Andy Relf and Fergus Doherty
Department of Biochemistry
University Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
This package is primarily aimed at medical students without 'A'-level Biology, but is also suitable for students in Biochemistry and related subjects. It may also be suitable as an introduction to gene expression for any students. The content consists of an introduction to cell structure (with diagrams and electron micrographs); an introduction to proteins, lipids and nucleic acids; DNA replication, transcription and translation (illustrated with animations of these processes). A glossary of scientific terms is provided, linked to hot words in the text, so that the user can easily jump to the glossary and then return to the tutorial. The package is produced with Authorware Professional and is available for both Apple Macintosh and MS-Windows platforms. The Authorware player application is supplied with both versions.