I must say that the animators omitted many details, such as the RNA polymerase's c-terminal repeats, splicing, the assembly of an RNP, the workings of the nuclear pore complex, and the assembly of a translation initiation complex ... but WOW! We need more of these videos!
More like this
Earlier today I gave our weekly journal club. As usual there is some large scheme/model/godzilla image associated with the intro/summary. Here's mine ... mRNA nuclear export in yeast:
We talk so much about the flu virus we thought we'd show you some nice pics that CDC has just put up. This is a review for many of you put reviews are always helpful.
Replication fork - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere.
Every couple of months a major flu paper appears purporting to reveal why the 1918 H1N1 virus was so horrifically virulent in comparison to the other pandemic viruses of the last century, H2N2 (1957 pandemic) and H3N2 (1968 pandemic).
That animation was done, form the primary literature, by Drew Berry at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. At the time, he was my staff member. You can find more of Drew's animations here.
Ya, EXPELLED maggots stole this animation for their oh-so-secret private showings and PR material too. Specifically, the DNA-->mRNA step.
Funny thing, synchronicity. I saw one of Drew's fantastic videos at a talk a couple of weeks ago. Been meaning to blog about it ever since :)
What is this background noise? The sound of DNA, folding ?