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January 2024

Mediator

Mediator integrates regulatory information to decide when genes need to be transcribed.

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DNA

Induced Lac Repressor

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

A-DNA

Hemoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myohemerythrin

Myoglobin Fold

Z-DNA

Collagen

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (488)

Trypsin

B-DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Deoxyhemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Oxyhemoglobin

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Myoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c

Lac Repressor

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Crambin

Carboxypeptidase A

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.

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Biosites: Muscle

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Influenza Vaccine

Respiratory Droplet

Insulin Release

Insulin Action

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

RecA and DNA

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Biosites: Nucleus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Coronavirus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Chloroplast

Cellulose Synthase

Immunological Synapse

Autophagy

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Ebola Virus

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

HIV-Infected Cell

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Abiogenesis

HIV Vaccine

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Poliovirus Neutralization

Mycoplasma mycoides

Blood

Myelin

Escherichia coli

Coronavirus Life Cycle

CytoSkeleton

Last Universal Common Ancestor

HIV in Blood Plasma

Measles Virus Proteins

Zika Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Lipid Droplets

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Cytoplasm

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine