BIOL398-01/S10:Class Journal Week 9: Difference between revisions

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What was the purpose of this assignment? The purpose of the assignment was to rephrase our previous question but using protein sequences instead of nucleic sequences to further investigate the questions we had on the markham paper. Using workbench, and the book "Bioinformatics for Dummies," we were able to utilize these skills to experiment and test in the area of biochemistry.
What did I learn from this assignment (head, hands, heart)? I learned so much from this task simply because I have never taken biochemistry before. It is a different world in my eyes and I am finding that nucleic sequences may not be the most efficient way of looking for clue but in the protein developed from these sequences. They function entirely different and this is apparent when looking at differences in results from the previous presentation with no to little answers, but some interesting findings to some sort of conclusion as to at least the best method of categorizing progression. Although, what we hoped to find was not found, I learned that these tools online are very informative and helpful in our research. I also feel a lot more comfortable using these programs.
What did I not understand (yet) about this assignment? I thought that one of the programs we have used was a bit confusing and still unsure how to use this ProScan tool on the expasy.org site.

Ryan N. Willhite 15:32, 21 March 2010 (EDT)

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 # What was the purpose of this assignment? The purpose of the assignment was to rephrase our previous question but using protein sequences instead of nucleic sequences to further investigate the questions we had on the markham paper. Using workbench, and the book "Bioinformatics for Dummies," we were able to utilize these skills to experiment and test in the area of biochemistry.
 # What did I learn from this assignment (head, hands, heart)? I learned so much from this task simply because I have never taken biochemistry before. It is a different world in my eyes and I am finding that nucleic sequences may not be the most efficient way of looking for clue but in the protein developed from these sequences. They function entirely different and this is apparent when looking at differences in results from the previous presentation with no to little answers, but some interesting findings to some sort of conclusion as to at least the best method of categorizing progression. Although, what we hoped to find was not found, I learned that these tools online are very informative and helpful in our research. I also feel a lot more comfortable using these programs.
 # What did I not understand (yet) about this assignment? I thought that one of the programs we have used was a bit confusing and still unsure how to use this ProScan tool on the expasy.org site.