The video is about the structure of DNA. It explains that DNA is a polymer made up of repeating nucleotide units consisting of a sugar, phosphate, and base. The video also discusses base pairing, in which complementary strands of DNA...

How does your body break down the food you eat to generate the energy you need to get through your day? What form of energy is this, anyway? Let's go over some of the basics of metabolic processes, and introduce ATP, the currency of...

The video provides an overview of natural polymers found in all living things. The video explains that sugars are carbohydrates and can be linked together to form polysaccharides in condensation reactions, with examples of starch and...

Your DNA needs to be in every cell in your body, so what happens when cells divide? How does each new cell retain all of the genetic information? The DNA is able to copy itself through a process called replication. Let's go through the...

CREDITS Animation & Design: Bing Rijper Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Gemma Young It might be hard to believe, but at the very start of your life you were a single, microscopic cell called a zygote. Your body now contains millions of...

mRNA Processing: The 5'-7-methylguanosine Cap

So, what causes mutations? Well, this is where science fiction meets science fact, sort of. In the backstory of many superheroes there will be a meeting with a radioactive substance - be it cosmic rays or radioactive waste. In real life,...

Genetic Expression Set: 1. This clip introduces the process of gene expression, whereby information stored in the DNA of a gene is transcribed into messenger RNA and translated into a protein gene product.

We've been hearing about DNA since the third grade, and we all know that it's a double helix with little ladder rungs. But now we are ready to understand this molecule on a more fundamental level, which will enable to us to understand...