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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2023

Changing colors and understanding: the use of mutant chromogenic protein and informational suppressor strains of

Sarah DeWolf, Maartje Van den Bogaard, Rachael Brady Hart, Sparrow Hartman, Nancy Boury, Gregory J Phillips

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Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah DeWolf *Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Maartje Van den Bogaard *Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Rachael Brady HartUndergraduate Program in Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Sparrow HartmanUndergraduate Program in Biological and Premedical Illustration, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Nancy BouryDepartment of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-8299
Gregory J PhillipsDepartment of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0048-512X
Iowa State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central dogma of molecular biology is a key concept for undergraduate students in the life sciences as it describes the flow of information in living systems from gene-to-gene product. However, despite often being covered in many introductory life science courses, students may still have misconceptions surrounding the central dogma even as they move on to advanced courses. Active learning strategies such as laboratory activities can be useful in addressing such misconceptions. In the laboratory exercise presented here, senior undergraduate students explore the intricacies of nonsense suppressor mutations to challenge their understanding of the central dogma. The students introduce a plasmid carrying a nonfunctional chromogenic protein gene due to a nonsense mutation in a codon encoding the chromophore to various nonsense suppressor strains of

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