In the first section of this page, you will write a daily summary of that day's class.  For example in  your chapter 2 blog, your first entry should be titled 9/3/10.  You should then write a one or two paragraph summary of that day's lecture, outlining the major points.  In the second section, you are required to add two items (link to a website, video, animation, student-created slide show, student-created PowerPoint presentation) and one journal article pertaining to a topic in this chapter.  A one-paragraph summary must accompany each item describing the main idea and how it applies to the lecture topic.  Please see the PBWorks help guide for assistance embedding video and other items directly in the page.  I will also produce a how-to video on using tables to wrap text around items and other useful tips.  Please see the syllabus for organization and grading details.

A.  Daily Blog

9/22/10

In class on Wednesday, we discussed chapter 4.  We went over  prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.  Prokaryotic cells have a simple structure and lack an enclosed nucleus.  Eukaryotic cells have an inclosed nucleus, are compartmentalized, and the shape and size vary among the species of cells and even with in the same species.  Also a proteome is what is expressed in a cell.  This determines the structure and function if that cell.  We also discussed the endomembrane system.  This system keeps everything out of the cytoplasm because it uses a network of membranes.  Last, I learned that amino acids in peptide bonds are used as markers.  

9/24/10

In class on Friday, we discussed destinations of proteins.  Some proteins stay in the cytoplasm and some go to the rough E.R.  for cotranslation modification.  Those proteins either get secreted from the cell or become membrane proteins.  We also talked about how semiautonomous organelles use post translation to create proteins. 

B.  Useful Materials

This video explains the structure of mitochondria.  It also discusses ATP synthesis. 

This video is kinda goofy, but it explains lysosomes to me.  It restates what I read, but in video form.

ARFGAP2 and ARFGAP3 are essential for copi coat assembly on the golgi membrane of living cells.

This article discusses how COPI plays a role in recycling proteins.  It also talks about Golgi stacks.