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Health Focus: Cancer Biology and Therapeutics

Cells in our bodies are carefully regulated so that they divide, grow, and die according to the best plan for keeping us alive. When they lose these controls, they can grow into deadly cancers. Atomic structures have revealed how cell growth is normally controlled, and how cancer cells circumvent these essential controls. Explore PDB-101 Resources to learn about proteins related to cancer biology and therapeutics.

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Inktober SciArt Celebrating PDB50 by Irina Bezsonova, UCONN Health

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Irving Geis (1908-1997) was a gifted artist who helped illuminate the field of structural biology with his iconic images. The Geis Digital Archive features many of his illustrations in the context of their molecular structures.

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Crambin

Lac Repressor

Lysozyme (488)

Trypsin

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Myoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin Fold

Myohemerythrin

DNA

Cytochrome c

Hemoglobin S

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Carboxypeptidase A

Deoxyhemoglobin

Induced Lac Repressor

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

A-DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Hemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Collagen

B-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.

Illustrations are free for use under a CC-BY-4.0 license