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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Lysozyme (488)

Trypsin

Myoglobin Fold

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Cytochrome c

Ribonuclease S

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Deoxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin

Z-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Crambin

DNA

Hemoglobin S

A-DNA

B-DNA

Myohemerythrin

Lac Repressor

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Carboxypeptidase A

Collagen

Lysozyme (512)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Induced Lac Repressor

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

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Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Ebola Virus

Mycoplasma mycoides

Insulin Release

Escherichia coli

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Biosites: Muscle

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Insulin Action

Autophagy

Chloroplast

HIV in Blood Plasma

Myelin

Lipid Droplets

Measles Virus Proteins

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Coronavirus

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Nucleus

Cellulose Synthase

Zika Virus

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Poliovirus Neutralization

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Influenza Vaccine

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Blood

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

HIV Vaccine

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Immunological Synapse

Abiogenesis

HIV-Infected Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Coronavirus Life Cycle

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Red Blood Cell