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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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DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Lysozyme (512)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin S

Collagen

A-DNA

Cytochrome c

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Trypsin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Oxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin

Lac Repressor

Deoxyhemoglobin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Ribonuclease S

Crambin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

DNA

Myohemerythrin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Induced Lac Repressor

Myoglobin Fold

Lysozyme (488)

Z-DNA

B-DNA

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Escherichia coli

Measles Virus Proteins

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Influenza Virus

HIV-Infected Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Biosites: Nucleus

Kinetochore

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Influenza Vaccine

Poliovirus Neutralization

Insulin Release

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Myelin

Biosites: Basement Membrane

RecA and DNA

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Zika Virus

Cellulose Synthase

Mycoplasma mycoides

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Abiogenesis

Chloroplast

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Lipid Droplets

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Coronavirus

Autophagy

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

HIV in Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Insulin Action

Blood

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Respiratory Droplet

Immunological Synapse

Biosites: Muscle

Ebola Virus