jerrywickey Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Click the image for the animation This animation is of DNA polymerase replicating both the leading and lagging strand of DNA. This is a visualization of a group of molecules that are smaller than the wavelength of visible light, copying the instructions of life. It a spectacular animation of a process going on inside all of our bodies a billion times over as you watch it on the screen. The molecular sized machines at work here are built according to instructions found in the very DNA they could be replicating. The instructions in DNA describe how to build molecular sized machines, proteins, that carry on both chemical and mechanical activity. Enjoy! Thanks to http://www.wehi.edu.au Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 That's pretty cool, indeed. However, I think the link you tied to your image may not be correct (it had a trailing .gz which didn't work on my machine). Others can try here instead: http://www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv/dna/movies/Replication_BR.mov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 That's pretty cool, indeed. However, I think the link you tied to your image may not be correct (it had a trailing .gz which didn't work on my machine). Others can try here instead: http://www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv/dna/movies/Replication_BR.mov Hence the fact I didn't download it straight away, if I haven't heard of a file ending something is up. Especially bad when it has 2 file endings as then it just looks suspect. Can't say the file is playing to well on my computer, think it must be codex problem, any chance of have an .avi copy of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Not sure. Go here and see if you can find it where they list their other animations: http://www.wehi.edu.au/wehi-tv/dna/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Nice, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichotomy Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Is DNA as colourful as that? Or, are the colours just for clarifying what is occuring? Amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrywickey Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 colors are arbitrarily asigned as the blobs represent individual atoms which of course are smaller than the wavelengths of visable light. We will never be able to actually "see" them. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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