dhj@hugin.dmt.oz (Dennis Jarvis) (12/21/88)
I would like to build a sizeable model of a dna molecule. Can anyone point me in the direction of commercial suppliers of such kits? I believe there is a company in Britain which sells such things, but I can not remember their name, let alone their address. ________________________________________________________________________ Dennis Jarvis, CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology, PO Box 4, Woodville, South Australia 5011, Australia. PHONE: +61 8 268 0156 ARPA : dhj%hugin.dmt.oz@uunet.uu.net FAX : +61 8 268 6757 CSNET : dhj@hugin.dmt.oz TELEX: AA88863 UUCP : {uunet,ukc,mcvax}!munnari!hugin.dmt.oz!dhj ACSNET: dhj@hugin.dmt.oz
dd@beta.lanl.gov (Dan Davison) (12/23/88)
In article <109@hugin.dmt.oz>, dhj@hugin.dmt.oz (Dennis Jarvis) writes: > I would like to build a sizeable model of a dna molecule. > Can anyone point me in the direction of commercial suppliers of such kits? Unless you are independently wealthy, I would advise going rather modestly here. The standard CPK (space filling) atom models are roughly US$1.00 per atom. Even a couple basepairs can really get up there in cost. At one point I was going to build a small section of the 16s rRNA from _E. coli_; the section, about 100 bases, was going to cost over US$10,000! If no one on the net can come up with the vendors, send me e-mail and I will go digging through my files. (Note: LANL is going to be off the air intermittently 12/23-1/3; best to send mail *after* that date). -- dan davison/theoretical biology/t-10 ms k710/los alamos national laboratory los alamos, nm 875545/dd@lanl.gov (arpa)/dd@lanl.uucp(new)/..cmcl2!lanl!dd 'The true mark of intelligence is an unwillingness to fill in the many gaps in our understanding with a set of irrational beliefs'(Keats,paraphrased)
ian@murdu.OZ (Ian Musgrave) (01/03/89)
In article <109@hugin.dmt.oz> dhj@hugin.dmt.oz (Dennis Jarvis) writes: >I would like to build a sizeable model of a dna molecule. >Can anyone point me in the direction of commercial suppliers of such kits? >I believe there is a company in Britain which sells such things, but I >can not remember their name, let alone their address. Commercial models are dammed expensive, there is another solution though. Some years ago a friend and I made a model af DNA, a fairly hefty one, using styrofoam spheres that we bough from a local plastic maker. This was very cheap, however we had to paint all the spheres ourselves, and work out the appropriate bond angles. Nonetheless we produced a 6' DNA molecule which won a prize in a local science competition. p.s. Are there any pharmacologists out there in net land? __________________________________________________________________________ Ian, the network gnome.
kibo@pawl17.pawl.rpi.edu (James Parry) (01/05/89)
In article <1506@murdu.OZ> ian@murdu.UUCP (Ian Musgrave) writes: >In article <109@hugin.dmt.oz> dhj@hugin.dmt.oz (Dennis Jarvis) writes: >>I would like to build a sizeable model of a dna molecule. >Some years ago a friend and I made a model af DNA, a fairly hefty one, using >styrofoam spheres that we bough from a local plastic maker. This was very >cheap, however we had to paint all the spheres ourselves, and work out the >appropriate bond angles. Nonetheless we produced a 6' DNA molecule which >won a prize in a local science competition. Note that such styrofoam(tm) spheres are easy to get, in various sizes, in craft stores (the kind that sell yarn and plastic eyeballs, etc.) But remember: chemical solvents (most spray paints, plastic cement, etc.) will MELT them! Be very careful... -- james "kibo" parry kibo%pawl.rpi.edu@itsgw.rpi.edu userfe0n@rpitsmts.bitnet