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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Lac Repressor

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Cytochrome c

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Myohemerythrin

DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Crambin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin Fold

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Collagen

Lysozyme (488)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myoglobin

Z-DNA

Trypsin

Oxyhemoglobin

B-DNA

A-DNA

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Hemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Induced Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Carboxypeptidase A

Ribonuclease S

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 Fusion

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Cytoplasm

HIV Vaccine

Zika Virus

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Biosites: Nucleus

Immunological Synapse

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Poliovirus Neutralization

Biosites: Muscle

Ebola Virus

HIV in Blood Plasma

Cellulose Synthase

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Insulin Action

Insulin Release

Escherichia coli

Coronavirus

Blood

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

CytoSkeleton

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Abiogenesis

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Mycoplasma mycoides

Measles Virus Proteins

Chloroplast

Autophagy

Lipid Droplets

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

RecA and DNA

Myelin

Respiratory Droplet

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV-Infected Cell

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Influenza Vaccine