User:Steven J. Koch/MTC/April 7 2011

MTC April 7 2011

Molecular Motors

• Viral packaging motor
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiabW9txQqc&NR=1
• Flagellar motor(s)
  • Archaea, Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes
    • E. Coli swimming movie http://www.rowland.harvard.edu/labs/bacteria/showmovie.php?mov=swimming_ecoli
  • Electron density: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA0hw29Q26g
• Dynein, Myosin, Kinesin,
• ATP Synthase
  • Mendeley: Itoh, H., Takahashi, A., Adachi, K., Noji, H., Yasuda, R., Yoshida, M., et al. (2004). Mechanically driven ATP synthesis by F1-ATPase. Nature, 427(6973), 465-468. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=14749837.

Microtubules field trip / HW

• Design Experiment
  • "Tweak" the tubulin polymerization solution--Andy will prepare it. Don't do same as someone else.
• Perform Experiment
  • Thursday, April 14 9:30 AM At the CHTM, Don't Be Late!
• Analyze data
  • Observations, make figure(s)
  • Upload at least one to figshare.com (requires linking to your Science 3.0 account)