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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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Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Induced Lac Repressor

DNA

Deoxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Lac Repressor

Carboxypeptidase A

Lysozyme (488)

Lysozyme (512)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c

A-DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Myohemerythrin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Trypsin

Collagen

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

B-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Crambin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Hemoglobin

Myoglobin

Ribonuclease S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Hemoglobin (1000)

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Respiratory Droplet

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Insulin Release

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

CytoSkeleton

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Lipid Droplets

HIV in Blood Plasma

Coronavirus

Poliovirus Neutralization

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV Vaccine

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Abiogenesis

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Biosites: Nucleus

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Kinetochore

Blood

Ebola Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Muscle

Insulin Action

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Influenza Virus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

RecA and DNA

Zika Virus

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Chloroplast

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Autophagy

Cellulose Synthase

Immunological Synapse

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Measles Virus Proteins

Mycoplasma mycoides

Myelin