Use the human genome database to explore the relationship between genes, proteins, and diseases.
Online resources provide ready access to detailed information about human genome. Go the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) genome database at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genomes/index.html and click on Homo sapiens in the Map Viewer genome annotation updates list to access the chromosome map and organization of the human genome. In the “Search For” box, type in the following diseases to discover the chromosomal location of the affected gene and, by exploring links highlighted by the search results, to discover the name of the protein affected by the disease:
a. Sickle-cell anemia
b. Tay-Sachs disease
c. Leprechaunism
d. Hartnup disorder
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