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Myoglobin Fold

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Oxyhemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Z-DNA

Lysozyme (488)

Trypsin

Induced Lac Repressor

B-DNA

Crambin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lac Repressor

DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Collagen

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Myohemerythrin

Lysozyme (512)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin S

Carboxypeptidase A

Ribonuclease S

A-DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Cytochrome c

Hemoglobin

Myoglobin

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

Measles Virus Proteins

Abiogenesis

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Escherichia coli

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Poliovirus Neutralization

CytoSkeleton

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Myelin

Kinetochore

Zika Virus

Autophagy

Insulin Release

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Immunological Synapse

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV Vaccine

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Respiratory Droplet

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Influenza Virus

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Mycoplasma mycoides

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Influenza Vaccine

Insulin Action

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Lipid Droplets

HIV in Blood Plasma

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Basement Membrane

HIV-Infected Cell

Chloroplast

Blood

Coronavirus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Ebola Virus

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Biosites: Blood Plasma

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Nucleus

Biosites: Muscle

Bacteriophage T4 Infection