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Re: LEGO DNA Sculpture
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:14:01 GMT
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Don't forget, you only need 2 colors for the links -- C to G, and A to T.
That should cut down on the need for expen$ive orange bricks...
But how to model the directionality of the base chains? Hmmm...
James Wilson, Research Biologist
Platelet Function Studies Research Laboratory
Dallas VA Medical Center
Dallas, TX 75216
In lugnet.build, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
<snip original post>
> Very nice, Eric!
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> As a biologist, I've been toying with the idea of building a DNA molecule
> myself. Here are some details you might like to know (or, maybe not?):
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> 1) You have eight base-pairs per turn of the helix, an obvious and sensible
> choice for Lego modeling. The pitch of real DNA is sightly over ten bases per
> turn.
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> 2) The grooves between the bases are equally spaced in your model, and the base
> pairs are represented as straight lines going straight through the central
> axis. In real DNA, there's a "major groove" and a "minor groove," and the
> bases do not directly oppose each other. They meet at an angle. This also
> complicates modeling.
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> --
> John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
> Department of Biology
> Johns Hopkins University
> Baltimore, MD 21218
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| (...) Very nice, Eric! As a biologist, I've been toying with the idea of building a DNA molecule myself. Here are some details you might like to know (or, maybe not?): 1) You have eight base-pairs per turn of the helix, an obvious and sensible (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)
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