Students' understanding of external representations of the potassium ion channel protein part II: Structure-function relationships and fragmented knowledge

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 357-363

  Harle, Marissa ^a   Towns, Marcy H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scholarship of teaching and learning; Tertiary education; Visual literacy

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84869741948     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20620     Document Type: Article

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