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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Cytochrome c

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Carboxypeptidase A

B-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Collagen

Z-DNA

Crambin

Hemoglobin

A-DNA

Induced Lac Repressor

Myoglobin Fold

Deoxyhemoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Lac Repressor

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Myoglobin

DNA

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (488)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Trypsin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Myohemerythrin

Lysozyme (512)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

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Insulin Release

Escherichia coli

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Autophagy

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Mycoplasma mycoides

Abiogenesis

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Chloroplast

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Coronavirus

Influenza Vaccine

Measles Virus Proteins

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Myelin

Blood

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Biosites: Muscle

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Immunological Synapse

HIV in Blood Plasma

Ebola Virus

CytoSkeleton

HIV-Infected Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Biosites: Nucleus

Lipid Droplets

Respiratory Droplet

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Zika Virus

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

RecA and DNA

Poliovirus Neutralization

Insulin Action

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton