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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Deoxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Cytochrome c

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Lac Repressor

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Trypsin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

DNA

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myoglobin

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Hemoglobin S

Myoglobin Fold

Myohemerythrin

Lysozyme (488)

Induced Lac Repressor

Crambin

Z-DNA

Ribonuclease S

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Carboxypeptidase A

B-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

A-DNA

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Hemoglobin (1000)

The Molecular Landscapes by David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells.

Illustrations are free for use under a CC-BY-4.0 license

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Ebola Virus

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Immunological Synapse

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Myelin

HIV in Blood Plasma

Lipid Droplets

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Poliovirus Neutralization

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Escherichia coli Bacterium

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Blood Plasma

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Insulin Action

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Cytoplasm

HIV Vaccine

Chloroplast

Blood

Coronavirus

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

HIV-Infected Cell

Autophagy

Insulin Release

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

CytoSkeleton

Abiogenesis

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Nucleus

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Mycoplasma mycoides

Measles Virus Proteins

Zika Virus

Biosites: Muscle