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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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DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

A-DNA

Deoxyhemoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Lac Repressor

Myoglobin Fold

Hemoglobin (1000)

Z-DNA

Myoglobin

DNA

Collagen

Cytochrome c

Myohemerythrin

Crambin

Lysozyme (488)

Carboxypeptidase A

Ribonuclease S

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Oxyhemoglobin

B-DNA

Induced Lac Repressor

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (512)

Trypsin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin

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HIV-Infected Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Ebola Virus

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Nucleus

Kinetochore

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Lipid Droplets

Autophagy

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Insulin Release

Cellulose Synthase

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Last Universal Common Ancestor

RecA and DNA

Influenza Virus

Immunological Synapse

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Insulin Action

Blood

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Coronavirus

Chloroplast

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Influenza Vaccine

Respiratory Droplet

HIV Vaccine

Abiogenesis

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Measles Virus Proteins

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Zika Virus

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Biosites: Muscle

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Poliovirus Neutralization

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV in Blood Plasma

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Myelin

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Red Blood Cell