The e-book "Studying Protein and Nucleic Acid Structure with Jmol," which I authored, is now available from WHFreeman.
The book is a manual containing a series of self-guided exercises by which students gradually learn to use the standalone version of Jmol as they explore protein and nucleic acid structures. The first exercise has them exploring protein secondary structure as they learn some simple Jmol commands. They then proceed to work with globular and fibrous proteins, oligomeric structures, hemoglobin, enzymes, respiratory and photosynthetic complexes, and finally DNA, RNA and ribosomes. Along the way they learn how to read and use the information on the PDB site, including how to work with asymmetric units and biological assemblies. After working through several of the exercises they are capable of writing a term paper on a protein of their choice illustrated with Jmol figures. We have successfully used the manual for a number of years at California State University, Long Beach, in all of our introductory biochemistry classes. The manual may also be useful to nonstudents looking for a relatively painless way to learn how to use Jmol. I have been working with Freeman in the hope that this will bring this material to a wider audience than would have been the case by simply publishing it on the web. The manual was previously available as an online resource for the Lehninger and Stryer biochemistry texts, but only to those classes that subscribed to the online Portal or its successor, Launchpad. Unfortunately those online resources were not widely used. Now Freeman has made access to the manual available for purchase separately. Information about how to do this can be obtained by going to the WHFreeman web site, selecting "Introduction to Biochemistry" from the Disciplines pulldown menu, scrolling down to "Studying Protein and Nucleic Acid Structure with Jmol" and clicking on "Learn More" or on the + sign. I would guess that a Freeman sales rep could arrange access to an examination copy. Alternatively anyone teaching a biochemistry course that uses either the Stryer or Lehninger text should have access to the Launchpad for that course, which includes an online version of the manual. I hope that some of you will find the manual useful, and I welcome your comments and suggestions for improvement. Jeff -- Dr. Jeffrey Cohlberg Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd Long Beach, CA 90840 562-985-4944 FAX 775-248-1263 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
