Cellulases and Bioenergy
Powerful fungal enzymes break down cellulose during industrial production of ethanol from plant material.
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Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

DNA

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Ribonuclease S

Lac Repressor

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Deoxyhemoglobin

Trypsin

Lysozyme (512)

B-DNA

Myoglobin

Induced Lac Repressor

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Carboxypeptidase A

Lysozyme (488)

Hemoglobin (1000)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Crambin

A-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Z-DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Cytochrome c

Myohemerythrin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)
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Ebola Virus

Insulin Release

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Cellulose Synthase

Zika Virus

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Blood

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Coronavirus Life Cycle

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

HIV in Blood Plasma

Biosites: Nucleus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Mycoplasma mycoides

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Poliovirus Neutralization

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Muscle

Escherichia coli

RecA and DNA

Immunological Synapse

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Coronavirus

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Measles Virus Proteins

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

HIV Vaccine

HIV-Infected Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Influenza Vaccine

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Respiratory Droplet

Myelin

Chloroplast

Autophagy

Lipid Droplets

Insulin Action