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November 2024

Malaria Parasite PTEX

The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects.

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TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myohemerythrin

Z-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myoglobin

B-DNA

Induced Lac Repressor

Trypsin

Lysozyme (512)

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Carboxypeptidase A

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

A-DNA

Lac Repressor

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Crambin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Hemoglobin S

DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Cytochrome c

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin 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.

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SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Autophagy

Escherichia coli

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Myelin

Lipid Droplets

Zika Virus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

CytoSkeleton

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Respiratory Droplet

Coronavirus Life Cycle

HIV-Infected Cell

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

RecA and DNA

Immunological Synapse

Measles Virus Proteins

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Muscle

Influenza Virus

Blood

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Kinetochore

Mycoplasma mycoides

Poliovirus Neutralization

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Influenza Vaccine

Ebola Virus

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

HIV Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Insulin Action

Chloroplast

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Nucleus

Insulin Release

Coronavirus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Abiogenesis

HIV in Blood Plasma