Molecule of the Month
October 2024

Angiotensin and Blood Pressure

Many medications for controlling high blood pressure inhibit the action of the peptide hormone angiotensin.

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Myoglobin Fold

Induced Lac Repressor

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Lysozyme (488)

Z-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin

Ribonuclease S

B-DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin S

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Cytochrome c

Trypsin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Collagen

Hemoglobin

Lac Repressor

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

A-DNA

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Deoxyhemoglobin

DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Carboxypeptidase A

Myohemerythrin

Crambin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

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HIV in Blood Plasma

Abiogenesis

HIV-Infected Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Insulin Release

Chloroplast

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Lipid Droplets

CytoSkeleton

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

HIV Vaccine

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Influenza Vaccine

Autophagy

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Immunological Synapse

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Blood

Poliovirus Neutralization

Zika Virus

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Myelin

Respiratory Droplet

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Insulin Action

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Ebola Virus

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Kinetochore

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Biosites: Nucleus

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Biosites: Muscle

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Coronavirus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

RecA and DNA

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Influenza Virus

Coronavirus Life Cycle