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Cytochrome c (unbound)

Cytochrome c

Lysozyme (512)

Ribonuclease S

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin

Z-DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Trypsin

Oxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

B-DNA

Hemoglobin S

Induced Lac Repressor

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DNA

Deoxyhemoglobin

Collagen

Myoglobin

A-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myoglobin Fold

Crambin

Myohemerythrin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (488)

Lac Repressor

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

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

HIV-Infected Cell

Zika Virus

Cellulose Synthase

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Chloroplast

Insulin Release

Measles Virus Proteins

Kinetochore

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

HIV in Blood Plasma

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Blood

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Escherichia coli Bacterium

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Mycoplasma mycoides

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Myelin

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Escherichia coli

Poliovirus Neutralization

Influenza Virus

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Autophagy

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Respiratory Droplet

Lipid Droplets

Immunological Synapse

HIV Vaccine

Biosites: Muscle

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Nucleus

Ebola Virus

Coronavirus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

CytoSkeleton

Insulin Action