This project was prepared as part of a BioQUEST faculty development workshop entitled ASM/BioQUEST Bioinformatics Institute at American Society for Microbiology in March 2006. The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium is committed to the reform of undergraduate biology instruction through an emphasis on engaging students in realistic scientific practices. This approach is sometimes characterized as an inquiry driven approach and is captured in BioQUEST's three P's (problem-posing, problem-solving, and peer-persuasion). As part of this workshop groups of faculty were encouraged to initiate innovative curricular projects. We are sharing these works in progress in the hope that they will stimulate further exploration, collaboration and development. Please see the following links for additional information:
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Dave Westenberg |
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Ruth A. Gyure |
Kim Finer |
Undergraduate biology majors
We ask "Is there an E. coli - type iron permease gene (FepD) in Chromohalobacter sp. If so, is the perplasmic-facing residue sequence significantly different?
Web resources: JGI, NCBI, Biology Workbench. Also, BioQUEST ESTEEM module on protein analysis
(See references on slides.)
1. What might account for our conclusions? 2.Would we get different results if we looked at differences between transmembrane pI and periplasmic pI, instead of just the periplasmic pI values?