From organelle to protein gel: A 6-wk laboratory project on flagellar proteins

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-246

  Mitchell, Beth Ferro ^a   Graziano, Mary R ^a  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLAGELLA; LABORATORIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGENERATION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 33750063175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-07-0089     Document Type: Article

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