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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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Myohemerythrin

Ribonuclease S

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Trypsin

Carboxypeptidase A

Myoglobin Fold

Collagen

Z-DNA

Myoglobin

Crambin

Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

A-DNA

Lac Repressor

Lysozyme (512)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Deoxyhemoglobin

Cytochrome c

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (488)

Oxyhemoglobin

B-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Induced Lac Repressor

DNA

The Molecular Landscapes by David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells.

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Respiratory Droplet

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Poliovirus Neutralization

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Abiogenesis

Influenza Virus

Myelin

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Kinetochore

Coronavirus

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Mycoplasma mycoides

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Ebola Virus

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Immunological Synapse

Biosites: Nucleus

Insulin Release

Cellulose Synthase

Autophagy

Influenza Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Zika Virus

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Lipid Droplets

HIV-Infected Cell

Last Universal Common Ancestor

CytoSkeleton

Chloroplast

Biosites: Muscle

HIV in Blood Plasma

RecA and DNA

Insulin Action

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV Vaccine

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Blood