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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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Z-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Hemoglobin

Trypsin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Lac Repressor

DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Ribonuclease S

A-DNA

Myoglobin

Myohemerythrin

Carboxypeptidase A

Lysozyme (512)

Induced Lac Repressor

Oxyhemoglobin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Cytochrome c

Hemoglobin S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Collagen

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Crambin

Myoglobin Fold

B-DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

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CytoSkeleton

Ebola Virus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Influenza Vaccine

Immunological Synapse

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Blood

Insulin Release

Influenza Virus

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Cellulose Synthase

HIV in Blood Plasma

Chloroplast

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Insulin Action

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Measles Virus Proteins

Biosites: Nucleus

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

HIV-Infected Cell

Coronavirus

HIV Vaccine

Escherichia coli

Mycoplasma mycoides

Myelin

Autophagy

Zika Virus

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Lipid Droplets

Respiratory Droplet

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Biosites: Muscle

Abiogenesis

RecA and DNA

Poliovirus Neutralization

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Kinetochore