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Lac Repressor

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Lysozyme (512)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Myoglobin Fold

Crambin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

A-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myohemerythrin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Lysozyme (488)

Collagen

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Trypsin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myoglobin

Hemoglobin S

B-DNA

Ribonuclease S

Z-DNA

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

DNA

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin

Cytochrome c

Oxyhemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Induced Lac Repressor

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

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

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Autophagy

Influenza Vaccine

Influenza Virus

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Insulin Release

Chloroplast

Respiratory Droplet

Kinetochore

Poliovirus Neutralization

HIV Vaccine

HIV-Infected Cell

RecA and DNA

Blood

Biosites: Nucleus

Insulin Action

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Ebola Virus

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Cellulose Synthase

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Abiogenesis

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Zika Virus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Measles Virus Proteins

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Escherichia coli

Mycoplasma mycoides

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Coronavirus

Immunological Synapse

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

HIV in Blood Plasma

Biosites: Cytoplasm

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Myelin

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Muscle

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Lipid Droplets