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April 2024

PhiX174 YES Complex

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

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Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Oxyhemoglobin

B-DNA

Crambin

Myoglobin Fold

Myoglobin

Collagen

Z-DNA

Hemoglobin S

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Trypsin

Induced Lac Repressor

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Ribonuclease S

Lac Repressor

Myohemerythrin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Hemoglobin

A-DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Carboxypeptidase A

Lysozyme (488)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Lysozyme (512)

Cytochrome c

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Deoxyhemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

DNA

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

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HIV Vaccine

CytoSkeleton

HIV-Infected Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Respiratory Droplet

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Coronavirus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

RecA and DNA

Escherichia coli Bacterium

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Measles Virus Proteins

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Influenza Vaccine

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Insulin Action

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Escherichia coli

Chloroplast

Biosites: Muscle

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Blood

Ebola Virus

Immunological Synapse

Autophagy

Zika Virus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Lipid Droplets

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Coronavirus Life Cycle

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Poliovirus Neutralization

Insulin Release

HIV in Blood Plasma

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Myelin

Biosites: Nucleus

Mycoplasma mycoides

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Cellulose Synthase

Abiogenesis