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June 2026

Therapeutic Phage

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

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Lysozyme (488)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Crambin

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Trypsin

Hemoglobin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Myoglobin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myoglobin Fold

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Ribonuclease S

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Collagen

DNA

A-DNA

B-DNA

Cytochrome c

Myohemerythrin

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Induced Lac Repressor

Carboxypeptidase A

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.

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Poliovirus Neutralization

CytoSkeleton

Respiratory Droplet

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Coronavirus

HIV in Blood Plasma

Biosites: Muscle

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Insulin Release

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Measles Virus Proteins

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Myelin

Influenza Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Mycoplasma mycoides

HIV-Infected Cell

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Escherichia coli

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Coronavirus Life Cycle

RecA and DNA

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Blood

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Chloroplast

Insulin Action

Immunological Synapse

Biosites: Nucleus

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

HIV Vaccine

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Ebola Virus

Influenza Virus

Zika Virus

Abiogenesis

Kinetochore

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Lipid Droplets

Autophagy