to sites covering both sides of the debate over whether or not we should be using GM technology.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.societyofbiology.org/policy/policy-issues/gm-crops

Discover the concepts and experiments that define the fields of genetics and molecular biology. This animated primer features the work of over 100 scientists and researchers. Produced by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.dnaftb.org/

Practical techniques and models to explore how an understanding of the mechanisms of DNA replication and chromosome selection in gamete formation can explain some of the changing features of populations.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-biology/genetics

3-D animation showing the cycles of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 3D animation.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.dnalc.org/view/15475-The-cycles-of-the-polymerase-chain-reaction-PCR-3D-animation-with-no-audio.html

Resource explaining the uses of DNA profiling from the European Initiative for Biotechnology Education
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/eibe/UNIT02EN.PDF

First year university level course in Human Genetics.
AVAILABLE AT:http://www.uic.edu/classes/bms/bms655/lesson3.html

Introduction to genetically modified organisms.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9921-introduction-gm-organisms.html?full=true

Bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio-engineering experiments, from glowing dogs to mice that grow human ears and asks: Isn't it time to set some ground rules?
VIDEO AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering.html

Information from the Human Genome Project on DNA sequencing, cloning, Inherited diseases, genetics, ethical issues…….
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/info.shtml

Stem cells and cloning information for the public from the association of reproductive health professionals
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.arhp.org/Publications-and-Resources/Patient-Resources/printed-materials/Cloning

News report and accompanying original research paper from Nature.
AVAILABLE AT: http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/08/single-mutation-keeps-racehorses-in-the-money/
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7413/pdf/nature11399.pdf

Nutrient-boosted foods protect against blindness: beta-carotene-packed genetically modified rice can boost dietary vitamin A effectively.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528784.200-nutrientboosted-foods-protect-against-blindness.html

Nuclear DNA sequence reveals details about Oetzi the "Iceman", whose 5,300-year-old body was discovered frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17191398

A humble soil bacteria has become a genetically engineered factory capable of making fuel for cars. But the project still has to get out of the lab and scale up to industrial-size production.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.businessinsider.com/genetic-engineering-has-turned-bacteria-into-fuel-for-cars-2012-8

Hunter-gatherer genomes a trove of genetic diversity
Sequences from African groups offer genetic clues about disease, height and ancient human breeding.
AVAILABLE AT: http://www.nature.com/news/hunter-gatherer-genomes-a-trove-of-genetic-diversity-1.11076

Photo gallery "Frankenfoods" That Could Feed the World
AVAILABLE AT: http://discovermagazine.com/photos/07-frankenfoods-that-could-feed-the-world

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine October 2012. Summary of the work of 2012 prizewinners Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka. AVAILABLE AT: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2012/med_image_press_eng.pdf