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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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A-DNA

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Cytochrome c

Myoglobin Fold

Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myohemerythrin

Crambin

Collagen

Deoxyhemoglobin

Z-DNA

Lysozyme (488)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Lac Repressor

B-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Ribonuclease S

Trypsin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Lysozyme (512)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

DNA

Induced Lac Repressor

Cytochrome c (unbound)

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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Last Universal Common Ancestor

Chloroplast

HIV-Infected Cell

Mycoplasma mycoides

Abiogenesis

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Influenza Vaccine

Blood

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Zika Virus

Cellulose Synthase

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Respiratory Droplet

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Kinetochore

Biosites: Muscle

Escherichia coli

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Poliovirus Neutralization

Autophagy

Biosites: Nucleus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Insulin Release

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Influenza Virus

HIV in Blood Plasma

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

CytoSkeleton

Myelin

Immunological Synapse

Lipid Droplets

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Insulin Action

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Ebola Virus

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

HIV Vaccine

Coronavirus

Measles Virus Proteins