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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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Ribonuclease S

Carboxypeptidase A

Z-DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Oxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Cytochrome c

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

B-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Hemoglobin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

A-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (488)

Myohemerythrin

Lac Repressor

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DNA

Collagen

Crambin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Myoglobin Fold

Hemoglobin S

Induced Lac Repressor

Trypsin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

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Biosites: Basement Membrane

Insulin Release

Biosites: Muscle

Respiratory Droplet

RecA and DNA

Abiogenesis

Coronavirus

Ebola Virus

Myelin

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

CytoSkeleton

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Autophagy

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

HIV in Blood Plasma

Blood

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Immunological Synapse

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Chloroplast

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Biosites: Nucleus

Influenza Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Zika Virus

Escherichia coli

Kinetochore

Cellulose Synthase

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Measles Virus Proteins

Lipid Droplets

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Insulin Action

HIV Vaccine

Poliovirus Neutralization

Mycoplasma mycoides

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk