Description:
The total sequence of DNA has now been determined for the human (in draft form), for several organisms commonly used in the laboratory, and for dozens of bacteria and other pathogens. These DNA sequences can be used to predict sets of proteins—but what then? Deciphering the role of these many thousand proteins is a daunting task. Yet it is alterations in protein function that underlie most human diseases, so the protein roles must be untangled.
Speaker(s):
Stanley Fields, Acting chair & professor of genome sciences; professor of medicine; Adjunct professor of microbiology, University of Washington
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