CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Transcription Factors Advanced
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This article complete with labeled diagrams, key vocabulary terms, and review questions explains the different factors involved in transcription.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Codon Chart
Explains the workings of the codon translation chart which provides the keys to the structure of amino acids. Includes a widget where one can input a nucleotide triplet combination and see which amino acid it represents. Includes RNA and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Transcription of Dna to Rna
[Free Registration/Login Required] A website where students can match the base pairs of RNA to base pairs of DNA to understand how RNA is transcribed from DNA. Also on website is a short quiz over transcription.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: Triplet Code
DNA has four letters that must specify the 20 different amino acids that make up proteins. This animation shows how using three DNA letters for one amino acid makes the most sense. [1:07]
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Genes, Dna, and Mutations
A good Access Excellence site with an introduction to the processes of transcription and translation, leading to a student modeling activity.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Use of Dna in Identification
At this site from Access Excellence, you can read a transcript from a lecture at the University of California, San Francisco by a biology professor discussing the use of DNA in criminal identification.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: From Gene to Protein Transcription and Translation
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Dragon Genetics II lab along with links to download Student Handouts in PDF and Word formats, and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF format. Students use paper models to learn transcription...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Some Viruses Have Rna
Some viruses use RNA and reverse transcription to function. This article covers the scientists and experiments that made this discovery. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are...
Education Development Center
Education Development Center: How Does Dna Work?
Learning about transcription and translation can be difficult but this animation helps make the processes less confusing. The animation is interactive and it also covers the overall importance of proteins.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Protein Synthesis
This Access Excellence diagram of protein synthesis shows both transcription and translation and includes a short description of each.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transcription: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain how the process of transcription is used to create RNA, complementary to a cell's DNA. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Transcription."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transcription: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how the process of transcription is used to create RNA, complementary to a cell's DNA. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Transcription."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Protein Synthesis, Part 1: Transcription
This lesson will cover the process of transcription and its role in protein synthesis.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: Translation Advanced
Dig a little deeper into the intricate role of RNA in DNA translation during the process of protein synthesis. [3:03]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription Translation: Central Dogma of Biology
This animation shows how the DNA genetic code leads to proteins that help us develop and function. [2:51]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: Rna Splicing
See how DNA is transcribed into RNA and spliced to remove non-coding regions, leaving only the protein-coding regions, called exons. [1:37]
Nature Research
Scitable: Gene Expression and Regulation
Investigate gene expression with this collection of resources that explains how DNA is expressed to make RNA, how genes are turned "on" and "off", and what must occur for transcription to happen. The webpage explores gene expression by...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: A Visit With Dr. Francis Crick
A transcript of a personal interview with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: Translation
This animation demonstrates the process of RNA translation that ultimately results in a new protein. [2:04]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: M Rna Splicing
Once a gene has been located and transcribed into mRNA, it must first be edited before it can be translated into a protein. This editing process is called splicing it involves removing non-coding regions called "introns", leaving only...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Biology: Rna Splicing
A step-by-step animation shows how introns are removed during RNA splicing.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Reproduction, the Genome and Gene Expression
This lesson focuses on how genes, sections of the DNA, are formed including descriptions of transcription and translation. It provides links to a video and a test.
National Institutes of Health
Nih: Deciphering the Genetic Code: Michael Nirenberg
Story of Michael Nirenberg and his colleagues deciphering of DNA.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: How Dna Controls Protein Synthesis by Means of a Base Code
A learning exercise and comprehensive notes discussing how DNA controls protein synthesis by means of a base code.