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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Induced Lac Repressor

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

B-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (488)

A-DNA

DNA

Myohemerythrin

Z-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Ribonuclease S

Crambin

Myoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Hemoglobin S

Collagen

Trypsin

Cytochrome c

Deoxyhemoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Lac Repressor

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

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RecA and DNA

Coronavirus

Poliovirus Neutralization

Ebola Virus

Escherichia coli

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Muscle

Immunological Synapse

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Insulin Release

Mycoplasma mycoides

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV in Blood Plasma

Respiratory Droplet

Abiogenesis

Measles Virus Proteins

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Influenza Vaccine

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Zika Virus

Autophagy

CytoSkeleton

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Biosites: Nucleus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV Vaccine

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Insulin Action

Blood

HIV-Infected Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Lipid Droplets

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Chloroplast

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Myelin

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Escherichia coli Bacterium

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell