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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Crambin

Myohemerythrin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Z-DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin

Myoglobin

Deoxyhemoglobin

B-DNA

Lysozyme (512)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Induced Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Collagen

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Cytochrome c

Myoglobin Fold

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (488)

Ribonuclease S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Lac Repressor

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Carboxypeptidase A

Trypsin

A-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

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Respiratory Droplet

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

Biosites: Cytoplasm

RecA and DNA

CytoSkeleton

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Influenza Vaccine

Immunological Synapse

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Chloroplast

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Insulin Release

HIV Vaccine

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Autophagy

HIV in Blood Plasma

Cellulose Synthase

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Blood

Zika Virus

Coronavirus

Mycoplasma mycoides

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Poliovirus Neutralization

Abiogenesis

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Escherichia coli

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Myelin

HIV-Infected Cell

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Insulin Action

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Ebola Virus

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Measles Virus Proteins

Biosites: Nucleus

Biosites: Muscle

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein