mRNA Translation (Advanced)

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jcims · 2021-12 · Strong recommendation

Some amazing animations that show some of the primary operations related to DNA: Transcription (copying sections of DNA into RNA) - [LINK] Translation (turning messenger RNA into proteins) - [VIDEO] RNA Splicing (removing non-coding sections of mRNA) - [LINK] DNA Wrapping & Replication(two part video) - [LINK] One thing I would encourage folks to do as you listen to the narration of these is to consider any time words are used that imply agency and remember that these are basically blobs of magnets in a jostling goo. You'll find the names Drew Berry and WEHI referenced in most of these. There are many more stunning and IMHO profoundly informative examples of biological machinery from them on youtube.

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magicalhippo · 2019-09 · Strong recommendation

Indeed. I had read about it before but viewing these visualizations blew my mind: [LINK] (DNA transcription) [VIDEO] (mRNA translation) [LINK] (DNA replication)

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jcims · 2024-11 · Recommendation

Only tangentially related, but because they are so amazing here are a few videos that illustrate the process of transcription (creating mRNA from DNA) and translation (creating a protein from mRNA). [LINK] [VIDEO] The common complaint with these videos is that everything is more complex. One thing that isn't evident is that these specific videos (built mostly by Drew Barry) actually model a lot of other molecules to create a more realistic physical environment with brownian motion and whatnot. Then the irrelevant molecules are simply made transparent in the rendering. Obviously it's still much much more complex (eg the constant stream of ATP used to drive many of these operations is not illustrated). There are these and many more great illustrations/explanations at WEHImovies on youtube [LINK]

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