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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Myoglobin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myohemerythrin

DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin S

Ribonuclease S

Carboxypeptidase A

Oxyhemoglobin

Induced Lac Repressor

Cytochrome c

Crambin

Lac Repressor

Trypsin

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Hemoglobin (1000)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

A-DNA

B-DNA

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Lysozyme (488)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Myoglobin Fold

Z-DNA

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.

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Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Autophagy

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Immunological Synapse

Escherichia coli

Measles Virus Proteins

Blood

Insulin Action

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Nucleus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV in Blood Plasma

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Poliovirus Neutralization

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Ebola Virus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Respiratory Droplet

Insulin Release

Influenza Vaccine

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Zika Virus

Chloroplast

Escherichia coli Bacterium

HIV Vaccine

Biosites: Muscle

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

HIV-Infected Cell

CytoSkeleton

Cellulose Synthase

Abiogenesis

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Myelin