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June 2026

Therapeutic Phage

Using the natural predators of bacteria to fight antibiotic-resistant infections

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Hemoglobin

Cytochrome c

Lac Repressor

Induced Lac Repressor

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Oxyhemoglobin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Z-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

A-DNA

Trypsin

DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Collagen

Ribonuclease S

Lysozyme (488)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myohemerythrin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Lysozyme (512)

Crambin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Hemoglobin (1000)

Hemoglobin S

B-DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

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

Poliovirus Neutralization

Mycoplasma mycoides

Insulin Action

Zika Virus

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Kinetochore

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Lipid Droplets

HIV Vaccine

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Coronavirus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Autophagy

HIV in Blood Plasma

Immunological Synapse

HIV-Infected Cell

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Insulin Release

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Cellulose Synthase

Ebola Virus

Myelin

Escherichia coli

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Cytoplasm

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Respiratory Droplet

Measles Virus Proteins

Influenza Virus

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Biosites: Muscle

Influenza Vaccine

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Blood

RecA and DNA

Chloroplast

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Biosites: Nucleus