Protein synthesis : an epic on the cellular level

A choreographic interpretation of an important Biochemical process. The movie brings the dynamic chemical interactions to life by representing protein synthesis as a molecular dance

• 1971

• University of California, San Diego, Senses Bureau

• Weiss, Robert Alan

• Palmiter, Dick
• Wilson, Kent R.

• Benington, Jackie

• Bailey, Ann, 1946-

• Berg, Paul, 1926-

• Veriation Films

Director, Robert Alan Weiss ; assistant directors, Greg Redding, Greg O'Leary, Gordon Norman ; camera work, Noël Barlett, Paul Savage ; choreographer, Jackie Benington ; art work, Ted Velasquez ; musical sound track, Protein Jive Sutra ; filmed by the Senses Bureau, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego

Narration by Ann Bailey

1 online resource (1 video file (13 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color

two-dimensional moving image

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (UC San Diego Library Digital Collections, viewed September 19, 2018)

Includes introduction "A protein primer" by Paul Berg and Veriation Films

Planning council: Jackie Benington, Fred Dice, Robert Weiss, Greg O'Leary, Greg Redding, Michael Fisher, Gordon Norman, Peter Van Wagenen

Sponsored by Kent Wilson, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego and Dick Palmiter, Department of Pharmacology, Stanford University

"Phlogiston Productions presents"

"This film was made at Phlogiston's May 23rd [1971] Molecular Happening"--End credits

• Dance films
• Educational films
• Nonfiction films
• Short films

• Proteins--Synthesis

• video

• English

Mms: 991012525379706535

[La Jolla, California] :, [Senses Bureau, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego],

• UC Regents

Under copyright (US)

Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.

Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)

2024-07-20