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Poster for Protein Synthesis: an Epic on the Cellular Level (1971)

Protein Synthesis: an Epic on the Cellular Level (1971)

1971 · Short film · 13 min · dir. Gabriel Weiss

Synopsis

Directed by Gabriel Weiss. After a short description of the interaction between “stars” 30s Ribosome, mRNA, and Initiator Factor One by Stanford’s Nobel Prize-winning Paul Berg, the camera moves to an open field at Stanford University, where 200 students, fortified by complimentary wine, begin a Bacchanalian dance replicating the process of protein formation by RNA molecules that carry the DNA code. Benington kept some degree of order by making sure that each string of ‘processes’ was led by a…

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Director
Gabriel Weiss
Running time
13 minutes

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