[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn about the structures and function of proteins and how we get protein in our diet.

Article looks at different types of receptors and ligands, seeing how they interact to turn information from outside the cell into a change inside the cell.

Students learn about the main digestive roles of the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder, and identify three main features of liver histology that are critical to its function.

At this site download and read Severo Ochoa's Nobel Lecture entitled "Enzymatic synthesis of ribonucleic acid," which was originally given December 11, 1959. Lecture is available in pdf format.

Through a series of videos and narrated animations, learn how evolution affects gene expression in species. Find out how visualizing gene expression can help explain what a specific gene does.

Read about the 1959 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology -- Severo Ochoa -- who contributed to the "discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribobucleic acid."

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...

Using dopamine as an example, the page gives a description of how neurotransmitters work and the effects of drugs and enzymes on neurotransmitter function.

Article summarizes recent University of Iowa research. Progeria patients show deficiencies in certain antioxidant enzymes. Author provides information about possible application of gene therapy in future progeria research and treatment

Insecticides are organized into classes-organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, etc.- that share a common chemical structure and mode of action (MOA). MOA is the specific process by which an insecticide kills an...

A website featuring project starter ideas to help students carry out hands-on practical investigations on plants. Some ideas featured on the page include exploring food waste, medicinal plants, enzymes in fruits, and much more! Project...

Questions related to controlling enzyme activity.

Comparing and contrasting the amount of elements and function (hormone or enzyme activity in lab values.

Problem sets, tutorials, and activities related to biochemistry.

Through informational text, interactive activities, step-through animations, and video clips, studnet explore biochemistry and the molecules that make up living things.

In this module, find out the locations and primary secretions involved in the chemical digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.

This site provides an overview of the role of energy in chemical reactions.

Lesson explores scientific principles in using eggs as a highly nutritious and versatile food source of protein.

This is a brief Nobel E-Museum biography on Wendell Meredith Stanley, the scientist and co-recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Read about his education, as well as his contributions to various scientific studies through which...

Article, with embedded questions, describes the chemical changes that take place when meat is cooked when sugar is heated, and when fruits brown.

This site has a concise description of the digestive system with a nice diagram. The site also provides basic definitions of key parts.

Part of a project designed to provide visual documentation of individuals with rare genetic disorders, in order to help with the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. This page describes Morquio Syndrome and discusses the problems...

Information about how DNA is viewed in modern biology (it is at the center) and what its role is.