Students' understanding of primary and secondary protein structure: Drawing secondary protein structure reveals student understanding better than simple recognition of structures

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 369-376

  Harle, Marissa ^a   Towns, Marcy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha helices; Beta sheets; Hydrogen bonding; Protein structure; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELICES; ARTICLE; BETA SHEETS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROGEN-BONDING; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESEARCH; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION;

ALPHA HELICES; BETA SHEETS; HYDROGEN-BONDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; LEARNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84888039575     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20719     Document Type: Article

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