Visual explainers
Watch molecular biology in motion.
Interactive explainers you can scrub, zoom, and step through. Some are live today; more are on the way.
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DNA Replication
Watch the replication fork unzip and copy both strands.
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PCR Cycle
Denature, anneal, extend: the three temperatures of PCR.
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Transcription
RNA polymerase reading DNA into a strand of mRNA.
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Translation
A ribosome assembling amino acids one codon at a time.
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Protein Folding
A linear chain collapsing into its functional shape.
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CRISPR
Cas9 finding, cutting, and editing a target sequence.