Implementation of a project-based molecular biology laboratory emphasizing protein structure-function relationships in a large introductory biology laboratory course

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-24

  Treacy, Daniel J ^a   Sankaran, Saumya M ^b   Gordon Messer, Susannah ^b   Saly, Danielle ^b   Miller, Rebecca ^b   Stefan Isaac, R ^b   Kosinski Collins, Melissa S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LEARNING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEARNING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 79952507933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.10-07-0085     Document Type: Article

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