The World of chemistry.

The World of chemistry. Programs 23-24 [Videorecording] a production of University of Maryland and Educational Film Center. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Intellimation, 1989, c1988. - 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. - Annenberg/CPB Project. .

Video release of the 1988 production.

Producer/director/writer, Doug Bolin (Program 23); producer/writer, Stephen Redhead (Program 24); narrator, Fran Dorn; music, Richard Paul Brier. Producer/director/writer, Doug Bolin (Program 23); producer/writer, Stephen Redhead (Program 24); narrator, Fran Dorn; music, Richard Paul Brier.

Host, Roald Hoffmann.

Program 23 (Proteins: structure and function) teaches that proteins are large polymers built from the twenty amino acids and relates the number, kind and sequence of amino acids; discusses the proteins of hair, wool, sil, and enzymes. Program 24 (Genetic code) explains how the human body manufactures complex proteins to sustain life and relates how traits are passed on from generation to generation; the structure and role of the nucleic acids, DNA and RNA are discussed.


VHS format.

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Chemistry.
Proteins.
Enzymes.
Proteins--Structure.
Genetic code.
Genetic transcription.
Genetic translation.
Genetics.