| SES # | Topics | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| The Structure of Genetic Material | ||
| 1 | RNA | Crick, F. H. C. "Nucleic Acids." Scientific American 197 (1957): 188-200. Darnell, James E., Jr. "RNA." Scientific American 253 (1985): 68-782. Hurwitz, Jerard, and J. J. Furth. "Messenger RNA." Sceintific American 206 (1962): 41-49. |
| 2 | DNA | Watson, James D. "Looking forward." Gene 135 (1993): 309-315. Crick, Francis. "Looking backwards: a birthday card for the double helix." Gene 135 (1993): 15-18. Dickerson, Richard E. "The DNA Helix and How It Is Read." Scientific American 249 (1983): 94-111. |
| How DNA is Packaged? | ||
| 3 | Supercoiled DNA | Bauer, William R., F. H. C. Crick, and James H. White. "Supercoiled DNA." Scientific American 243 (1980): 118-133. |
| 4 | Nucleosome | Kornberg, Roger D., and Aaron Klug. "The Nucleosome." Scientific American 244 (1981): 52-64. |
| How Information is Transferred? | ||
| 5 | Genetic Code I | Crick, F. H. C. "The Genetic Code." Scientific American 207 (1962): 66-74. |
| 6 | Genetic Code II and III | Nirenberg, Marshall W. "The Genetic Code II." Scientific American 208 (1963): 80-94. Crick, F. H. C. "The Genetic Code III." Scientific American 215 (1966): 55-60. |
| 7 | Polyribosome | Rich, Alexander. "Polyribosomes." Scientific American 209 (1963): 44-53. |
| 8 | The Three-Dimensional Structure of tRNA | Rich, Alexander, and Sung Hou Kim. "The Three-dimensional Structure of Transfer RNA." Scientific American 238 (1978): 52-62. |
| 9 | Reverse Transcription | Varmus, Harold. "Reverse Transcription." Scientific American 257 (1987): 56-59, 62-64. |
| 10 | RNA as an Enzyme | Cech, Thomas R. "RNA as an Enzyme." Scientific American 255 (1986): 64-75. |