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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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Carboxypeptidase A

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin (1000)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Myoglobin

Crambin

A-DNA

Collagen

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Lysozyme (488)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

B-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Hemoglobin

DNA

Trypsin

Lysozyme (512)

Oxyhemoglobin

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Myoglobin Fold

Induced Lac Repressor

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myohemerythrin

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c

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Influenza Virus

Measles Virus Proteins

Biosites: Nucleus

Zika Virus

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Abiogenesis

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Blood

Influenza Vaccine

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Poliovirus Neutralization

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

CytoSkeleton

Myelin

HIV Vaccine

Respiratory Droplet

Insulin Action

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Autophagy

Cellulose Synthase

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Insulin Release

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Chloroplast

Kinetochore

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Biosites: Muscle

RecA and DNA

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Immunological Synapse

Mycoplasma mycoides

HIV in Blood Plasma

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Ebola Virus

Coronavirus