Cell Biology Animations

• Wiley.com Dna Replication Animation
• Dna Replication Animation Wiley &
• Replication Animation Dna Polymerase
• Dna Replication Animation Wiley Free

This animation shows how cellular proteins are built from the encoded instructions within DNA. 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?

Inside a Cell

• Inside a Cell Animation: See the components that make up the cells of living things

3D Cells

Learn about cell structure and function by viewing QuickTime movies and interacting with 3D worlds.

• 3D Cell Interactive Animations by BioLogica

Cell Structure & Function (Interactive Animation)

• Comparison of Prokaryote, Animal and Plant Cells by Rodney F. Boyer

• Kinesin - Molecular MotorSinauer Associates Inc.

• Kinesin Movie RPI

• Cellular Animations by Donald F. Slish

• Lipid Bilayer University of Aberdeen
• Intermediate Filaments Sumanas Inc.

Cell Biology Animation by John Kyrk

Amino acids and protein, cell function, cell anatomy, cell membranes, chromosome structure, diffusion, DNA structure, replication, transcription, translation, evolution, glycolysis, Golgi apparatus, meiosis, mitochondria, mitosis, pH, photosynthesis, water.

• Animations by John Kyrk

Virtual Cell's Educational Animations

FIRST LOOK - An introductory level explanation of each topic and its animation. Intended for students in a general biology class at the freshman college level. ADVANCED LOOK - An in-depth look at the information covered by each animation. Intended to be of use for advanced biology students from the baccalaureate to graduate level.

• Virtual Cell Animation Collectionby North Dakota State University

Energy and the Living Cell

• ATP and Energy Storage by Biology in Motion

How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis
How exactly does meiosis mix and halve chromosomes? Find out through this feature, which provides a step-by-step, side-by-side comparison of meiosis and mitosis.

• AnimationBy Rick Groleau

• Cell Cycle Game (CDK's and cyclins) Nobel Prize 2001
• CELL wrapping & DNA replication You Tube
• Mitosis with Music University of Wisconsin
• Stem Cells GSLC
• Stem Cells Explained University of Michigan
• Cell Cycle Tutorial from 'Cells Alive!'
• Cell Death Kuby Immunology
• Stem Cell Research Dolan DNA Learning Center
• Mitosis and Meiosis - Interactive Exercise by Leif Saul
• Mitosis vs Meiosis from PBS
• How Cancer Grows from PBS
• The Stages of Mitosis by Arthur Harwood
• The Cell Cycle Wisconsin Online
• How Cells Divide McGraw-Hill
• Cell Cycle HHMI Outreach Program
• Checkpoints and Cell Cycle Control HHMI Outreach Program
• Cell Division - Mitosis and Meiosis Hospital for Sick Children

Cell Division

• Mitosis with Music University of Wisconsin

• Cell Division Exercise by Biology in Motion

How Cells Divide

• How Cells Divide McGraw-Hill

Cell Biology and Cancer Animations (Rediscovering Biology)

How a Proto-oncogene Becomes an Oncogene:A depiction of some types of mutations that can occur to turn a proto-oncogene into an oncogene. p53's Role in the Cell: Shows various roles that p53 plays in the cell to protect the genome of the organism. Telomeres:Shows the concept of how the ends of chromosomes, the telomeres, shorten each time the cell divides. The Cell Cycle: Cyclins and Checkpoints:A depiction of the cell cycle and role that cyclins play in the process; this animation also shows the role of checkpoints in regulating the cell cycle. The Signal Transduction Pathway:A depiction of the signal transduction pathway that is involved with the growth process of the cell.

Cells in Motion (Molecular Expressions)

The digital videos presented in this gallery investigate animal cell motility patterns in a wide variety of morphologically different specimens. Requires the RealPlayer browser plug-in or Windows Media Player.

• Swiss Mouse Embryo Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Transfected Fibroblasts (CRE BAG 2 Line)

Plant, Animal and Bacteria Cell Models

Wiley.com Dna Replication Animation

Living cells are divided into two types - procaryotic and eucaryotic (sometimes spelled prokaryotic and eukaryotic). This division is based on internal complexity. The following pages can provide graphic roadmaps to the organization of both of these cell types.

• Animation by Cells alive

Cellular Animations

• Cellular Animations by Donald F. Slish

Flagella and Cilia (Northland Community and Technical College)

• Flagella and Cilia from Northland Community and Technical College

A typical Cell

• A typical Cell Wisc Online

Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles

• Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles Wisconsin Online

Biologie Cellulaire

• Biologie Cellulaire by Laurent Martorell Académie de Créteil

Cytoskeleton Structure

• Cytoskeleton Structure by John Wiley & Sons

Lipid Bilayer

• Stargate sg 1 game. Lipid Bilayer University of Aberdeen

The Cell Cycle

During development from stem to fully differentiated, cells in the body alternately divide (mitosis) and 'appear' to be resting (interphase). This sequence of activities exhibited by cells is called the cell cycle. Interphase, which appears to the eye to be a resting stage between cell divisions, is actually a period of diverse activities. Those interphase activities are indispensible in making the next mitosis possible.

