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Myoglobin Fold

Lysozyme (488)

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Hemoglobin S

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Oxyhemoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Myoglobin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Z-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Crambin

Lysozyme (512)

A-DNA

Hemoglobin

Lac Repressor

Myohemerythrin

Cytochrome c

B-DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Collagen

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Trypsin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Induced 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

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Lipid Droplets

HIV in Blood Plasma

Zika Virus

Immunological Synapse

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Chloroplast

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Biosites: Nucleus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Influenza Virus

Poliovirus Neutralization

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Cellulose Synthase

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Measles Virus Proteins

Blood

HIV-Infected Cell

Autophagy

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Insulin Action

Ebola Virus

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Mycoplasma mycoides

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Kinetochore

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Myelin

HIV Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Respiratory Droplet

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Insulin Release

Abiogenesis

Coronavirus

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Muscle

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

RecA and DNA

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies