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April 2025

Apolipoprotein B-100 and LDL Receptor

Insights into how LDL is removed from the bloodstream

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Lysozyme (512)

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Induced Lac Repressor

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Oxyhemoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Z-DNA

Deoxyhemoglobin

Cytochrome c

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin S

B-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Myoglobin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Crambin

Collagen

Hemoglobin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Lac Repressor

Myoglobin Fold

A-DNA

Myohemerythrin

DNA

Trypsin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Lysozyme (488)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (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

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Insulin Release

Blood

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

RecA and DNA

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Escherichia coli Bacterium

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Biosites: Muscle

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

CytoSkeleton

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Immunological Synapse

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Lipid Droplets

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Nucleus

HIV in Blood Plasma

Abiogenesis

Measles Virus Proteins

Kinetochore

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Autophagy

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Chloroplast

Mycoplasma mycoides

Poliovirus Neutralization

Coronavirus

Myelin

HIV Vaccine

Ebola Virus

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Insulin Action

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Influenza Virus

Zika Virus

Last Universal Common Ancestor