• The Cell Cycle Animation by Cells alive

The Cell Cycle & Protein Synthesis

• Animationby Barbara Liang of Wisc-Online

• Membrane Structure Movie

• DNA Work ShopPBS

• Building a DNA MoleculeGSLC

• Transcribe and Translate a ProteinGSLC

• DNA ReplicationMcGraw Hill

• Transcription GameThinkquest

• Active Transport Movie
• DNA Structure Movie
• DNA structure 2 Movie
• DNA Structure Activity
• DNA replication Movie
• Transcription Movie
• Translation Movie
• Translation Activity
• Protein SynthesisMcGraw Hill
• Leading and Lagging Strand ReplicationMcGraw Hill

Mitosis/Meiosis

• Mitosis/Meiosis Simulation by Jon C. Glase at Cornell

• Mitosis ImagesRM Chute

• Matching Mitosis StagesRM Chute

• Plant Cell MitosisRM Chute

• Mitosis with MusicUniversity of Wisconsin

• Mitosis and CytokinesisMcGraw Hill

Dna Replication Animation Wiley &

Cellular Transport

• Membrane Transport (Wiley)

Cellular Respiration

Whole Process and Enzymes

• Overall Reaction Dr. Meyer at CUNY
• Cellular Respiration Thomas M. Terry at Univ. of Conn.
• Enzyme Tutorial from Northland Community and Technical College
• Enzyme Pathways McGraw-Hill
• Enzyme Kinetics Wiley
• Enzyme Inhibition Wiley

Glycolysis

• Gylcolysis by Sue Merkel, Cornell Univ (BEST)
• Glycolysis by RM Chute
• Glycolysis by John Kyrk
• Anaerobic Respiration-Glycolysis and Fermentation by Sue Merkel, Cornell Univ
• Glycolysis Animation from Northland Community and Technical College

Acetyl CoA and Krebs (TCA)(Citric Acid) Cycle

• TCA (Citric Acid) Cycle by Rodney F. Boyer
• Citric Acid Cycle Purdue University
• Fatty Acid Respiration Campbell Interactive Chemistry
• The Pruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Campbell Interactive Chemistry
• Acetyl CoA and Krebs Cycle by June B. Steinberg

Oxidative Phosphorylation

• ATP Synthase Gradient: The Movie Virtual Cell
• ATP Synthase Movie Thomas M. Terry at Univ. of Conn.
• ATP Synthesis(ATPase) Flash Animation Carnegie Mellon
• Electron Transport by June B. Steinberg
• Oxidative Phosphorylation Campbell Interactive Chemistry
• Electron Transport McGraw-Hill
• Oxidative Phosphorlyation (advanced) Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
• Electron Transport by Rodney F. Boyer
• Oxidative Phosphorylation Purdue University

Cells & Microscope

• Microscope PartsRM Chute

• Microscope Parts 2RM Chute

• Making a Wet MountUniversity of Alberta

• Animal CellRM Chute

• Animal Cell 2RM Chute

• Sugar & Starch TestsRM Chute

• Cell MembraneMcGraw-Hill

• Cell MembraneWiley

• Constructing a Cell MembraneWisconsin Online

• Organelle FunctionsTerry Brown

• Animal and Plant Cell Cells Alive

• Hypertonic and HypotonicTerry Brown

• Animal Cell OsmosisRM Chute

• Cell OrganellesWisconsin Online

• A Typical CellWisconsin Online

• Interactive Cell QuizzeroBio

Cell Biology Instructional Multimedia

Animal cell mix and match, Catabolism, Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, Nerve Action Potential, Plant cell mix and match.

• Fabfilter pro c 2. Animation by University of Alberta

-the process by which DNA makes a copy of itself
-occurs during interphase, prior to cell division

Steps of DNA replication

1. DNA helicase (enzyme) unwinds the DNA. The junction is called a replication fork.
2. DNA polymerase adds the complementary nucleotides and binds the sugars and phosphates. DNA polymerase travels from the 3' to the 5' end. The DNA is called the template strand.
3. DNA polymerase adds complementary nucleotides on the other side of the ladder. Traveling in the opposite direction.
4. One side is the leading strand - it follows the helicase as it unwinds.
5. The other side is the lagging strand - its moving away from the helicase (in the 5' to 3' direction).

Replication is called semi-conservative, because one half of the original strand is always saved, or 'conserved'

Problem: it reaches the replication fork, but the helicase is moving in the opposite direction. It stops, and another polymerase binds farther down the chain.

This process creates several fragments, called Okazaki Fragments, that are bound together by DNA ligase.

6. During replication, there are many points along the DNA that are synthesized at the same time (multiple replication forks). It would take forever to go from one end to the other, it is more efficient to open up several points at one time.

Replication Errors – can cause a genetic MUTATION
-- PROOFREADING by the polymerase prevents mismatches
-- DNA REPAIR ENZYMES can repair damaged DNA also

Additional Resources

Adobe lightroom piratebay. Animation of Replication (stolaf.edu)
Animations of Replication (mcgraw-hill)

Replication Animation Dna Polymerase

Replication Tutorial (wiley.com)
Replication Fork (mcb.harvard.edu)

Dna Replication Animation Wiley Free

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